10 Christmas tree card designs for children to choose from, colour in and make their own cards. Each design shows a colour border, a greeting and a different Christmas Tree.

A colouring sheet for young children linked to your topic on animals or the Chinese year of the Tiger 2022.

It’s almost 2022 and here is a poster idea for children to talk about, colour in and use as an inspiration to design and make their own poster. There are also 5 ideas for a New Year card for children to colour in, make, or use to help them design their own.

3 activity ideas here for your children at Christmas. 1 and 2 sheets show a colour Christmas picture and the corresponding one in black and white for children to colour in themselves. They can cut these out and they make great Christmas cards. Sheet 3 shows a through the window picture of a Christmas tree. Can children recreate the picture in the window frame provided? Or they could draw their own scene through the window.

Here is a fun way to make your own Christmas cards and/or recycle old Christmas cards. Make a collection of old Christmas cards and add a window frame to the font of them. You could use the 3 colour frames included in this resource. Cut out the window panels and glue to the Christmas cards. Alternatively, children can draw their own pictures in the frames or add wrapping paper to the back of the frames. Children could also use these examples to cut out and make Christmas cards with.

10 pages of colour flashcards with a Christmas theme for EYFS and KS1. Each picture has a matching word card. There are 4 picture cards and 4 word cards on each page. These include: mince pies, Yule log, Baby Jesus and many more. Cut, duplicate and laminate for lots of matching fun and speaking and listening this Christmas. Also great for your displays and reading / writing corner.

A set of colour posters showing Christmas pictures for children to count from 1 snowman to 12 Santa hats. There is a corresponding black and white picture to go with each colour one for children to colour in using their own colours or copying the colours shown. There are 12 pages in this resources with each one showing 2 pictures - the colour and black and white. Pictures can be matched, sorted and ordered. Once cut and coloured, laminate and make a lovely classroom number banner for Christmas.

16 patterned flashcards with a Christmas theme to match, discuss, look carefully at pattern. Print onto thin card or cut and laminate for reusable activities.

7 sets of colour tags for children to cut out and make into gift tags or hanging decorations for the tree. Print or paste onto thin card. Add ribbon or string.

5 black and white designs of Christmas cards for children to colour in and fold. There are also 5 matching designs with the images removed for children to draw their own pictures.

Share this Christmas picture with your children and make a list of everything they see. What might be in the gift boxes? Children can write or underwrite what they see in the word boxes. Page 2 is an empty shelf unit. Children draw in Christmas things to fill the shelves. They can then write a list of the contents.

Here are 5 examples of colour wrapping paper to inspire children to make their own. There are also 5 copies of the colour wrapping papers in black and white for children to colour in with felt pens, crayons or paints. You can enlarge for painting as need be.

Children enjoy this task where they closely observe the picture which shows 20 things beginning with a ‘L’ at Christmas time. Children can work in pairs or groups or as a whole class. There is a word grid where they can tick off the pictures they find. They could also match the colour pictures to the main one. These can be cut into cards or left as a board. The next sheet shows the 20 pictures with words underneath. The final sheet is for children to write the words underneath the pictures. Cut out and laminate the picture and word cards for matching games.

Children enjoy this task where they closely observe the picture which shows 20 things beginning with a ‘C’ at Christmas time. Children can work in pairs or groups or as a whole class. There is a word grid where they can tick off the pictures they find. They could also match the colour pictures to the main one. These can be cut into cards or left as a board. The next sheet shows the 20 pictures with words underneath. The final sheet is for children to write the words underneath the pictures. Cut out and laminate the picture and word cards for matching games.

Children enjoy this task where they closely observe the picture which shows 20 things beginning with a ‘B’ at Christmas time. Children can work in pairs or groups or as a whole class. There is a word grid where they can tick off the pictures they find. They could also match the colour pictures to the main one. These can be cut into cards or left as a board. The next sheet shows the 20 pictures with words underneath. The final sheet is for children to write the words underneath the pictures. Cut out and laminate the picture and word cards for matching games.

Children enjoy this task where they closely observe the picture which shows 20 things beginning with a ‘S’ at Christmas time. Children can work in pairs or groups or as a whole class. There is a word grid where they can tick off the pictures they find. They could also match the colour pictures to the main one. These can be cut into cards or left as a board. The next sheet shows the 20 pictures with words underneath. The final sheet is for children to write the words underneath the pictures. Cut out and laminate the picture and word cards for matching games.

Children enjoy this task where they closely observe the picture which shows 20 things beginning with a P at Christmas time. Children can work in pairs or groups or as a whole class. There is a word grid where they can tick off the pictures they find. They could also match the colour pictures to the main one. These can be cut into cards or left as a board. The next sheet shows the 20 pictures with words underneath. The final sheet is for children to write the words underneath the pictures. Cut out and laminate the picture and word cards for matching games.

Children enjoy this task where they closely observe the picture which shows 20 things beginning with a T at Christmas time. Children can work in pairs or groups or as a whole class. There is a word grid where they can tick off the pictures they find. They could also match the colour pictures to the main one. These can be cut into cards or left as a board. The next sheet shows the 20 pictures with words underneath. The final sheet is for children to write the words underneath the pictures. Cut out and laminate the picture and word cards for matching games.

A matching, ordering / sequencing activity with a Christmas theme. A set of flashcards showing 12 steps to the fully laid table for Christmas tea. There are 2 of each flashcards and these can be matched and sequenced with careful observation. The first cards show a table with a table cloth and then each card builds up to a fully laid table.

5 sets of matching cards with a Christmas theme. Each page shows colour cards and matching black and white cards. Cut out the cards and children can play matching games or snap with them. Children can also colour the black and white cards to make them the same. Laminate for reusable games.