Effective Preschool Holiday Activities
Handmade Christmas Decorations Preschool

The preschool Christmas decoration activities will provide the children with creative, fun activities! The children will be very enthusiastic, because Christmas is a very special time of year!

The children will stimulate and develop their fine motor -, and eye-hand-co-ordination skills when participating in the activities.

Activity 1: Creating Christmas Tree Decorations:

Materials Needed for the Activity:

1. Colored Felt Material.
2. Materials for Decoration.
3. Scissors and Glue.
4. Stencils for Tracing.
5. Heavy Cardboard.
6. Colored Thin Ribbons.
7. Paper Punch.
8. Pencils, and Black Marker Pen.
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• The children should use their star -, triangular -, and heart shaped stencils to trace the shapes onto the cardboard, using their pencils.
• The children should then place the cardboard shapes onto the felt material, and trace the shape onto the felt material,using a black marker pen.
• The children should cut out the felt material, and glue the cardboard onto the back of the felt material shape. The cardboard will make the colorful felt material shapes a lot firmer.



• The children should use other materials for decorating the shapes, for instance, add a little glitter or a few sequence to make the already colorful shapes appear more festive!
• Punch a hole at the top of the shape, using the paper punch, and thread the thin ribbon through, to be able to hang the decorations onto the Christmas trees.

Activity 2: Creating Festive Christmas Candles:

Candles are part of the festive decorations we use during Christmas time! Materials Needed for the Activity:

1. Thick White Candles.
2. Plate for the Candle to stand upon.
3. Herbs and Spices for Decorations.
4. Glue.
5. Thin Red Ribbon.
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• The children should place their white candles in the center of their plates.
• Next, they should choose from a variety of spices and herbs, and glue it around their candles, creating decorative patterns.
• Add a red ribbon, tied in a bow around the bottom of the candle for a final touch!

Herbs ideal for the festive candle activity: Cranberries, cloves, and cherries.

For a variation on the candle activity, use a thin white candle, place it in the middle of an orange, and decorate the fruit with the herbs and spices.

Activity 3: Creating a Chocolate Advent Calendar:

Materials Needed for the Activity:

1. Green Cardboard.
2. Scissors and Clear Glue.
3. Yellow Cardboard.
4. Black Marker Pen.
5. 24 Small Christmas Chocolates.
6. Paper Punch.
7. Thin Ribbon.
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Procedure:

• Trace a big green triangle, and cut it out.
• Trace a red square, and cut it out.
• Next, trace the star template on the yellow cardboard, and cut it out.



• Assemble the pieces into a tree, square at the bottom, and star at the top of the tree.
• Number the Christmas chocolates from 1 to 24.
• Glue the chocolates from left to right, from the bottom to the top, ending with number 24 at the top, just underneath the star.
• Punch a hole in the top part of the star, and threat the thin ribbon through the hole. Hang your calendars, and count the days to Christmas!

For a variation, the chocolates could be replace with small square colored cards, decorated to the Christmas theme.

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