Christmas Crafts Lesson Plans

Students create a potpourri hanger.  In this Christmas craft lesson, students reuse materials to make a Christmas potpourri hangar for the tree or for a gift. 

Students create holiday cards with poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. The poems tell how students spread joy this holiday season.

Students create keepsake cinnamon ornaments to hang on the family Christmas tree or in a window. They mix ingredients to form dough, create an ornament and write a message to accompany the ornament.

Learners participate in various hands-on activities to determine what life is like without the sense of sight.

Students create light bulb decorations for the holiday season in this Art lesson for 4th through 12th grades. Emphasis is placed on creativity and artistic expression. Also a great activity for older students raising money for classroom activities and materials.

Students design keepsakes. They create a keepsake cinnamon ornament for the family Christmas tree or to hang in a window. Students make the ornament from dough. They write a message to accompany the ornament.

Students read books, learn about the letter p, and eat goldfish crackers all to learn about penguins. In this penguins lesson plan, students also practice waddle walking and make a penguin habitat.

Pupils create triangular angels in this winter-time lesson for the early elementary classroom. Materials include poster paper, scissors, glue, markers, cotton balls, yarn, and glitter. A fun and simple way for younger children to make an angel decoration.

Students access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.

Students create a Christmas wreath. For this Christmas craft lesson, students pick their favorite Christmas color and write a poem about that color. They paint or stamp their hands with that color to create a wreath to surround their poem.