12 Days of Christmas Activities for Homeschoolers
Celebrate the holidays with these 12 Days of Christmas Activities for Homeschoolers. These 12 Days of Christmas activities will help children learn, grow, and celebrate the holiday season.
For this list of 12 Days of Christmas activities for homeschooling, we are going to focus on fun and educational activities that kids can do leading up to Christmas Day.
Complete A Christmas Activity Book
Grab a free Christmas activity book that is full of educational fun. You can print the pages and have the kids complete the workbook. Most workbooks include a variety of different learning activities including math, reading, letter recognition, art, and more.
Read a Christmas Book
The holidays bring out some fun Christmas stories and books promote a wide variety of different learning opportunities. You can choose themed books (like reindeer books, Santa books, etc.) or read a selection of different Christmas books.
Here are a few book ideas that you can incorporate into your 12 Days of Christmas activities.
Make Christmas Cone Santas
With a few crafting supplies kids can make their own cardboard Santas. This is a fun and educational activity for your 12 Days of Christmas Activities for Homeschoolers.
Make a Christmas Wreath
Wreaths can be a fun activity for older kids. They can get creative with their wreath designs and they make great art projects. Previously, we made this really cute snowman wreath and it turned out great.
Older children can also make wreaths to sell. This will not only help them learn more about the different crafting materials and promote creativity, but they can turn this into a money learning opportunity. Learning life lessons like managing money, sales, and so much more.
Bake or Make Christmas Goodies
Baking brings in a lot of educational value and it can be fun for a lot of children. Through baking, kids can learn more about measurements, following directions, and other important skills that they can use as they grow up.
Making some fun no bake Christmas food can also be fun and educational. For instance, check out these fun snowman donuts. There isn’t any baking, but putting these together can give you the opportunity to bring in some fun learning activities.
Practice Kindness and Giving
Let the kids choose from a selection of different kindness or giving activities for the holidays. This can be anything from baking those Christmas goodies mentioned above and giving them to someone or doing something kind for someone else.
Grab the 20 days of kindness challenge and kindness bookmarks.
Do A Christmas Science Activity
Science can be fun and the holidays can bring some fun science activities that the kids can do. Studying snowflakes is probably one of the most popular but there are plenty of others out there.
Learn a Christmas Song
Have the kids learn a Christmas song and turn it into a fun music-learning opportunity. Older children can learn to play a song and read notes with their favorite instrument.
Christmas Karaoke and Dance Party
Get the family together and put together a Christmas karaoke and dance party. Kids will love singing to their favorite holiday tunes and dance the night away.
Not only will this help promote music education but it’s also a great way for kids to get some fun physical education in there too.
Write A Letter To Santa
Writing a letter to Santa is probably one of the most popular activities of the 12 days of Christmas activities for families.
Help and encourage kids to practice their writing and spelling skills by writing a letter to Santa or filling out a Christmas wish list. They can use the letter to say hi to Santa, to let Santa know what is on their wish list, and to list a few things they have done that are good.
Also, have the children write down some naughty things they have done throughout the year. This can help them reflect on things they shouldn’t do and practice doing more good things.
Decorate the Tree
If you can wait to put up your Christmas tree, you can use this as one of your 12 days of Christmas activities. We have a tradition of putting the tree up right after Thanksgiving but some families like to wait until closer to Christmas.
As the kids help put up the tree they can practice counting as they see how many ornaments they can put on the tree.
See Unique Christmas Tree Ideas for the Holidays
Make A Gingerbread House
A tradition for many families, making a gingerbread house can be a fun and educational homeschool Christmas activity. Kids will love putting the gingerbread house together, decorating it, and even eating it!
Make Cards for Friends and Family
Homemade cards are perfect for sending to friends and family. You can use a variety of different materials to craft handmade cards. For young children, you can print out some Christmas cards to color to send to friends and family.
Christmas Candy Crafts Ideas That Kids Will Love
You are going to love these Christmas candy crafts ideas and so will the kiddos! They are easy to make, yummy, and festive for the holidays.
Read it here: Christmas Candy Crafts Ideas That Kids Will Love
Charcuterie Boards for Christmas Parties That Are Easy and Festive
The collection of charcuterie boards for Christmas parties contains everything from fancy Christmas snack boards to Christmas charcuterie boards that bring the spirit of the holidays.
Read it here: Charcuterie Boards for Christmas Parties That Are Easy and Festive