With Tatum at home the entire month this year I decided to forgo daily learning activities and projects like we did in the spring when he was home and do something Christmas learning related or crafting most days - we both had fun with it. All the printables or ideas (then I made my own) were found on Pinterest.
First up, tracing the gingerbread to the gingerbread house.
These were both fun for color learning - matching the colored ornaments to the correct column and also associating the color with the ornament on the other paper.
Other color learning and probably one of his favorite ones - I drew a big Christmas tree and colored ornaments then he matched the sticker to the ornament.
Another big hit was painting a plate green to make into the Grinch - he had so much fun painting then was very proud to see the result when I helped add the other supplies. While we had the green paint out we also did hand print Christmas trees then decorated them with stickers.
Each year we do a special canvas craft - this year we went with Santa and finger painted the lights on for a border. Since Tatum wasn't going to be bringing any ornaments home from school this year, we made some of those ourselves too.
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These simple print outs from Pinterest kept us occupied one morning of the snow days this week - putting shapes on the right spot on the tree, tracing lines and cutting.
Reindeer food was another big hit - I hope it's as big of a hit on Christmas Eve when we sprinkle it outside - I let Tatum make a second one to put on my parents lawn since we'll be over there on Christmas Eve too.
SO MANY cute ideas!!
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