Christmas advent calendar activities

Bring some festive fun to your classroom, and complete our Christmas countdown advent calendar, full of activities and the best seasonal texts for KS1. We have selected 24 picture books with activities to keep your pupils busy up to the big day.

1. Use squares of old wrapping paper to make an Elmer
2. How is Christmas celebrated around the World?
3. Design some Christmas underpants
4. Write a letter to Santa
5. Design a Christmas stocking
6. Make a decoration to add to your tree
7. Make some Christmas biscuits
8. Write a Christmas shopping list for your family
9. Make a sparkly Christmas card
10. Learn or make a Christmas song to sing
11. Wrap up a mouse sized present to hang on the tree
12. Make a visit to see the Christmas tree in your town
13. Give something to charity today
14. Make some paper snowflakes to hang up
15. Make a pet present
16. Design a Christmas menu to include something healthy
17. Wrap an odd, shaped object and see if others can guess it
18. Make or eat some gingerbread
19. Make a Santa’s grotto for your toys
20. Make some Christmas hats for your toys
21. Can you name the characters in the nativity scene?
22. Ask to phone a relative and send a Christmas greeting
23. Give someone a helping hand today
24. Write a list of things you like most about Christmas