When it’s cold outside and little ones are full of excitement that Santa will soon be on his way, it can be difficult to keep them occupied in the run-up to Christmas and over the holidays. These Christmas activities for toddlers and children provide hours of entertainment and festive fun. Children can make their very own Gruffalo Christmas tree decoration, colour in a Christmas scene, or make a fluffy pompom robin for the tree.
For even more ideas for keeping the little ones entertained over Christmas, discover our indoor activities for kids.
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Christmas crafts for kids
Make your own Gruffalo Christmas tree decoration
Colour in or paint this Gruffalo picture and turn it into your very own handmade Christmas tree decoration.
Download the Gruffalo Christmas tree decoration activity sheet
Make your own pompom robin
This activity from the beautifully illustrated Christmas story How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T. Smith shows you how to make a cute pompom robin.
Download the pompom robin activity sheet
Discover more Christmas crafts for kids with How Winston Delivered Christmas.
Christmas colouring pages for kids
Colour in this Christmas scene featuring Winston the mouse
Use your colouring pencils or pens to colour in this festive scene featuring Winston the mouse from How Winston Delivered Christmas.
Download the How Winston Delivered Christmas colouring sheet
Colour in the Christmas present
Colour in this Christmas present picture from Rod Campbell’s Dear Santa.
Download the Christmas present colouring sheet
Christmas activities for kids
Spot the differences in the Meerkat Christmas scene
Can you spot all the differences between the two pictures?
Download the Meerkat Christmas spot-the-difference activity sheet
Join up the dots to reveal a special Christmas character
Connect the numbers on this dot-to-dot to find out who Winston is trying to deliver a lost letter to.
Download the How Winston Delivered Christmas dot-to-dot activity sheet
Find all the words in the Christmas wordsearch
Search for all the words that Winston needs to deliver a letter to Father Christmas.
Download the How Winston Delivered Christmas wordsearch activity sheet
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Winston, a mouse on a very important mission! He has found a letter to Father Christmas that didn’t make it into the post box, so he sets out to deliver it to Father Christmas himself. There are twenty-four and a half chapters, one for each day of advent, and each chapter includes a Christmassy activity for all the family to do together.
Toddlers will love lifting the flaps on each page to discover what present Father Christmas has sent. Full of bright, bold illustrations and a touch-and-feel surprise, little fans of Dear Zoo will love Dear Santa.
Sunny wants a white Christmas, a decorated tree, carol singing and sprouts. So he leaves his home in the Kalahari Desert to find the perfect Christmas, but soon realises that Christmas is about more than just the trimmings. This gorgeous lift-the-flap book is from the award-winning creator of the modern classic Meerkat Mail.
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