Christmas Activities for Toddlers

Christmas is such a happy holiday for everyone, especially the little ones!  Here are some fun ideas for how to enjoy the holiday season with toddlers.

Perfect books for introducing Christmas to your little ones...

1.  Spot's First Christmas By Eric Hill

• The playful pup discovers the Christmas spirit while helping his mom prepare for Christmas.

2.  Where Is Baby's Christmas Present By Karen Katz

• A perfect book for toddlers who enjoy lifting flaps.  baby searches all over for her present.  Note:  Counting Christmas is another cute one by Karen Katz.

3.  My First Christmas By Tomie DePaola

• Cute illustrations with an exceptional Christmas tree in the end.

4.  Bright Baby Touch and Feel Merry Christmas: A board book

• So simple with pictures toddlers will love to touch over and over again.

5.  Christmas In the Manger By Nola Buck

• Available as a board book, toddlers can learn the true story of Christmas with this book, in the language they can understand.

Besides the classics such as Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman...

• Little Reindeer

One little, two little, three little reindeer,
Four little, five little, six little reindeer,
Seven little, eight little, nine little reindeer
Pulling Santa's sleigh!

(sung to Little Indians)

• Christmas Star

Twinkle twinkle Christmas star
Way up high is where you are
Shining bright for all to see
On top of our Christmas tree
Twinkle twinkle Christmas star
Way up high is where you are.

(sung to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)

• Santa's Face

Super easy classic. Take an outline of Santa's face, and paint glue around the chin and below his nose. Let your little one stick cotton balls all over the glue! Could also be done with creating snowmen.

• Christmas Tree

Toddlers love bright colors, so why not take a posterboard, draw one large tree and let them decorate it with markers, crayons, pain, stickers and anything fun!

• Greatest Present

Wrap a shoe box in simple wrapping paper, (one solid color), and then let your little one place stickers all over it, glue glitter, or even paint the top!

* Created October 20th, 2010 KG