Free 8-page printable
Christmas Countdown: 24 Mini Activities
A 24-ornament poster and 24 cut-out cards, one small activity for every day of December. A mini maze, an I spy, a tic-tac-toe grid, a word to trace. Black and white, drawn for a home printer.
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Page 1 is the poster. Pages 2 to 7 hold the 24 cards, four to a page. Page 8 has the answers and three ways to play.
How it works
Print the 8 pages. Cut the cards on the dashed lines. Each morning in December, a child picks one card, does the five-minute activity on it, and colors that day’s ornament on the poster. Day 24 is a star.
The cards rotate through eight activity types, so no two days in a row are the same: mini maze, I spy, color me, dot to dot, tic-tac-toe, trace the word, what comes next, odd one out.
The poster and the first sheet of cards.
What you get
- The poster: 24 numbered ornaments to color, one a day, with a star for Christmas Eve.
- 24 cards: each one is a complete mini activity drawn to fit a 4 x 5 inch card. Cardstock is nice, plain paper works.
- Answers and three ways to play: classic countdown, advent pockets, or a car and waiting-room stack.
- Everything is black and white at 300 dpi, US Letter, with no page borders to waste ink. Prints on A4 with “Fit to page”.
Send me the countdown
You’ll get a confirmation email first. Click it and the PDF link follows right away.
Questions
What ages is this for?
Roughly 3 to 8. The cards are mixed: a three-year-old can do the color-me and trace-the-lines cards with help, a seven-year-old will finish the maze and the odd-one-out cards alone. Pick and choose; there is no rule that says one card per day.
Do I have to start on December 1?
No. The cards are not dated. Start whenever you print it and skip days without guilt.
Is this the same as the Christmas Activity Pack?
No. The countdown is a free 8-page set made for this page. The Christmas Activity Pack is 64 full-size pages, sold separately, with coloring pages, three mazes, word searches, bingo, a letter to Santa and answer keys. One of the emails tells you about it; you can ignore that one.
How many emails will I get?
A confirmation, then the PDF link, then three short emails over about two weeks on using the cards and what else is on VerbNow. After that, the regular site updates, about one email a week at most. Unsubscribe is one click at the bottom of every email.
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