Looking for fun ways to celebrate the holidays with toddlers? You will love these 10 fun Christmas toddler activities! Read on for lots of fun holiday ideas to try with toddlers and preschoolers this holiday season!

Christmas Tree Dot Painting

Did you know Q-Tip painting is great fine motor practice for little ones? Print the Q-Tip painting page and help toddlers dip a Q-tip into the paint and make a dot inside each circle to create a fun Christmas tree.

Paper Bag Gingerbread House

Making gingerbread houses can be super messy, but these paper bag gingerbread houses are perfect for little ones!

Toddlers will love coloring pieces of the gingerbread house then gluing them on a brown paper lunch sack. Little ones will probably need help with cutting for this activity.

Scavenger Hunt

Toddlers will love looking around the neighborhood or school for holiday decorations to complete this scavenger hunt! A black and white and color version are included.

Stocking Coloring Page

This stocking coloring page can be used so many different ways. Little ones can cover it with different colored paper or tissue paper squares. It can also be simply colored with crayons, colored pencils or markers or even dot markers.

Gingerbread Play Dough Mat

These gingerbread shape play dough mats are perfect for sensory play. First, teach toddlers how to roll “snakes” using play dough. Then, encourage them to trace and build each shape on the mat using the play dough snakes.

Mats are included for: circle, triangle, square, heart, star and rectangle.

Need more ideas for your gingerbread unit? Check out this post, Easy and Fun Gingerbread Activities for Preschool.

Christmas Tree Counting Mats

Toddlers love to practice counting and exploring quantities. These Christmas Tree counting mats can be used with any manipulatives! Colorful pom poms are a fun idea

Gingerbread Shape Tracing

This Gingerbread Shape Tracing  is a simple activity that young students will love! Print out pictures of each gingerbread shape and tape them around the classroom for students to find. Each student will have a tracing shapes worksheet to trace each shape that they find! This activity helps students learn the names of shapes and practice tracing while moving around the classroom!

You can read more about shape tracing in this post, Interactive Shape Tracing Worksheets for Preschoolers.

Gingerbread Color Matching

Toddlers will love this color-matching activity. Print the color matching cards, leaving the blank rectangle attached. Next, cut the color cards and encourage your toddler to match each color. Velcro dots can also be added.

Santa Sacks

Santa sacks are one of my favorite holiday crafts! They are so simple to make and they are a perfect way for preschoolers to use to wrap any gifts they create for their parents!  Here is how to easily make them with preschoolers! Since paint (and paint drying) is involved, I recommend making them over a few days.

Santa Sack Materials

• White Lunch Sacks
• Red paint
• Skin colored paint
• Cotton Balls
• Googley Eyes
• Pink Pom Pom
• Glue

Santa Sack Directions

1. Divide a white paper bag into three sections. Paint the top section red and the middle section a skin color. Let dry completely. 

2. Next, using glue add cotton balls for the beard and top of the hat.

3. Finally, on the face part of the bag add eyes and a nose! You can use this Santa sack for students to wrap their holiday gifts for families.

Paper Strip Christmas Tree

This paper strip Christmas tree is a great way for kids to practice sorting longest to shortest. Just print this activity on green paper, and students will glue the strips from longest to shortest to create a Christmas tree.

Add a brown paper stem at the bottom and a foam star sticker on top!

Christmas Toddler Activities

I hope you’ll make this Christmas memorable for your little ones with one of these Christmas toddler activities focused on learning and fun!