Countdown To Christmas

I wanted to share some of my favorite "Countdown To Christmas" activities that we have done in the past.  I have made the countdowns easy to make and the children enjoy keeping track of many days are left until Christmas.


Scissor Skills Christmas Countdown

We start our Countdown To Christmas on December 1st and this year I made new ones for the children to use that also work on scissor and fine motor skills.  The patterns can be printed on regular or cardstock paper and the children glue them together where indicated to form a long strip.  Each day they cut off a number from the bottom of the strip until it is Christmas.

You can grab the patterns here and see a video of this activity by clicking below:

Christmas Countdown Chain:

For this countdown we cut red and green construction paper into strips and put a number on each one. We alternated the colors of each number link ... for example the first one was red and the next one was green and the third one was red etc.

Children glued together the ends of the first link (number one) and then laced the second link through and glued the ends together.  They continued until they had connected all 25 links.

We hung the chain up and each day a child was chosen to removed a link from the bottom of the chain which would the show how many days were left until Christmas.

You can grab the number circle patterns here and see a video by clicking below:

Countdown To Christmas Mats:

Each day the children cover up a number on the mat starting with the number one. I printed my cover up pattern on paper and then glued it on to a sheet of red cardstock paper.

You can grab the patterns here and see a video by clicking below: