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October 31, 2026

25 Christmas Activities for Kids (Free Printable Word Search)

Christmas activities for kids with free printable word search

December is busy, and kids are often bouncing off the walls with excitement. These 25 Christmas activities for kids are simple, mostly free, and work for ages 3 to 12, whether you have ten minutes or a whole snow day. Start with our free printable Christmas word search (answer key included).

Free printable: Christmas Word Search + Answer Key

A 14 × 14 Christmas word search with 15 words to find, plus a full answer key. 2 pages, US Letter PDF.

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25 Christmas activities for kids

Crafts

  1. Make paper snowflakes and tape them to the windows
  2. Build a paper plate snowman
  3. Make salt dough ornaments
  4. Decorate a pinecone with glitter glue
  5. Design your own wrapping paper with stamps

Games and puzzles

  1. Do a Christmas word search (free printable above)
  2. Play Christmas bingo
  3. Have a Christmas scavenger hunt around the house
  4. Play “Pin the nose on Rudolph”
  5. Solve a family escape room

In the kitchen

  1. Decorate sugar cookies
  2. Build a gingerbread house
  3. Make hot cocoa with marshmallows
  4. Create a snack-mix “reindeer food” for people
  5. Make candy cane bark

Out and about

  1. Go see the Christmas lights
  2. Visit Santa
  3. Go ice skating or sledding
  4. Take a winter nature walk and collect pinecones
  5. Watch a holiday parade or tree lighting

Kindness and giving

  1. Write letters to Santa
  2. Make cards for grandparents or neighbors
  3. Donate toys or books
  4. Leave a treat for the mail carrier
  5. Bake cookies for a neighbor

25 Christmas activities for kids with a free printable Christmas word search

Activities by age

  • Ages 3 to 5: paper plate snowmen, coloring pages, cookie decorating and simple picture bingo.
  • Ages 6 to 8: word searches, mazes, scavenger hunts, salt dough ornaments and letters to Santa.
  • Ages 9 to 12: escape rooms, gingerbread houses, kindness projects and helping wrap gifts.

Make it a tradition

Pick one activity a day and you have an instant advent calendar. Our 24 advent calendar ideas post has free printable activity cards numbered 1 to 24. Kids can also start their wish list with our free letter to Santa.

Keep kids busy all December with the Christmas Kids Activity & Game Pack: 52 printable pages of picture bingo, mazes, word searches, picture sudoku, I Spy, coloring pages, a letter to Santa, memory match and a scavenger hunt, for ages 4 to 10.

See the Kids Activity Pack

More ideas: the Christmas Coloring Book for Kids has 36 big, bold coloring pages, and Operation Snowfall is a printable Christmas escape room with a code-checker app. Prefer daily activities? See the Kids Advent Activity Calendar.

FAQ

What are some free Christmas activities for kids?

Paper snowflakes, Christmas light walks, scavenger hunts, letters to Santa, carol singing and printable word searches all cost nothing.

What can kids do on Christmas Eve?

Bake cookies for Santa, read a Christmas story, watch a holiday movie and track Santa’s journey online.

How do I keep kids busy during winter break?

Plan one activity a day, mix active and quiet ones, and keep a stack of printables ready for rainy days.

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