Christmas Math Activities

More than just counting the presents under the tree or the number of ornaments on the tree, why not give all your math activities a fun holiday twist! I have a fun selection of Christmas math activities perfect to add to your lesson plans this season. From kindergarten and preschoolers to elementary, explore hands-on Christmas math ideas with simple supplies. Make the holidays extra fun this year, and make sure to check out all our Christmas Activities too!

AWESOME CHRISTMAS MATH ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

CHRISTMAS MATH

I spend quite a bit of time looking for awesome ideas to share with you that we haven’t tried yet! Be assured that all of the activities I choose for my collections have been carefully thought out and chosen for their awesomeness and usefulness.

We have done a few Christmas math activities in the past, but I realized we certainly haven’t done enough. There just isn’t enough time in the day for all the amazing Christmas Science Experiments and Christmas STEM Activities you could do!

Christmas theme math is an awesome way to practice the same math concept but in different ways. I have found this method great for reinforcing what my son has already learned or still needs to practice.

Click on the links in red to check out the full supplies list and set up for each idea!

1. GRAPHING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

One idea I hope to try is graphing bows! I have a large package of Christmas bows of different colors. Your kids can graph the colors in the bag to see how much of each color bow is in the bag. There are many creative ways to add math into Christmas.

2. CHRISTMAS BAKING

Another idea that’s perfect for hands-on Christmas math activities is baking! Turn your favorite Christmas cookie recipe into a math lesson with a delicious reward at the end. Measuring ingredients is a great way to talk about parts of a whole and fractions.

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3. CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN ACTIVITIES

Our printable Christmas STEM Challenges Countdown has a few fun ideas incorporating Christmas math into the season including making a paper chain the length of a room to encourage measuring as well as researching the size of Santa’s sleigh and marking it out on the floor or driveway with tape or chalk. Plus, we have a 100 cup Christmas tree tower challenge! And many more.

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4. FREE 10 FRAME GRID

You can also print out our free ten frame grid to use with Christmas themed items or even red and green Duplo bricks as we used. Make a tray with jingle bells, mini bows, or any other themed Christmas items you have enough of and start the counting!

5. CHRISTMAS I SPY

A Christmas tree I SPY and counting activity is perfect for keeping preschoolers busy practicing both math skills and visual processing skills. I have made 2 levels for kids to enjoy. Keep a lookout for our size sorting I Spy too!

ALSO CHECK OUT: The Gingerbread Man Game

6. HOW TALL IS YOUR TREE?

Combine putting up the Christmas tree with an easy STEM project. Our free Christmas tree printable encourages kids to explore everyday math by taking measurements of their own trees this season.

7. JINGLE BELL SHAPES

Explore shapes and building shapes with our Jingle Bell Shapes Christmas math activity. Includes free printable shape mats for many different shapes that you can use all year long.

8. CHRISTMAS GEO BOARD

Build a unique Christmas Geo Board with your kids. Explore geometry and design while making a Christmas tree shaped Geo board that doubles as a fun Christmas decoration.

9. MATH CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

Introduce your kids to the binary code and create a Christmas coding ornament. Includes a simple guide to the binary code for easy reference too.

Also check out a fun printable Christmas coding game!

10. CHRISTMAS COUNTING TRAY

Setting up a Christmas counting tray can work for many ages depending on skill level. Use as many Christmas themed items as you can find for an open-ended math tray.

11. LEGO MATH

Use your LEGO! I used refillable plastic ornaments and LEGO bricks to set up a LEGO estimation math activity. You can use other Christmas themed items too like jingle bells, bows, pompoms, and mini ornaments.

12. CHRISTMAS TESSELLATIONS

Combine art and Math this Christmas with our free printable Christmas tessellations worksheet. Make a colorful and fun tessellation pattern from gingerbread houses.

13. JINGLE BELL GAME

Combine science and math with this fun and simple Christmas jingle bell game by Teach Beside Me. Great for keeping the kids busy during the holiday season too.

14. PASCAL’S TRIANGLE

Do you remember Pascal’s Triangle? Try out this Pascal’s Triangle Christmas tree math activity by Teach Beside Me. Great for the older kids too!

15. CHRISTMAS PATTERNS

Christmas pattern block cards by You Clever Monkey are awesome for exploring patterns and shapes with a Christmas theme!

16. REINDEER NUMBER LINE GAME

Make a cute racing reindeer number line game by Fun Learning For Kids that’s perfect for incorporating kindergarten and early elementary math!

17. MONTESSORI CHRISTMAS MATH

If you have older kids, these Montessori inspired math activities for 100’s tables and multiplication by Living Montessori Now are perfect!

18. CHRISTMAS SHAPES

Make these Christmas Shape Ornaments. It is a great way to accomplish both an art lesson and a math lesson in one fun activity! Plus you have some colorful Christmas ornaments to hang up for the holidays.

19. CHRISTMAS SYMMETRY

Symmetry is a cool math activity to try and a Christmas tree math activity is perfect for the holidays. You can even turn the project into making homemade Christmas cards!

20. CHRISTMAS TANGRAMS

Tangrams are a great math and logic activity. Check out these printable Christmas Tangram puzzles by Simple Every Day Mom.

21. CHRISTMAS TREE MATH MATS

This one is a great Christmas Math activity for younger kids, as well as your kindergarten and preschoolers. Make up a batch of our Christmas playdough and pair it with our free Math mats for a fun hands-on counting lesson.

23. CHRISTMAS COUNT AND CLIP CARDS

I hope you can use a few of these Christmas math activities in your holiday learning themes this season. Kids love the holidays and enjoy the novelty of themed activities. There’s no better way to incorporate awesome experiments for kids with learning!