About This Lesson
Bring holiday cheer into your upper elementary math lessons with these fun, skill-building Christmas activities! Designed for 3rd–5th grade students, this collection blends festive fun with meaningful math practice — perfect for classroom use in December.
🖍️ Christmas Multiplication Mindfulness Color by Number
Add a splash of creativity to your math lessons! Students will practice multiplication facts while following a color key to reveal cheerful holiday images. As they solve and color, they’ll reinforce their fact fluency and enjoy a calm, mindful math moment. Display the finished artwork around the classroom for extra Christmas spirit!
🎄 Christmas Tree Math Puzzle Activity
Make multiplication and division practice more engaging with this holiday-themed math puzzle! Students solve equations, cut, and piece together the answers to reveal a hidden Christmas tree. Great for hands-on learning, fine motor development, and reinforcing key math concepts — all while celebrating the season.
🍽️ Christmas Dinner Menu Calculations Worksheet
Combine math and money skills with this interactive dinner-themed activity. Students “build” their own Christmas meal by calculating the total cost of items on the menu, strengthening their addition and money-handling skills. This resource can be printed or assigned digitally — perfect for math centers or home learning.
🎯 Multiplication Ornaments Activity
Turn multiplication fact practice into a festive challenge! Using clues, students fill in missing factors or products on ornament-shaped activity cards. Ideal for small groups, early finishers, or independent review during the holidays.
❄️ Christmas Multi-Step Word Problem Challenge Cards
Put your students’ problem-solving skills to the test with these holiday-themed addition and subtraction word problems. These cards encourage critical thinking and real-world application — all wrapped up in a fun, seasonal format. Perfect for stations, partner work, or math warm-ups.
✨ Each Christmas math activity is low-prep, engaging, and standards-aligned, making it easy to integrate into your lesson plans while keeping the learning joyful. Perfect for whole-group lessons, math centers, or festive take-home practice throughout December!
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