Christmas Activities
Looking for Christmas activities for kids? Explore these easy sensory play, craft, potion play and book-inspired activities designed to make meaningful learning through play feel effortless.
Easy Christmas Play Invitations
Reuseable gingerbread house
I created this reuseable gingerbread house as I was sick of making a real one for the kids to just be like “eww its too spicy”. They wanted the joy of building and decorating it and I wanted to be able to use it year after year.
Simple Counting
Using a 10s frame and some number tokens (or even just write it on the reuseable mat) kiddos can search through the senssory base for items and count them out building their early numeracy skills. Got older kids? Make it addittion or even multiplication.
Potions
Potion play is always a guaranteed win. Big feelings? Potions. Need to get them outside? Potions. Want to drink your coffee hot? Potions!
Christmas Play Essentials
✔️ Use year after year
✔️ Perfect for decorating with playdough
✔️ Messy play approved
✔️ Designed by Liz and made in Australia.
Make Christmas magic easy with a ready-to-go potion kit filled with fizz, shimmer and festive ingredients for bubbling, screen-free play.
✔ Three festive fizz baubles for bubbling potion experiments
✔ Includes a gold potion bowl and Christmas-themed spoon
✔ Easy, hands-on activity that's ready to play
✔ Encourages creativity, imagination and screen-free play
✔ Includes a special Santa Christmas Magic postcard to begin the adventure
A magical addition to potion play and sensory activities! Fill the present with fizz and water and watch the potion bubble and erupt through the bow for extra excitement.
✔️ Perfect for potion play and sensory fun
✔️ Reusable for year-after-year play
✔️ Designed for messy, hands-on learning
✔️ Designed by Liz and made in Australia
Ideal for home play, classrooms and early learning settings.
Get into the Christmas spirit though play.
✔️ Perfect for fizz, water or sensory bases
✔️ Made in Australia.
Books To Explore Together
Somebody’s Land
When Santa Got Stuck in a Gum Tree
All I Want for Christmas is Rain
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Easy Christmas Craft Activities
Sensory Play
Sensory play supports fine motor skills, emotional regulation, language development and imaginative exploration through tactile, open-ended play.
Potion Play
Calming hands-on play filled with fizzing, pouring & discovery.
Need more ideas?
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