KS2 Christmas Art Unit – 7 Lessons (Planning, PowerPoints, Resources)

Bring some festive cheer to your classroom with this Christmas Art unit for Key Stage 2! Ideal for the final week of term or spread across the Autumn term, these lessons are designed to engage pupils with fun, seasonal activities. Children will create a range of Christmas-themed artwork while learning about artistic techniques and the history of Christmas traditions.

What’s Included:
✔ 7 detailed lesson plans
✔ 7 PowerPoint presentations for each lesson
✔ Bauble template
✔ Chicken template
✔ Viewfinder and Art template
✔ Snowglobe ideas template
✔ Trees throughout the seasons template
✔ Holly template

Lesson Overview / Structure:
★ Lesson 1 – Create a winter landscape bauble using colour mixing techniques. Learn about tints, shades, and layering to make a gradient background and add a collaged character.
★ Lesson 2 – Design a patterned bird inspired by Keith Baker’s Big Fat Hen. Use oil or chalk pastels to create layered patterns and textures for ‘three French hens’ from the song Twelve Days of Christmas.
★ Lesson 3 – Make a snowglobe that represents the magic of Christmas. Use various brushstrokes and stippling techniques to add detail, inspired by the John Lewis ‘Man on the Moon’ advert.
★ Lesson 4 – Create a four-season calendar. Sketch trees and use different materials to represent the changing colours of leaves across Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
★ Lesson 5 – Learn about the history of Christmas cards and design a modern Christmas tree card using simple paper strips.
★ Lesson 6 – Discover the history of wreaths and create a hand-print wreath to decorate the classroom.
★ Lesson 7 – Create an origami advent calendar with personalised messages of kindness, inspiration, or jokes to take home.

Why It’s Useful:
✔ Encourages creativity through various mediums such as painting, sketching, oil pastels, and sculpture
✔ Explores the history of Christmas traditions (cards, wreaths, etc.) while practising design and artistic techniques
✔ Differentiated for Key Stage 2 but adaptable for Key Stage 1
✔ Perfect for the last week of term or spread out over several weeks
✔ Clear lesson structure with resources and PowerPoints to support each activity

Suggested Use Cases:
Ideal for KS2 art lessons, seasonal activities, or Christmas-themed projects. This unit can be used for standalone lessons or as a series across the Autumn term. Suitable for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6.

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