Maths Christmas Cart Challenge (year 1-2)

Festive maths activity • KS1 Christmas budgeting game • Addition, subtraction & multiplication practice
Bring seasonal excitement into your classroom with the Christmas Cart Challenge — a fun, hands-on maths activity that helps pupils master budgeting, number fluency and problem-solving.
Designed especially for Years 1–2, this resource turns your classroom into a Christmas market, where pupils “shop” for 8 festive items using item cards, a price poster and differentiated worksheets. Learners practise addition, subtraction and early multiplication (×2 and ×5) while selecting items, sticking to budgets and working through engaging real-life maths tasks.

What’s Included

• Price poster (8 items with whole-pound prices)
• 3 differentiated worksheet sets (budgeting, choosing items, buying 20 gifts)
• Item cards for trading, counting and colouring
• 8 challenge cards for problem-solving and early finishers

Perfect for whole-class lessons, small-group work or festive maths stations, the Christmas Cart Challenge builds confidence, independence and enthusiasm for maths — all wrapped in a fun Christmas theme!

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