FULL Christmas Creative Writing Advent Calendar & Challenge Trail

This pack provides twenty-four ready-to-use writing challenges and supporting materials for a school-wide or classroom-based creative writing activity, complete with printable cards, student trackers, and certificates.

Bring festive creativity into your classroom with the Creative Writing Advent Calendar: Christmas Challenge Trail.

Try the free poster edition: Creative Writing Advent Calendar for a quick classroom display or book insert version of this resource.

Included Materials

• Trail Cards (A4 and A5 printing formats) — ready to hide around your school or display in classrooms.
• Poster Insert — a compact reference for students’ books or classroom walls.
  Student Tracker Sheet — helps pupils record which fragments of winter they’ve found and completed.
• Student Booklet — provides structured spaces for each response, promoting focused, achievable creative bursts rather than extended pieces.
• Teacher Implementation Notes — flexible, non-prescriptive guidance with setup ideas for display, homework, or scavenger-hunt use.
• Certificate of Completion: Winter’s Warden — rewards students who complete all 24 challenges.

Use it as:

• A school-wide scavenger hunt with hidden cards
• A Form Time writing project
• A homework or enrichment challenge
• A classroom display or seasonal competition

Low-prep, high-engagement, and visually striking, the Challenge Trail helps keep writing joyful right to the end of term.

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