This is a simple idea for a Christmas card with pop-up figures. It could be adapted and used for other celebrations. It only requires card and some imagination.

This is a series of ideas for creative writing at Christmas time in primary classes. They can be adapted for different age groups.

This is an idea I found and used successfully. I have made the templates to make it easier to create the finished product. I used the sheet as a design template for a mug which the children then decorated and gave as a gift for Mother's day.

This idea comes from a book called 'The Art of Papercrafts' which I have had for many years. The sleighs can be a little fiddly to stick together, but they look great once they are finished. I fill them with tissue paper and some Christmas sweets for the children to take home at the end of term.

Using the grid, children can create an enlargement of the small picture of a snowman. They should be encouraged to work on each square, not to look at the whole picture. I usually do this in the run up to Christmas.

This is a simple, but effective Christmas card for children to make, requiring minimal resources.

This is a Christmas maths resource, using coordinates. The coordinates are given for the figure of Father Christmas, but I have not given the coordinates for the background, suggesting that children can have their own choice of colour to fill in the grid. I have included a colour answer sheet.

This is a multiple choice test based on the history of the Olympic Games, ending with the 2012 London games.

This is a picture crossword based on nouns associated with a traditional Christmas. I have used it with ESL students, but I have also used it with other classes. The answers are given on the second sheet. The missing words could be provided on the whiteboard for the children.

This is a little bunny basket with a large bunny head and pompom tail. The necessary templates are on the second and third sheets.

This is a nice art activity for Easter. Instructions are given on the first sheet, with an example on the second and third sheets.

This is a little Easter basket, decorated with bunnies. The necessary templates are provided on the second and third sheets.

This is just a Christmas picture for children to colour in. It makes a nice activity to do at the end of the Autumn term.

This is a nice art activity to do with children in the run-up to Christmas. The final stage is a bit fiddly, but the children really enjoy making their Santas dance.

This is a maths activity based on the song The 12 Days of Christmas. The children need to find the total number of presents given each day and the total number over the 12 days.

These are two Christmas-themed certificates which can be given to children at the end of the Autumn term to celebrate the work that they have done. You could add their names in the central box, or your own name.

This sheet has some ideas for experiments which children can do to test their sense of smell. I have done these as part of a unit of study based on the senses.

This is a problem-solving activity in which children have to put the correct numbers onto the train carriages, making sure that each carriage weighs 11kg.

This is a puzzle for children to solve. Santa has to deliver the presents to each house, but he must not use the same road twice.

These are two wordsearches with a Christmas theme. Wordsearch 1 contains secular words to do with Christmas, whilst Wordsearch 2 has words relating to the nativity.