2 days of Christmas - Santa's apps

Let's take a look to see what's on Santa's ipad! Here are some cute Christmas apps to use your on your iphone, ipod, or ipad.

• Best Christmas apps for kids
• 9 holiday cheer apps
• 10 free holiday apps
• Top 9 holiday apps
• 21 festive apps

3 days of Christmas - random Christmas games

For this post I decided to post a link to all the other games I have tagged in my Diigo library that are related to Christmas. So here is the Christmas buffet..pick what you like!

• Email Santa - Email the big guy in red
• Cute Christmas ecards from Holiday Ecard - Here are some very cute ecards with a christmas theme
• Design your own Gingerbread house- Decorate a gingerbread house virtually.
• Snowflake workshop- Create a beautiful snowflake in the snowflake workshop
• Christmas themed switch games - switch games with a Christmas theme
• More Christmas switch games  - switch games with a Christmas theme 
• 12 days of Christmas game - Click on the ornaments to play 12 different Christmas games
• Norad track Santa - Track Santa around the world as he delivers packages to all the boys and girls.
• Cute ecard to learn about cause and effect while building an adorable snowman- Snowman e card
• Santa solitare - Play solitaire with cards that have a Santa theme
• Send a personalized call from Santa - Use gmail to send a call from Santa to your little one.

4 days of Christmas..See what Mrs. Claus is cooking

Let's see what Mrs. Claus is cooking up for Santa, the elves, and reindeer this year..

Northpole kitchen - The elves and I are baking some wonderful holiday treats. We have collected some of our favorite holiday recipes in my special cookbook. Just click on me or my cookbook below to take a look. Perfect for the little ones!

Claus' cookbook - Get a sneak peak at the Claus' cookbook!  Perfect for the little ones!

Kraft's holiday how to center - Want to know how to create a Christmas confection? Check out this Kraft site...we know Mrs. Claus does!

Family Fun - Has some cute Christmas cooking ideas from appetizers to main dishes. Also check out Christmas cookies for little hands from Family Fun. 

Kid's cooking corner on about - Great ideas for snowflake cupcakes and Christmas tree pizza!  

Christmas cooking for kids - Here is a great idea for a kid to cook up their favorite tasty Christmas confections and give them as gifts! 

Recommended Recipe sites:

• Kaboose Christmas recipes
• All recipes holiday corner
• Apples for the teacher Christmas recipes
• Kids in the kitchen  
  

"Christmas Cookies date back to medieval times as well as to various regions and countries. Some believe that the Gingerbread cookie, or the German Lubkuchen, was the first known traditional Christmas Cookie. Sugar type cookies descended from England. The original Animal Crackers were the first edible Christmas Tree Ornament's. The earliest American Christmas Cookies came to us compliments of the Dutch in the early 1600's." - Christmas cookie lore

 

1st night of Hanukkah - ebooks and coloring books

Here are some interactive books and coloring pages all about Hanukkah. 

Hanukkah coloring pages- Most Hanukkah coloring pages come with a selection of sentences. 

Hanukkah for kids - A great website all for kids all about Hanukkah  - games, activities, interactives, and more!

Hanukkah coloring pages from lil fingers - Hanukkah coloring pages

Hanukkah coloring book - interactive Hanukkah coloring book

Interactive Hanukkah coloring pages - Interactive Hanukkah coloring pages found online

Lessons learned at Hanukkah - E-book about Hanukkah from story home
Hanukkah gifts - interactive book about Hanukkah
Life of Hanukkah - interactive book geared towards older students.

7 days of Christmas - Oh Christmas tree...

Oh Christmas tree...

It's time to decorate the Christmas tree! Gather your students around an interactive whiteboard or computer and decorate some of these fun interactive online trees!

Decorate a tree - From apples for the teacher

Decorate a Christmas Tree: Decorate the tree with blinking lights and yummy sugar cookies

Decorate your tree

Jan Brett Christmas tree

Fun ranch Christmas tree

Light up the tree Can you turn on all the lights?

Decorate the Christmas Tree

Trim the tree with this interactive drag and drop activity

Jog the Web Christmas activities

virtual Christmas tree 

8 days of christmas - ornaments!

Let's make some beautiful ornaments online! 

Christmas Ornament Swap: Swap two ornaments so there are 3  ornaments that are the same in a row. Found on More holiday games

Ornaments Off the Edge Game: Make sure the Ornaments don't reach the edge!Found on More holiday games

5 Ornaments in a Line: Remove the Christmas ornaments by lining up five ornaments in a row! Found on More holiday games

Decorate a tree - Decorate a tree with the ornaments of your choice.

Ornament print out - Print out this ornament book and color a picture on each. Found on  Christmas theme printables

Make Christmas ornaments recipe Found on  Christmas theme printables

Christmas ornament- no bake Christmas ornaments

9 days of Christmas - write a letter to Santa

Write a letter to Santa...

 

It's never too late to write a letter to Santa...so check out these fun and interactive letter writing games. 

• Merry Message from Better Homes and Gardens. Have Santa Claus deliver an audio message either by recording your own voice or by using the text-to-speech feature.
• Northpole mailbox - send an animated postcard from the North Pole
• Letter to Santa - Can you put the letter back together?
• Northpole elf pal - The Elf Pal Academy offers activities that can easily be incorporated into lesson plans or a home schooling agenda. The activities combine learning with colorful artwork that will entertain children for hours
• Northpole letter  - Send a letter to Santa 
• Elf chat - Chat with one of Santa's special helpers 

Fun sites

To learn how to raise money for Make A Wish by writing a letter to Santa click  here

For more Christmas activities click here 

 

11 days of Christmas - The Grinch!

 
The Grinch stole Christmas!

Stop the Grinch From Stealing Mouse clicking game to save Christmas! There are 13 gifts under the tree and the Grinch wants them all! Save Christmas by clicking on Grinch before he grabs the presents. You have to move fast - he's quick! 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Online Coloring Book Interactive coloring book with scenes from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Three images from the book can be colored. Interactive drawing tools included: draw circles, squares or add your own freehand drawing!

Grinch memory game - Play this memory game themed with the Grinch!  

Coloring fun - a fun interactive click and drag game

Grinch quiz - Get your Grinch on with this interactive quiz all about the big green guy!  

Grinch printables  

Grinch in suessville  

Can you find the Grinch printable?

13 days of christmas - elf!

Here are some excellent games and interactive pieces all about Santa's little helpers!

Northpole elf pal - The Elf Pal Academy offers activities that can easily be incorporated into lesson plans or a home schooling agenda. The activities combine learning with colorful artwork that will entertain children for hours.

kids songs - Listen to a song about Santa and the busy elf. There is a game you can play while the song is loading.Santa swing - dancing Santa! Make yourself Santa or santa's helper then bust a move!

Elf yourself- elf yourself! Create an elf inspired ecard that you star in!  

Elf snowball battle - Snowball fight!

Dress Up Elves:  Two little elves to dress up for Christmas

 

14 days of Christmas - gingerbread

Mmm...nothing says Christmas more than the smell of Gingerbread coming from the oven! Here are some great gingerbread based games and stories to use in your class or  home!

gingerbread man - decorate a gingerbread man 

Gingerbread house - Gingerbread house recipe

Gingerbread Cookie Card - send a gingerbread man that you created as a christmas e card.

The Gingerbread Man With Everything lets you create your own virtual…gingerbread man and send or post the link.
  

Gingerbread man story - An interactive gingerbread man story. 

Gingerbread man on Starfall - Here is a fun gingerbread man story and activity from Star fall!  

Gingerbread house - Design and print your own Gingerbread house 

Gingerbread house 2.0 - Click and drag to create your own gingerbread house!  

Gingerbread house 2.2 - Create a cute and  interactive gingerbread house, found this on my Diigo list!

Great Gingerbread resources: 

Gingerbread man themed activities  Web Resources for Educators by Midge Frazel

Gingerbread websites

More gingerbread man fun

15 days of Christmas - frosty the snowman!

Frosty the snowman...here are some fun games with a fun Frosty theme! If it is too cold outsie, have a good time playing inside with these super fun snowman games!


Dress up these funny snowmen - match the items on the two snowmen.

Build a Snowman - click and drag the items to build and dress the snowman

Make a snowman - Create a fun snowman by adding in buttons, scarves, hats, mittens, and a face!

Snowman Drag the pieces to build a snowman in this fun kindergarten and preschool game.   

Snowy Fun! Whether you live near snow or not, everyone can join in the fun of decorating their own snowman in Snowy Fun. Come work on your math facts and earn decorations to customize your snowman. Hurry! Don't delay for soon the snow may melt away. 

Coloring Pages - Use your interactive crayon to paint these fun coloring pages of New Year symbols - father time, baby father time, happy New Year snowman, clock set at midnight, noisemakers, and a party man waiting for the New Year.


 Holiday Fun Preschool Activity Center Play all day at the Holiday Fun Preschool Center! Build a snowman, print a snowflake or play the holiday coloring game - it's a barrel of fun!
  

16 days of christmas - reindeer games

You know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen, Comet, and Cupid, Donner and Blitzen but do you recall...the most famous reindeer of all???

...It's that time of year, time for the reindeer games to begin! Check out these fun games all starring Rudolph and his friends! 

• Tootin' Reindeer - Cause and effect - click on the reindeer and hear them...toot
• Reindeer orchestra - Click on the reindeer to play a song.
• Santa's Gift Sling:  Have Santa use the sling on the reindeer to shoot the Christmas gifts into the chimney.
• Reindeer Coloring Page (color online) - An online coloring page all about reindeer.
• Where's Raymond the Reindeer? - Find an interactive reindeer barn and learn about Raymond and his reindeer friends.
• Rooney Reindeer's Match up - Match the pictures in this fun concentration game.  
•   Rooney says Follow Me! – A fun Simon says interactive game.
•  Reindeer Team e-card - Send this cute reindeer e card to a friend.

Terrific Turkey Day Games and Sites

Looking for some fun last minute turkey day games and sites? Here are a few that you might find fun with your kids or students.

Thanksgiving traditions - Learn all about different Thanksgiving traditions with the National Geographic kids site.

Thanksgiving games - Many fun and educational thanksgiving day themed games.

Thanksgiving turkey surprise - Thanksgiving turkey surprise e-book

Ryder Rabbit - Ryder Rabbit's thanksgiving day surprise

Original Thanksgiving story - Thanksgiving day original story that can be read to you and downloaded

ABC's of thanksgiving - ABC'S of thanksgiving day book

Squanto a talking story with animation from The Weekly Reader called The Story of Squanto. 

Looking for more? Check out my Thanksgiving site

Gobble till you wobble! 

Columbus Day Activities

Columbus Day is Monday, October 10. Looking for some cool Columbus Day activities? Well check out some of these intereactive and fun sites, tools, and games:

• Columbus Day Activities For some more Columbus day activities, check out my site. There are many different Columbus Day activities for you to do in your classroom.

• Columbus Day presentations - Check out these great Columbus Day presentations  for teachers and students. 

• Interactive coloring pages - Just as it reads, interactive Columbus Day coloring pages, great for the computer or interactive whiteboard! 

• Teacher First- A list of many fun and interactive Columbus Day activities. 

• Columbus Day interactives for ESL - Great resource from Michelle Henry.

Have a happy Columbus Day! Have any resources to share? Please add a comment below!