12/11/2025
🎄✨ Christmas Activities at Home ✨🎄
Looking for sensory-friendly, low-stress holiday fun? Here are some Christmas activities that are perfect for children and easy to do right at home:
⭐ Sensory-friendly Christmas bins – Think rice, pom-poms, ornaments, scoops, and little surprises.
⭐ Baking together – Simple cookies, gingerbread houses, or decorating sugar cookies.
⭐ DIY ornament making – Salt dough, foam stickers, or clear fillable ornaments.
⭐ Light-watching – A quiet drive or walk to look at lights without big crowds.
⭐ Calm Christmas crafts – Paper snowflakes, coloring pages, or felt tree decorating.
⭐ Holiday scavenger hunt – Find items around the house like “something red,” “something sparkly,” or “a jingle sound.”
⭐ Christmas movement games – “Snowball toss” with soft balls, jumping like reindeer, or freeze dance to holiday music.
⭐ Quiet sensory lights – Glow sticks in jars, fairy lights in bottles, or dim-light playtime.
⭐ Read holiday books – A cozy corner with blankets and familiar stories.
Every child celebrates differently — choose what feels fun, calm, and joyful for your family ❤️🎁
If you try any of these, share a pic or let us know how it went! 🎅
1. Christmas Sensory Bins
Create a bin with:
-Fake snow (cotton balls, rice, kinetic sand, or Insta-Snow)
-Mini ornaments
-Small scoops, cups, spoons
Goal: fine motor skills, calming sensory play
2. Ornament Decorating Station
Use:
-Foam ornaments
-Stickers
-Pom-poms
-Washable paint
-Glitter glue (low-mess option)
Tip: Give choices visually (pictures or actual items) to avoid overwhelm.
3. Calm Christmas Light Hunt
Turn off the lights and walk around the house/neighborhood looking at decorations.
Provide:
-Noise-reducing headphones
-A small checklist of things to find (star, snowman, candy cane, etc.)
Goal: Movement + visual sensory input without over-stimulation.
4. Christmas Baking With Visual Supports
Make:
-Sugar cookies
-Gingerbread houses
-Peppermint bark
Provide step-by-step visuals or lay ingredients in order.
Goal: sequencing, following directions, shared activity
5. DIY Christmas Countdown Sensory Chain
Make a paper chain where each link has a simple, achievable activity, like:
-“Hug your favorite stuffed animal”
-“Listen to one Christmas song
-”Color a Christmas picture”
-Tear off one link each day.
6. Holiday Storytime + Weighted Blanket
Read Christmas books while they sit under a weighted blanket or cuddled with soft textures.
Ideas:
-The Polar Express
-How the Grinch Stole Christmas
-Social story about Christmas routines
7. Christmas Scavenger Hunt (Visual Version)
Hide items around the house:
-Candy canes
-Small ornaments
-Jingle bells
Provide a picture-based checklist.
8. Gingerbread Play Dough
Make scented dough with:
-Cinnamon
-Nutmeg
-Ginger
Let them use cookie cutters or rolling pins.
Goal: calm sensory input
9. Quiet Christmas Craft Corner
Set out:
-Christmas coloring pages
-Dot markers
-Stamps
-Stickers
Keep it low-demand and choice-based.
10. “Santa’s Helper” Movement Breaks
Turn simple chores into fun holiday jobs:
-“Deliver presents” (move objects around the house)
-“Wrap the present” (wrap anything — even a shoe)
-“North Pole cleanup crew” (tidying with a timer)
Great for kids who need movement to regulate.
11. Holiday Music Sensory Jam
Provide:
-Jingle bells
-Drums
-Shakers
Choose slow, calming Christmas songs—avoid overly loud or fast-paced options.
12. DIY Calm Bottles
Fill with:
-Water
-Glitter
-Small Christmas confetti
-Food coloring
Shake to reset and self-regulate.
