‘Tis the Season for
Holiday Printables & Activities
by the Brightly Editors
Get your kiddos in the holiday spirit — and keep them happily occupied — with these fun holiday printables and activities featuring favorite characters like the Grinch, Llama Llama, Thomas, and more!
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The Crayons' Christmas Holiday Activities
Kids can get to know everyone’s favorite group of crayons this holiday season. Help them print out a holiday card, spot the differences, complete the Christmas tree maze, and draw their favorite winter treat.
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Hanukkah Mad Libs
Kids will have a blast filling out these Mad Libs to create a story about a latke recipe and how to play dreidel.
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Roald Dahl Holiday Ornaments and Gift Tags
Kids can print out and create ornaments and gift tags featuring their favorite Roald Dahl characters, including Violet Beauregarde, Matilda, the BFG, and more!
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Meet the Latkes Activties
Kids can have some Hanukkah fun with a word search, matching game, maze, and drawing activity.
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Kwanzaa Mad Libs
Your kids can complete these fun Mad Libs about Kwanzaa! From a story about getting ready for Kwanzaa to a celebration invite, there’s so much to learn about this holiday.
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The Snowy Day Activities
Peter has all sorts of fun on his Snowy Day! Kids can join him by coloring in the winter wonderland, search for tracks in the snow, and help him find his way to a nice warm bath after a day of playing outside in the cold.
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Goodnight Bubbala Hanukkah Activities
Your littles ones can celebrate Hanukkah with this family of bunnies from Goodnight Bubbala! From coloring pages to creating their own dreidel, there’s tons of fun to be had.
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Minions Activities
Everyone loves the minions! Kids can help Santa’s little helpers find their way home with this winter maze, as well as complete a fun crossword.
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Merry Christmas, Thomas Coloring Page
Thomas the Tank is all decked out for the holidays! Kids can color him in with festive reds and greens!
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Duck & Goose New Year's Eve Party Hats
Help your kids add glitter and sparkles to these hat and get set for your New Year’s celebration!
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Llama Llama Holiday Drama Holiday Stocking Coloring Page
Llama loves hanging holiday stockings above the chimney. Kids can use crayons, markers, or even glitter to help make this year’s stocking the best one yet!
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Gingerbread Baby Christmas Activities
Prep for the holidays with Jan Brett’s beloved character, Gingerbread Baby, and his band. Kids can help them escape the hungry villagers, spot the differences in the pictures, and make their own Gingerbread Baby cookies!
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How to Catch Santa Maze
In How to Catch Santa, two siblings give clever tips for “catching” Santa (be crafty! be clever! be gentle!) on Christmas Eve. Kids can help them find their way through the maze to catch Santa before he runs off.
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Maple & Willow's Christmas Tree Activities
Maple and Willow love trees — and now they are getting their first real Christmas tree. It is going to be the best Christmas ever! Or is it? Read Maple and Willow’s Christmas Tree with your kids, and then they can make Christmas cookies with the young sisters, color in their ladder tree, and find all the holiday terms in the word search.
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Dear Santa, Love Rachel Rosenstein Activites
Rachel Rosenstein has the blues this holiday season. After reading about her troubles in Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein, kids can help cheer her up by making their own holiday decorations and drawing a picture of how their family spends the holiday season … however it may be!
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Help the Grinch Bring Back Presents Maze
The Grinch has had a change of heart! Kids can lead him through the maze and back to Who-ville.
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The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas Activities
This little Gingerbread Man is loose during the holidays! Kids can join him in a new adventure with an activity pack filled with thank-you cards, a coloring page, and a recipe for chocolate-dipped gingerbread cookies.
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Christmas with the Mousekins Holiday Activities
Children can celebrate Christmas with the Mousekins with a cut-out bookmark, Nana Mousekin’s Pinwheel Cookie recipe, and Mimi and Momo Finger Puppets.
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Make Your List for Santa with the Berenstain Bears
Kids can check out Brother Bear’s wish list for Santa and then make their own!
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Grinch-mas Word Search!
Can your kids find the words hidden in the puzzle?
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Jack and Annie's Magic Tree House Holiday Crafts Guide
Kids can get crafty with Jack and Annie by making these fun and festive decorations: a Sock Snowman, Merry Mice with candy cane tails, a Pinecone Christmas Tree, and a glittering Christmas Lantern.
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Get the Books:
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The Snowy Day
Also available from:Llama Llama Holiday Drama
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Gingerbread Christmas
Also available from:How to Catch Santa
Also available from:Maple & Willow's Christmas Tree
Also available from:Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Also available from:The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas
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Hanukkah Mad Libs
Also available from:Happy Kwanzaa Mad Libs
Also available from:The Crayons' Christmas
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Meet the Latkes
Also available from:Goodnight Bubbala
Also available from:Minions Collection
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2018 and updated in 2020.