Preschool Christmas Party Ideas needed

[pooh4evr]

I am in charge of my daughter's school christmas party (pre k). I am supposed to plan the entire morning form 9-12, snack, story, craft and activities for 16 kids. So I am looking for help!! any ideas for 4 year olds- I have to stay away from religious themes but I believe I can do Santa, Rudolph, Christmas Trees? - I was going to try to concentrate more on Frosty the Snowman or snow in general - Any help would be appreciated!!

 

[Pooh67_68]

For crafts try www.orientaltrading.com

Does the snack have to be healthy? maybe cupcakes that they can sprinkle the red and green sugar on and top with a marshmallow snowman peep.

As for the story - Was the Night Before Christmas.

 

[MsLeFever]

I'm in the same boat for DD's preschool party. All I've got so far is that Santa is going to come to the party! I'm getting some small craft items that he can give the kids to seque into the next activity.

 

[CEDmom]

I know this will be messy but it will take care of the snack and craft parts. Bring in plain sugar cookies in a good shape to decorate (snowmen, trees or gingerbread men come to mind); give each child a little container of frosting along with a popsicle stick for spreading and some decorations (m&ms, sprinkles, gumdrops etc). Maybe they could each make 2 - one for snack and one to take home.

Another craft idea would be to cut stockings, Christmas trees or snowmen out of construction paper and give the kids things to decorate them with (glitter, pom poms, ribbon, felt scraps etc).

 

[Barb D]

Here are two ideas I'm using for Sunday School:

1. They're decorating wooden picture frame ornaments I bought at Michaels. They'll be using glitter glue and markers for the decorating. I'm taking my digital camera and taking a picture of each child BEFORE the day we do this craft, and printing out the pictures ahead of time. I'll bring my camera and printer in case there are new kids there that day.

2. I'm going to trace their hands on a felt square, and cut out the hand so that the hand shape is a hole in the square. Then I'll layer that with a piece of copper foil and then another felt square, so that the copper foil will show through the hand cutout. Before making the layers, I'll have them write their name on the copper foil with a silver sharpie, and then lightly emboss the name so that it shows through the other side. Then I'll flip the foil, and emboss harder so that it sticks out on the right side.

 

[stinkerbelle]

if you're gonna go the 'frosty' route...why not bring in the movie, or read the book (is there a book?), have them all make snowmen (with cotton balls/construction paper), make snowflakes...keep it "winter wonderland" related.

maybe have 'snowballs' for snack?

 

[pooh4evr]

Yes the snack is supposed to be healthy-

 

[Pooh67_68]

Yes the snack is supposed to be healthy-

Well than, sliced apples (just sprinkle on lemon juice and they won't turn brown, if making them a day ahead) and peanut butter, or the Chex party mix?


Here is a recipe on a different version than the original.

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
6 tablespoons margarine or butter*
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
4 cups Corn Chex® cereal
4 cups Rice Chex® cereal
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. Microwave brown sugar, margarine and corn syrup in large microwavable bowl uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until margarine is melted. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Stir in cereals. Microwave on High 3 minutes, stirring every minute. Spread on cookie sheet. Cool 10 minutes; break into bite-size pieces.
Microwave chocolate chips in small microwavable bowl on High 1 minute 30 seconds or until chocolate can be stirred smooth (bowl will be hot). Drizzle chocolate over snack. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. Store in airtight container. 8 cups snack.

For pretzel or peanut lovers: Stir in 1 cup broken pretzels or 1/2 cup honey-roasted peanuts with the cereal.

*Do not use spread or tub products.



1 serving (1/2 cup): 160 calories (45 calories from fat); 5 g fat (1 g saturated); 0 mg cholesterol; 200 mg sodium; 27 g carbohydrate (0 g dietary fiber); 1 g protein.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No changes.


2005 © and ®/™ General Mills

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

I did this for my DD's Kindergarten party and it was so much fun... but you might need help with 4 year olds....

Each kid gets some vaseline put on their cheeks and chin (you put it on), they line up into 2 teams and it is a relay

They run and put their faces into a bowl of cotton balls, they come out looking like Santa!!!!!

THe website I got this at had the kids count how many cotton balls and the team with the most won, but we just did it for fun and then took a group pic. Lots of fun, clean up isn't bad, just paper towels to wip off the vaseline.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Ok, thought of another something I did that the kids loved... again it was for kindergarten so you would have to change it up a bit. Take a story and make it into a mad lib. have the kids tell you numbers, things, places etc.... then read the story to them, they love the created stories. I think there are websites that have them ready to go... otherwise it isn't hard to do, just take out words and have the kids give you their suggestions.

 

[BrinxFam]

When DD was in the 1st grade we made the reindeer food with her class at the Christmas party. Just got baggies and let the children put a scoop of oats, a spoonful of red sugar, one of white sugar and one of green sugar. Closed up the bag and they gently tossed it together, then tied on the poem that goes with reindeer food. They had a great time with it.

We also made the snowmen using marshmallows.

 

[pooh4evr]

does anyone have the reindeer food poem?

 

[kc73]

I went to a preschool conference in Oct. & one of the things that the adults did was to make snow. There's a powdery substance in a can at discountschoolsupply.com & it's called "Super Snow Powder". You just put some water on 1 tablespoon of powder & stir. It makes 2 gallons & a can costs 8.95. It fluffs up & actually gets cold. You can put it into a ziplock baggy. It stays fluffy & if you want it to get cold again (it goes back to room temp. after a couple of hours), you just add a few drops of water.

The adults LOVED this, I was amazed by it & our kids are going to love doing this during next year's VBS. BTW, clean-up is a breeze.

A version of the REINDEER food poem is:

"Sprinkle on the lawn at night,
The moon will make it sparkle bright.
As Santa's reindeer fly & roam,
This will guide them to your home."

HTH

 

[missypie]

PLEASE have them make an ornament with their little picture on it. (Have the pictures taken in advance.) We set up a little display of the picture ornaments that DD's made in preschool and elementary school. They are so cute. Amazingly, although he went to the same preschool and elementary school, DS NEVER made a picture ornament! He is missing from the display!