Preschool Christmas Party 2012

I co-hosted the Christmas party for the 3 year olds at preschool this year, (Austin's class).
It was a lot of fun.
We made 3 crafts - a baby--in-the-manger ornament, a pompom candy cane ornament, and a stand-up reindeer (on clothespins).

 

We did a relay race where each child on each team had to run and stick their snowman nose, eye, or scarf onto their team's snowman, and then run back and tag the next team member in line. This is pretty hysterical to watch with 3 year olds! I wish I had a video of th game, or at least a picture of what their final snowman looked like. Let's just say it did not look like the one I had laid out!

 

We sang "Call Rudolph"

Call Rudolph
Eight little reindeer pulling Santa's sled
One fell down and bumped his head.
The elves called Santa and Santa said,
"Can seven little reindeer pull my sled?"
Seven little reindeer...
Six little reindeer...
Five little reindeer...
Four little reindeer...
Three little reindeer...
Two little reindeer...
One little reindeer pulling Santa's sled;
He fell down and bumped his head.
The elves called Santa and Santa said,
"Call Rudolph!"

We played "Santa Says".

How To Play: Played similar to Simon Says. The parent/teacher is "Santa". The teacher will say "Santa says hop on one foot". The children will hop on one foot. Repeat for additional activities such as take one baby step forward, step backwards, turn around, tickle your tummy, tap your head, sit down. Sometimes Santa will say "Santa says" and sometimes he won't. When you don't say "Santa says" first, they're not supposed to do the action.  It'­s a fun game to play with young children.

We read Christmas books.



 

We also decorated and then ate gingerbread house shaped cookies.

 

 

 For a healthier snack, we also had kiwi trees with cheese stars and pretzel trunks.