Christmas Countdown Activity Book for 3-4 Year Olds

24 days of Christmas activities, one day at a time.

From 1 December to Christmas Eve, your 3- or 4-year-old has a new page to look forward to. Each day has two pages: a simple activity (tracing, counting, matching or a puzzle), then a big Christmas picture to colour. It takes about 10-15 minutes, needs no screens and contains no chocolate.

What’s inside:

• Trace Father Christmas’s hat, a snowman’s circles and a sleigh’s flight path
• Join the dots to finish a reindeer’s antlers
• Count candy canes, wreath berries and Christmas lights
• Match presents to their shadows and stockings into pairs
• Find the odd elf out, circle the big bells and spot the biscuit with a bite taken out
• Guide a marshmallow through a maze to a cup of hot chocolate
• Draw your own snowflakes inside a snow globe
• Draw the present you’d like from Father Christmas

Skills your child practises: pencil control, pre-writing strokes, counting and number recognition, matching, spotting patterns and careful looking.

No reading needed. The pictures are big and the instructions are one short line, so a grown-up can read it out and the child does the rest.

A good alternative to a chocolate advent calendar, a stocking filler, or something quiet for car journeys and rainy afternoons.

Two editions, same activities:

• Father Christmas’s 24-Day Countdown: UK edition, British English
• Santa’s 24-Day Countdown: US edition, American English

Only the wording and spelling change (colour/color, biscuit/cookie). The Amazon button above takes you to the right edition for your country.

Not sure about the level? See all our books by age here: Christmas activity and colouring books for kids.

Ready to start the countdown? Scroll up and grab your copy — December 1st is closer than you think!