HOLIDAYS
HOLIDAYS
The holiday season brings with it a host of traditions. After the presents, the tree and the food, one of the favorites is Christmas skits for kids. Whether for church, school or family gathering, these short plays let kids take an active role in the craziness of the holidays. Kids love the chance to dress up and perform; parents and other family enjoy the memories. From telling the story of Jesus' birth to simple recitations about Christmas, skits are fun for everyone.
Festive Fun for Kids
Merry Christmas!
Have the kids make and send customized Christmas invitations to friends and family!
Many Christmas skits for kids tell about the birth of Jesus Christ and the meaning of Christmas. If you are looking for small-scale activities that let kids act it out, look for skits with simple characters and props.
- The Birth of Jesus - The classic birth story told in four short scenes
- A Puppet Christmas - Four puppets take part in a guest panel discussing the true meaning of Christmas.
- Christmas Skit - An easy story to learn that incorporates the chorus of favorite Christmas songs.
Christmas skits for kids usually have a few characters that play starring roles. These three skits include some kid favorites.
- A Letter from Santa Claus - Santa Claus explains his Christmas Eve magic in this skit you can personalize with the names of children in your group.
- The Greatest Gift - You pay for this puppet skit, but it includes the best Christmas characters including Frosty, Santa and Rudolph and teaches the meaning of Christmas.
- Trimming the Christmas Tree - A comical skit about getting the perfect Christmas tree.
For kids just starting to read, this play on words about Christmas is educational and entertaining. It is also flexible, because you can choose a word to fit any size group, ages and setting.
Tips:
Tips:
- Have fun with the word you choose for each letter.
- Use two words for large groups.
- Sing a Christmas carol after each child states his letter.
Steps
- Choose a word or phrase to represent the holiday season. Some examples include, "Christmas," "Jesus," or "Santa Claus."
- Print out or hand-draw each letter of the word on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper. Children will hold these during the skit.
- Assign a word related to Christmas to each letter, letting boys and girls help. If you are using, "Christmas," you can simply say, "C is for Christmas." Older kids may also want to tell a story explaining why the word was chosen.
- For the production, kids enter one at a time starting with the first letter. They hold up their sign, and announce the letter and word.
- Kids continue to until the entire word is spelled out.
If you want a Christmas skit for kids that works for all ages, consider this option adapted from the Boy Scouts. Great for large or small groups, here are three other reasons to act out this skit.
- It encourages creativity because children can help choose what words to say.
- It is meant to be funny by posing sarcastic/ironic reactions to favorite things about Christmas.
- It is super simple, requiring virtually no props. All children have to do is say their lines and perform hand motions, if applicable.
- With small groups, children may want to say more than one action. In large groups, split up the verses letting one child says a good thing about Christmas, and another responds with the bad.
- You can always add props if think kids would enjoy it. In the example, have the child open an actual present and leave the paper on the floor. Then, he can pick it up, too.
Preparation
Steps
- A narrator starts by saying, “A good thing about Christmas is…”
- The first child responds with a favorite holiday activity such as “opening presents.”
- The narrator then says, “A bad thing about Christmas is…”
- The child responds with a negative effect of the holiday activity he just mentioned such as “cleaning up the wrapping paper.” As he says this, he pretends to pick up paper from the floor.
- Continue until all children have had a chance to speak. You can have as many or as few verses as needed.
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