This document provides ideas for Christmas classroom drama activities including miming games with Christmas crackers, characters, and food. It also includes memory and drawing games involving Christmas present lists. Students work individually and with partners to mime, describe, recall, and draw items in a fun, interactive way to engage with Christmas themes.
This document provides ideas for Christmas classroom drama activities including miming games with Christmas crackers, characters, and food. It also includes memory and drawing games involving Christmas present lists. Students work individually and with partners to mime, describe, recall, and draw items in a fun, interactive way to engage with Christmas themes.
This document provides ideas for Christmas classroom drama activities including miming games with Christmas crackers, characters, and food. It also includes memory and drawing games involving Christmas present lists. Students work individually and with partners to mime, describe, recall, and draw items in a fun, interactive way to engage with Christmas themes.
This document provides ideas for Christmas classroom drama activities including miming games with Christmas crackers, characters, and food. It also includes memory and drawing games involving Christmas present lists. Students work individually and with partners to mime, describe, recall, and draw items in a fun, interactive way to engage with Christmas themes.
Tell
the
children
you
have
a
large
Christmas
cracker
in
your
hand
and
it
has
two
things
inside
it.
You
need
someone
to
pull
it
with
you
–
select
a
volunteer
helper
to
stand
at
a
distance
as
if
on
the
other
end
of
a
giant
Christmas
cracker.
On
a
count
of
three
pull
the
cracker
with
your
helper
and
make
a
suitable
cracking
noise.
Explain
that
you
are
going
to
mime
one
of
the
objects
inside
the
cracker
for
your
class
to
guess
what
it
is
and
your
partner
will
then
mime
the
other
object.
Try
something
easy
to
guess
–
small
pack
of
cards,
balloon,
little
book,
necklace
etc
When
the
class
has
guessed
ask
your
cracker-‐pulling
partner
to
mime
the
other
object.
Now
explain
that
in
pairs
the
class
will
decide
on
two
objects
for
their
cracker.
They
can
practise
pulling
the
crackers
and
then
miming
the
objects.
When
everyone
has
had
a
practice
you
can
then
invite
partners
to
come
to
the
front
of
the
class
to
show
the
others
and
for
the
students
to
guess
the
things
inside
their
crackers.
2.
Christmas
Characters
-
Mime
Discuss
with
your
class
which
characters
are
connected
with
Christmas
–
Santa,
reindeer,
elves,
snowmen,
tree
fairy,
story
characters
etc
In
this
game
the
children
with
a
partner
mime
being
Christmas
characters
for
the
others
to
guess
–
Santa
and
reindeer
driving
the
sleigh
for
example,
elves
wrapping
the
presents,
a
child
building
a
snowman,
a
fairy
being
put
on
the
tree
etc
Ask
them
to
practise
with
their
partner
a
little
mime
scene
being
their
chosen
characters
and
then
after
a
while
choose
a
few
to
come
to
the
front
of
the
class
to
show
their
mimes
and
for
the
others
to
guess
the
characters.
3.
Christmas
Food
-
Descriptions
Have
a
discussion
about
Christmas
food
and
what
the
children
like
to
eat
at
Christmas
time
–
Christmas
cake,
turkey,
roast
potatoes,
trifle,
chocolates
etc
–
get
quite
a
few
suggestions.
Now
explain
that
you
are
going
to
describe
a
Christmas
food
and
when
they
think
they
know
what
it
is
they
can
put
their
hands
up
to
make
a
guess.
Example:
I
eat
this
food
at
the
end
of
a
meal.
It
has
fruit
and
jelly
and
custard
and
cream.
(Trifle)
After
your
example
ask
if
anyone
else
has
a
Christmas
food
to
describe
and
repeat
the
game.
4.
Christmas
Presents
–
Making
A
List
–
Listening
-
Recalling
Discuss
the
tradition
of
making
a
Christmas
present
list.
You
can
ask
who
has
done
this
and
what
might
be
on
that
list.
Tell
the
children
you
are
going
to
write
your
list
of
5
things.
You
want
everyone
to
listen
carefully
because
when
you
are
finished
you
will
see
if
anyone
can
remember
everything
that
was
on
your
list.
Now
demonstrate
miming
writing
a
list.
Say
the
5
items
on
your
list
and
mime
writing
them
down
–
a
pair
of
slippers,
a
football,
a
book,
a
kite,
a
painting
set.
When
you
are
finished
ask
if
anyone
can
tell
everyone
all
the
items
that
were
on
your
list.
There
are
a
number
of
options
now
for
this
memory
game
as
follows:
1.
The
children
come
to
the
front
and
basically
do
just
as
you
have
done
–
5
items
and
then
ask
for
them
to
be
recalled.
2.
Do
the
game
in
pairs.
This
game
can
be
done
with
a
partner,
which
is
a
very
inclusive
version
with
everyone
having
a
go
at
the
same
time.
3.
For
older
classes
the
lists
can
progress
to
more
than
5
items
as
a
challenge
and
you
could
even
bring
in
a
writing
task
–
after
someone
says
their
list
the
students
write
down
the
items
that
they
can
recall.
After
a
while
they
put
their
pencils
down
and
it
will
be
revealed
who
managed
to
remember
most
of
the
items.
5.
Christmas
Lists
-
Drawing
The
Presents
In
this
exercise
the
children
draw
the
presents
that
are
on
their
Christmas
Lists.
They
then
swap
their
drawings
with
a
partner
who
identifies
what
the
presents
are
either
by
saying
what
they
are
or
writing
down
what
they
think
they
are
next
to
each
drawing.
Drama
Scenes
For
Lower
and
Upper
Primary
The
Drama
scenes
below
have
been
divided
into
Lower
and
Upper
School
but
you
can
decide
which
to
use.
We
have
found
that
older
children
are
very
happy
to
use
simple,
play-‐at
formats
within
which
they
can
become
creative
and
have
fun
together.
These
scenes
below
for
Lower
Primary
would
actually
be
adored
by
our
Teenage
students
–
believe
it
or
not
–
the
escapism
is
solid
gold!
6.
Drama
Scenes
For
Lower
Primary
Children
will
love
enacting
Christmas
scenes
and
these
can
be
done
very
simply
to
great
effect
in
the
classroom.
With
younger
children
if
you
have
a
great
piece
of
background
music
children
will
happily
mime/improvise
scenes
after
a
quick
demonstration
from
the
teacher.
Here
is
a
very
easy
format
for
a
Christmas
Scene
1.
Ask
the
class
what
the
Christmas
Elves
do
at
the
North
Pole
–
they
wrap
the
presents
and
put
them
on
the
sleigh.
With
a
helper
give
a
demonstration
of
how
they
would
mime
doing
this.
Now
ask
the
children
to
take
a
partner
and
become
2
Elves
busy
working
at
the
North
Pole
doing
all
the
Elf
jobs.
Put
on
some
great
music
and
let
them
begin.
You
can
interact
with
them
throughout
by
going
round
the
class
asking
what
they
are
doing.
You
could
even
go
into
role
as
Santa
giving
a
few
instructions,
praising
them
etc
which
will
help
with
their
focus.
Santa
could
also
be
played
in
this
scene
by
a
student.
After
a
while
you
could
invite
half
of
the
class
at
a
time
to
show
the
other
half
their
mimes.
The
students
can
guess
what
was
happening
in
the
mime
scenes.
2.
Discuss
that
when
the
sleigh
is
loaded,
the
Elves
wave
goodbye
and
Santa
and
the
reindeer
take
off
to
deliver
the
presents.
They
will
fly
through
the
air.
Again
demonstrate
the
activity
before
they
try
it.
You
can
either
do
this
as
a
paired
activity
(Santa
and
Rudolf)
or
small
group
(Santa
with
several
reindeer).
The
demonstration
will
show
Santa
on
the
sleigh
with
the
reindeer
in
front.
We
recommend
that
you
keep
the
activity
static
rather
than
allowing
the
children
to
fly
around
the
room
especially
within
a
classroom
setting.
They
can
still
make
swaying
movements
as
if
flying
and
you
can
call
out
things
that
they
see
from
the
sky
–
I
can
see
boats
on
the
sea,
there’s
Scotland
–
Edinburgh
Castle
….there’s
London
–
the
Houses
of
Parliament
etc
Again
back
the
activity
with
some
great
flying
music
and
after
a
while
watch
a
few
of
their
scenes.
3.
Explain
that
now
Santa
will
stop
the
sleigh
on
the
roof
tops
and
deliver
the
presents
to
the
houses.
If
you
demonstrate
with
a
helper/s
this
will
really
help
the
children
to
work
on
this
scene.
The
teacher
could
be
a
reindeer
and
say
that
at
this
house,
number
27,
they
need
the
football
and
the
scooter
and
mime
getting
these
off
the
sleigh
to
take
to
the
house.
Ask
if
Santa
is
going
down
the
chimney
(if
so
he
better
not
get
stuck)
or
maybe
there’s
another
way
in.
Keep
the
scene
very
loose
so
that
when
the
children
come
to
do
it
they
act
out
their
own
ideas
and
just
play
with
it.
To
inject
a
bit
of
extra
drama
into
the
scenes
suggest
that
maybe
Santa
does
get
stuck
in
the
chimney
or
maybe
someone
thinks
he
is
a
burglar.
Presenting
some
kind
of
problem
is
always
much
more
fun.
You
can
of
course
just
give
them
the
instructions
if
you
are
not
happy
with
in
role
(although
in
role
will
be
by
far
the
more
successful
method).
In
groups/pairs
they
then
go
and
enact
the
scene
and
again
you
can
watch
a
few
of
these.
As
a
final
scene
the
children
can
become
children
from
the
houses
receiving
the
presents
the
next
day.
They
will
be
excited
and
hopefully
they
have
got
the
right
presents
(no
mix-‐ups!)
and
are
happy
with
them.
Demonstrate
with
a
helper
or
tell
them
what’s
involved
–
with
a
partner
they
open
the
presents
and
say
what
they
are,
encouraging
them
to
say
a
bit
about
each
present
–
Look
I
got
my
football
and
it’s
a
red
one!
In
pairs
they
enact
the
scene
and
then
show
the
others.
These
activities
can
spill
over
very
easily
into
Literacy
and
we
have
found
time
and
time
again
if
you
follow-‐up
practical
activity
immediately
with
writing
you
will
get
great
recall,
descriptions
and
excitement
in
putting
the
ideas
into
story
drawings
and
writing.
We
also
find
it
very
important
to
place
a
high
value
on
this
Literacy
follow-‐up
by
allowing
the
children
time
to
speak
to
each
other
in
pairs
sharing
their
work
and
even
presenting
it
to
the
rest
of
the
class
which
really
instills
confidence
and
positivity.
7.
Drama
Scenes
For
Upper
Primary
-
Tableaux
To
add
in
a
bit
of
a
challenge
for
Upper
Primary
the
students
can
work
in
groups
to
create
Christmas
Tableaux
(still
pictures)
to
show
different
Christmas
scenes.
Discuss
with
them
what
would
be
a
typical
Christmas
scene
–
Family
eating
Christmas
dinner,
a
busy
shopping
street,
opening
presents,
decorating
a
tree
etc
In
groups
of
about
5/6
the
students
create
a
typical
Christmas
tableau.
As
they
do
so
put
on
some
Christmas
music
in
the
background
–
it
will
seriously
provide
some
atmosphere
to
the
activity
and
add
in
an
extra
layer
of
stimulus.
After
a
while
watch
the
tableaux.
As
you
are
looking
at
a
tableau
you
can
use
thought
tap
technique
within
the
scene.
Tap
someone
on
the
shoulder
(or
just
point
to
someone)
and
ask
that
character
a
question
e.g.
“That
looks
like
a
heavy
shopping
bag,
what
have
you
been
buying?”
This
prompts
the
student
to
reply
in
role
as
their
character.
Your
conversation
could
develop
–
“How
are
you
feeling
about
this
time
of
year?
Do
you
like
it?”
When
you
watch
other
scenes
you
can
invite
students
to
do
the
thought
tapping,
asking
questions
of
people
in
other
tableau
scenes.
After
seeing
all
of
the
tableaux
you
can
discuss
some
of
the
comments
that
were
made.
Tableau
is
a
great,
simple
way
of
putting
together
a
story
outline
in
3
scenes
(beginning,
middle,
end).
To
extend
this
method
with
your
Upper
Primary
class
ask
the
groups
now
to
create
a
Christmas
scenario
in
3
tableau
scenes.
Your
challenge
for
them
is
the
following:
1.
The
scenes
happen
in
the
same
place
–
a
house/street/party/storyland
…
and
has
to
be
Christmas
related.
2.
Something
goes
wrong
–
the
food
goes
on
fire/argument
in
shop/child
steals
from
street
Santa/presents
go
missing.
3.
The
situation
is
resolved
–
the
food
is
rescued
somehow/the
argument
is
calmed
down/the
child
gives
the
present
back/the
presents
are
found.
4.
The
students
in
their
groups
now
present
these
scenes
that
tell
their
story
as
3
tableaux.
They
can
then
show
the
scenes,
which
will
probably
be
quite
comical
and
if
you
have
time
you
can
develop
them
into
full
improvisations
with
dialogue.