10 Christmas Writing Prompts for Kids

Engage in festive writing while using one of 10 free Christmas writing prompts for kids. Use a Santa letter writing template, play a Christmas would-you-rather game on paper, write a holiday acrostic, and more!

The month before Christmas is filled with the smell of gingerbread baking, the rustle of wrapping paper, and the twinkling of lights. How to fit schoolwork into all these pleasant activities?

In December, we often do two things differently. First, we slow down, eventually taking a long break. Second, we make Christmas a part of our educational focus!

For instance, in previous years, we studied Christmas around the world, made Christmas paper dolls, and played the Christmas Guess Who game. We also made Christmas Trivia games as presents for our friends.

This year, I’ve created a pack of Christmas writing prompts for kids. During the year, we have been using and enjoying a variety of creative writing prompts. They are fun and easy to pull out when we practise creative writing, and they don’t require a lot of preparation. There are many other advantages that writing prompts have.

The Christmas writing prompts for kids did all these – while also creating a festive atmosphere!

For instance, when my son saw the prompts with the list of Christmas-themed would-you-rather questions, he wanted to sit down and do them right away. That is, as long as it counts as his writing practice for the day! Well, for my part I am happy as long as he enjoys his writing practice. And he really likes pondering those would-you-rather questions.

Would-you-rather questions are actually great writing prompts for beginners because they offer an opportunity to sneak in some creative copywork. A child chooses the answer, then copies it, and, as far as I can judge from my son’s reaction, it doesn’t seem tedious at all. Instead, it is almost like playing a game.

There are plenty more writing prompts as well. Following the prompts, the kids will:

make a Christmas alphabet
write a letter to Santa
make a Christmas acrostic poem
create a Venn diagram comparing an elf with Santa
fantasize about giving amazing presents to all your friends and family members
learn about brainstorming and brainstorm ideas for holiday preparations
write Santa a wanted ad for help
create silly sentences
describe the best presents they have ever got for Christmas (and then have someone else guess what it was)

The prompts are meant for elementary students. Some would be good for very early writers, and children will be able to complete them with copywork. Others don’t provide words to use but have the beginning of sentences to finish. A few are short open-ended prompts!

Though the prompts are tailored towards elementary-aged students, it is fun to do them as a multi-age activity and compare answers in the end. My son loves when I work on the same prompt as him, and if the whole family can do it, it’s even better!