This SIMPLE Sunday Printable is happening. I am tired. I am going to bed. But, I could not neglect my 24 Days of Printables of course so I went ahead and made a simple Trace and Color for ya!
I am going to use it for the obvious… so my kids can trace the letters in the words and color.
But, you can also have your kids sound out the words and use the picture clues to check that their word makes sense.
Or, you can stick this on a clipboard and go on a scavenger hunt in your house for the decor that they can find, coloring only the items that you have in your house.
If you come up with other ideas for this or you use it in a different way… please share it in a comment at the bottom of this post!
If you didn’t get a chance to read yesterday’s post, I shared 5 Nativity Favorites that you might want to take a look at. 🙂
I also shared Part One of my Nativity Templates and here is Part Two:
Ideas for using these templates are sharing in my last post as well.
These templates are included in my membership because I sell them on TeachersPayTeachers but if you check out my membership you will see there is ALOT to keep coming back for. 🙂
Chatting with my friend Allie this morning about the kid’s nativity sets and books that our kids love, I knew I needed to share all of our favorites along with Part 1 of the Nativity Templates I made.
Allie really recommends this one:
Her kids play with it a lot and sing along to the music. It lights up so they like to play with with the lights off too.
I want this (I love advent calendars and felt boards):
Here are the 3 books we absolutely LOVE (see if your local library has them):
Finally, here is Part One of the templates that I made as an extension activity to all that you are doing learning about the birth of Jesus:
The templates I made are GREAT to use as play dough mats, dry-erase tracing mats, patterns to put along side your paper as you draw the pictures shape by shape, and using for construction paper art.
This Part 1 of the templates include: Joseph and Mary, an Angel, a Star, and baby Jesus.
It is included in my membership because I sell this template set on TeachersPayTeachers, but you can get it included in the membership for just $5 right now (limited time price).
Here is a quick little YouTube video for using the angel template:
Anyone else regretting pulling your elf out of the attic on December 1st this year? I think writing this blog is definitely holding me accountable for actually moving my elf, but lemme tell ya, it’s hard work to think of new ideas at 11pm when my husband and I jump up and realize we haven’t moved “Captain.” Kinda wish that sneaky elf actually did have magical powers so we can be lazy and say, “No, no, Captain… you need to add more marshmallows to your snow scene!” or “C’mon… couldn’t you have brought REAL snow from the North Pole? Ya gotta make them BELIEVE!”
However, adding Bible verses and a lesson behind the elf’s shenanigans has made this an amazing experience for me and the kids. Don’t get me wrong, they don’t always sit still and listen to the Bible verse when I’m reading it, or immediately make the connection between the scene and the verse without me having to explain it 10 different ways.
But you know what? Every day I am feeding the kids the Truth (yes, through an imaginary, magical elf, ironically)! And they hear… oh, they hear… and they see… and when they hear and they see, they imitate. So as annoying as this little elf has been and as my husband and I simultaneously yell, “NOT IT!” each night, every morning the kids are jumping up and down, asking me to grab my Bible so we can finish hearing our elf’s message to us.
And each morning our message begins like this… “I am holding the Bible, and these words in the Bible are the Truth, and so let’s hear about that truth…”
So I have been seeing some pretty amazing elf shenanigans on Facebook and asked you to share! So to all of you who shared, thank you! And here they are below, in no particular order…
1. “Pabon” (meaning “No good” in Cajun French) grabbed Ken’s tux and asked if he could be a groomsman in big Sissy’s wedding!
2. “Elfie” is quite the romantic, taking Barbie out on a date for some sweets… candelabra and all!
3. “Boudin the Elf” fell off the shelf! Get well soon, Boudin!
4. This elf is “Happy! Happy! Happy!” QUACK!
5. “Emma the Elf” stole Ava’s potty candy!
6. It’ll be hard to make it back to the North Pole tonight unless “Elfie Lou Lou” finds the key real soon!
7. A bubble bath and catching up on celebrity gossip? Yes, please!
8. Here’s one Elf that gets jealous of other mythical creatures… he’s donning fairy wings, a tutu, tiara and surprised a toothless Cohen with some extra money in the morning!
9. Presenting… “Elfie Lou Lou” on the flying trapeze!
10. “Houston, we have an Elf.” “Eli” has just landed in Colton’s home from the North Pole!
11. The Pre-K-2nd graders on bus #42 were amazed to find a new passenger hanging from the emergency exit! They were even more surprised to each receive letters from Santa Clause, hand-delivered from “Snowflake the Elf!”
12. “Elfie” and “Elfette” are quite the artists! And what neat handwriting they have!
13. The Little Gym of Lafayette’s “Tumblina” made her appearance by slinky jumping her way into gymnastics classes!
14. With a little elf magic (and a lot of sugar), “Elfie” can turn peppermints into candy canes over night!
15. Cereal and milk, curled up in a blanket, watching Frosty on the flat screen… this.is.the.life.
Keep sharing your Elf on the Shelf ideas on Facebook!!!
Oh, and P.S. Here are some other great resources for Elf ideas!
So, I decided to give make a template for it… meanwhile I have “Run, Run, Rudolph” stuck in my head and I don’t know any of the other lyrics.
This template can be used however you would like. You can white-out my writing prompt if you come up with a better idea for it (and if you do, please share it).
But, I am using it as a creative writing (or drawing) template to do after reading the adorable book “Who will guide my sleigh tonight?”
