Christmas Color By Number Worksheets

Looking for a fun and festive way to keep your students engaged during the holiday season? Christmas math color-by-number activities are the perfect solution! These worksheets combine the excitement of holiday-themed coloring with the challenge of solving math problems. 

Whether you're teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, Christmas math color-by-number sheets offer a creative way to reinforce math skills while spreading holiday cheer. They're great for classroom use, homework assignments, or even as a fun activity for kids to do at home during winter break.

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As a teacher, I understand how difficult it can be to keep students focused during the holiday season, so why not incorporate their enthusiasm into their learning? These color-by-number worksheets are not only fun but also a great way for your students to practice addition and multiplication skills while enjoying the festive spirit of Christmas.

With these color-by-number sheets, your students will be able to solve addition or multiplication problems and create beautiful Christmas-themed pictures featuring Santa, reindeer, candy canes, and more! It's a win-win situation where they can have a blast coloring and learning at the same time. And the best part? These worksheets require no preparation, making them an easy and stress-free addition to your lesson plans.

I currently have both addition and multiplication versions of these Christmas Color by Number Printables as well as a  number words version.  If you have a request for additional skills, leave a comment below!  

If you scroll down, you will see newer versions I have created as suggested by readers like you!

To ensure that your students receive immediate feedback and you can assess their understanding, each color-by-code activity sheet comes with an answer key. This way, you can easily track their progress and provide constructive feedback where needed. Moreover, the answer keys also allow students to self-check their work, reinforcing their learning in a meaningful way.

But that's not all! You'll find diverse versions of characters such as Christmas Elf, Santa Claus, and Mrs. Claus. This means you can cater to the unique needs of all your students, ensuring an inclusive and engaging learning experience for everyone.

And here's some exciting news: These Christmas color-by-code pages are also available in my money-saving color-by-number bundles, which include worksheets for various holidays. By purchasing these bundles, you can save over 50% on all sets!

It's a fantastic opportunity to provide your students with a plethora of fun and educational activities throughout the year while staying within your budget.

 Color By Number Multiplication Facts Holidays Bundle

 Color By Number Addition Facts Holidays  Bundle 

Pull out the crayons or markers and help make Christmas in the classroom a bit calmer and more productive with these Christmas Color By Number Printables!

Other Christmas Color By Number Sets Available:

Christmas Color By Number Subitizing Worksheets

Christmas Color By Number Figurative Language

Christmas Color By Number Multi-Digit Multiplication

Other Holiday Color By Number Sets Available

Hanukkah Color By Number

New Year's Color By Number
100th Day of School Color By Number

Martin Luther King Jr. Color By Number
Groundhog Day Color By Number
Valentine's Day Color By Number

10 Ways to Practice Math Facts

If you are anything like most teachers, your students come to you NOT knowing their math facts.  When students don't have fluency with their math facts, it makes teaching higher level mathematical concepts even more difficult!  I have put together some of my favorite ways to have students practice math facts.  The best part?  Students LOVE them too!

Math Fact Relay Race

Math Facts made fun! Students practice their math facts with this fun relay game.  Could be easily adapted to other skills as well!

Directions:
1. Cut out 2 circle with a circle cut out inside of it (like a doughnut shape).
2. Write factors around the circle.
3. Put one factor in the middle of the circle.
4. Have students race to multiply the factor in the middle with one of the factors on the ring. (Could also be used for addition, subtraction, division, and vocabulary words)


Color By Number

My students beg to let them color during the school day - and while I am happy to give them a brain break from time to time, I feel much better about letting them color when they are also practicing their math facts!

I am currently working on a growing bundle of math facts color by number sets for both multiplication and addition (you can also buy each set separately at my TpT store).  You can get a great deal by buying the set now, because the price goes up as I add each set, but you can get them all for today's price!

Holiday Color By Number Multiplication Facts Growing Bundle

Holiday Color By Number Addition Facts Growing Bundle

Math Facts Game Capture

My students absolutely LOVE this game for practicing their math facts!  You can watch the video below to see how we use it for practicing multiplication, but it can be easily adapted for other skills as well (including sight word or vocabulary words)!  You can find the complete directions for the Capture Math Facts Game here.

Math Facts Erase

Write math fact problems on the board.  One student calls out the answer to one of the problems, and the other erases the problem that matches their answer.  If the student erasing the problems is stumped, they switch places.

Kicking It Math

I have my student practice math facts every day with my Kicking It Math Fact program.  If we miss a day, they complain! The program allows them to work at their own pace, practice just a few targeted facts at a time, and best of all win math facts belts that they love!  You can read about the whole Kicking It Math Fact program here.

Subitizing Cards for Multiplication

Subitizing cards are a great way to help your students practice their math facts.  You can find the complete directions as well as a link to the freebie for these cards here.

Rock Paper Scissors Math

What's better than Rock, Paper, Scissors, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Math of course!  Students hold up zero to ten fingers each.  They find the product of the two numbers they are showing.  The first person to respond wins the round.



Kaboom Math Facts Game 

Kaboom Type Games are a fun way to practice math facts.  Place a set of math facts in a container along with several cards that say Kaboom.  You can hand write the facts on index cards or buy a set such as my Cookies for Santa Kaboom game or my Water Fight Game.

Students take turn pulling the cards from the container and answering the math facts on them.  If they get the answer correct, they get to keep their card.  If they answer incorrectly, they put the card back in.  If a student pulls the dreaded Kaboom card out, they have to put back all of their cards.  The winner is the student with the most cards at the end of the game.

Math Facts Flyswatter

Write some products on index cards.  Give students each a flyswatter.  Call out a math fact such as 7 X 8.  Students will race to swat the correct answer, 56.


Math Facts Who Am I

Write various products on index cards and paper clip them to your students' backs so they can't see them.  The other student gives them a math fact that would have the answer of the number on the back so the student can guess their number.  This is easily differentiated by your students' ability as you can see in the video.

Halloween in the Classroom

Halloween is often the first party of the school year, and after a busy back to school season, it can be challenging to plan out! I thought I would share a few of my favorite Halloween read alouds, activities, and some tips and tricks that I have used to make this crazy day a little less taxing!

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Halloween Party

Choose Your Snacks And Drinks

Many schools have health and wellness policies that spell out the types of snacks and drinks that you can serve.  Often schools require that treats be store-bought or pre-packaged as well.  Make sure you check these requirements before requesting items from parents.

Invites

I like to send a note home to my parents a week or two before Halloween to let them know how we will be celebrating.  You can grab this Halloween Party letter to parents freebie by clicking here.

Make sure to ask for parent volunteers as well.  Determine how many activities you will have, and request a parent volunteer for each activity.  You might also want to include a volunteer (or two) that focus on delivering and cleaning up food items.

Music Maestro

What's a party without music?  I love using Kidz Bop in the classroom because I don't have to worry about inappropriate lyrics playing when I least expect it.  Halloween is crazy enough without having to deal with parent calls after school!

Kidz Bop Halloween Hits is perfect for Halloween, and best of all, you can stream it for FREE if you are an Amazon Prime member.



Language Arts

Halloween Word Search Printables

Print out this fun Halloween Word Search puzzle and get your students ready for everyone's favorite spooky holiday!

Math

Halloween Color By Number Math Facts Practice

Color-by-number activities are ALWAYS a hit in my classroom, and Halloween is no exception!  I love being able to get a little math fact practice in with my students with these color-by-code sheets.

Halloween Color By Number Addition Math Facts

Halloween Color By Number Multiplication Math Facts

FREEBIES - Download the previews of these resources for a free color-by-number worksheet!

Ghost Math Facts Craftivity

And in keeping with the math fact theme, another great activity that can be used to celebrate Halloween in the classroom are these adorable math fact ghosts!

Ghost Addition Facts I Know Craftivity

Ghost Multiplication Facts I Know Craftivity

Eye Ball Math

You can make another great Halloween-themed math game with these spooky eyeballs from Dollar Tree. (If you can't find them, Amazon has a set of these eyeballs as well). Simply write numbers onto the eyeballs using a sharpie.  You can practice skills such as:

• math facts
• double digit multiplication, subtraction, or addition
• long division
• rounding

While you are at Dollar Tree, grab a bag of candy corn to practice comparing numbers.

Reading

Halloween Read Alouds

One of the best things about Halloween is that there are so many great read-alouds centered around it.  I buy most of my Halloween-themed books from Amazon - being a Prime member makes it so much easier since they arrive quickly even when I buy one at the last moment.  I have also purchased from Scholastic and Barnes and Noble (which always has great holiday displays in their children's section).


I shared a list of my favorite Halloween read-alouds in this blog post.

Halloween Mad Libs

I love using Mad Libs in the classroom, and Halloween is no exception! There are quite a few options:

Miscellaneous Ideas

Make ANY assignment more festive by printing on Halloween orange paper.

What things do you do to celebrate Halloween in your classroom?

 I would love to hear from you! ❤️

Have a question? Idea for a resource you might find helpful?

Be so kind and leave a comment below.

Halloween Read Alouds

My students LOVE Halloween and I LOVE reading aloud to them, so here are a few of my favorite Halloween read alouds that are perfect for upper elementary students!

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The Ugly Pumpkin

This is a Halloween/Thanksgiving twist on the classic fairy tale The Ugly Duckling. The Ugly Pumpkin waits all season long for someone to take him home for Halloween, but no one will. He doesn't look like the other pumpkins, so he sets off in search for a place where he will fit in.  Sure enough, he finds exactly where he belongs - BUT, it's not at all what he expected!

Teaching Ideas:

Themes: Loving yourself, fitting in

Grammar: 

Adjectives - this book is filled with great adjectives for your students to find including: ugly, bright, crispy, late, cruel, overrun, odd, and happy.

Adverbs - your students can find a plethora of adverbs including: plainly, early, when, alone, awhile, then, and finally.

Verbs - See if you can challenge your students to write some sentences using the verbs in the story: waiting, picked, looking, getting, tricked, laughed, rolled, and happened.

Writing: This book is an adaptation of a fairy tale, see if your students can write their own adaptation of The Ugly Ducking or the fairy tale of their choice.

Pumpkin Jack

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Tim carves a pumpkin that is fierce and funny.  A pumpkin like that deserves a name, and so he gives him one - Jack. Tim loves Jack so much that he keeps him "Long after the best trick-or-treat candy was eaten".  He keeps Jack until it begins to rot and Mom tells Tim to throw it out.  He takes it into the garden instead, and that is where the magic begins! He watches it throughout the year as it undergoes many changes until becoming his Jack'O'Lantern again. 

Teaching Ideas:

Themes: Loyalty, friendship

Grammar: 

Adjectives - fierce, first, funny, perfect, good, best, warm, magic, different, wrinkled, silly, bright, orange, brown, colder, flatter, cold, heavy, faded, crumpled, distant, thin, warm, hot, green, hidden, tired, new, tattered, pale, limp, wet, withered, unripe, bright, and generous.

Figurative Language - There are many examples of figurative language throughout the book:

"...the brown ghosts of last summer's plants"

"Flowers opened on the plant each morning, yellow stars that twisted shut forever in the afternoon."

"...searching for green pumpkins like hidden treasures."

"... the pumpkin plant seemed tired."

"The frozen plants seemed changed to pale blue glass."

Science: This book has a great science tie-in with the life cycle of a pumpkin.

Bone Soup

This fun little tale is a Halloween adaptation of the classic Stone Soup. Finnigin is infamous for his ravenous appetite.  Every where he goes he carries his eating stool, his eating spoon, and of course his gigantic eating mouth.  

When he happens upon a new town, all of the creatures there have been warned about his ravenous hunger, and they lock up all of their food.  Finnigin stirs up some delicious Bone Soup and tricks them all into sharing with him.

Teaching Ideas:

Themes: sharing

Vocabulary:  There are so many great vocabulary words in this book including: wits, ravenous, barren, impending, plague, locusts, panic, spare, cauldron, ceremoniously, splintered, ghoul, delicacy, stammered, fetched, stash, wistful, and longingly.

Punctuation: Many of the sentences include commas and quotation marks.  You might give students samples of these sentences without the punctuation and ask them to correct them.  You could also ask them to find the sentences and generate some punctuation rules for them.

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

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This book of poems is filled with monster size problems!  Frankenstein's cupboards are bare. The Creature from the Black Lagoon doesn't wait an hour before swimming and goes into the bog too soon.  The Phantom of the Opera has a song stuck in his head.  The witches have watchers. And, don't even get started on Dracula's hygiene issues!

If your students are fans of Shel Silverstein poetry, they will love these ones!

Teaching Ideas:

Writing: Have your students write their own Halloween poems.

Figurative Language - Can your students find the figurative language throuout the book?

Onomatopoeia

" Cack cack-a-doodle-a DOOOOOOOOO!"

Alliteration

" Fancy folk avoid his feet"

"the personality of plaid"

At the Old Haunted House

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The rhyming text of this book makes it so fun to read!  At the old haunted house there are all kinds of creatures: a big ma monster and her wee monsters two, a scrawny black cat and her wee kittens three, a green pa goblin and his wee goblins four, and even more!

Writing: Have you

Teaching Ideas:

Writing: This would make such a great mentor text for writing all sorts of things.  Have your students use the same model to write a story book, or to teach about a non-fiction topic.

What are your favorite Halloween Books to Read Aloud?  Share with us in the comments!