Make Your Own Christmas Activity Book

by thetripclip, posted in For Teachers, Holiday

My free Christmas activity book has been very popular! You can print it yourself right now.

If you’ve used these 7 activities already and would like more, here’s how you can make them:

Make a Purchase

To print more Christmas activity pages you’ll need to make a purchase on The Trip Clip website. You can purchase a single activity for $2.95 (individual activity links below), or buy them as a bundle that includes 21 activities total for $16.95.

Coloring Pages

There are 2 coloring pages in my free Christmas activity book and 31 more Christmas pictures to on The Trip Clip website you can print and color:

Here are the steps to follow to print more coloring pages:

  1. From your PC, click here to purchase the Coloring Pages activity
  2. Go to the Activities page by clicking the menu item at the top of the page
  3. Click the button for Coloring Pages
  4. Under SELECT CATEGORY on the left of the screen, choose the radio button for Christmas
  5. Click any picture to show it in the preview on the right
  6. Click the purple PRINT button above the preview to print the picture on a half sheet of paper or add it to your print queue
  7. Alternatively, you can click the blue PRINT COLORING BOOK button to print all of the Christmas pictures at once – on the Make Activity Book page, select 33 pages next to the checkbox for Coloring Pages / Christmas and then click Add to Print Queue

Crossword Puzzles

There is one Christmas-themed picture crossword puzzle in the free packet and right now that’s the only one I have! If you want more Christmas crossword puzzles let me know at molly@thetripclip.com. I prioritize my work based on customer requests!

Word Search Puzzles

There are 2 Christmas word search puzzles in the free packet – an easy 7×7 puzzle, and a harder 11×11 one. The Trip Clip has a collection of Christmas related words that you can use to create as many word search puzzles as you want at all difficulty levels. You can make them as simple as 5×5 or as complicated as 20×20. Here’s how:

  1. Purchase the word search activity on The Trip Clip website
  2. From a desktop PC, go to the Activities page by clicking the menu item at the top of the page
  3. Click the button for Word Search
  4. On the left side of the screen, use the radio buttons to select your difficulty level
  5. In the middle of the page, select the radio button for Christmas
  6. A preview of your puzzle will appear on the right
  7. Click the PRINT button to print it, or Add it to your Print Queue
  8. Refresh the page using your browser’s refresh button to generate a brand new puzzle

Generate many puzzles at once

  1. Follow steps 1-3 above
  2. Click the blue PRINT BOOK button
  3. Next to the Word Search checkbox, select your desired difficulty level and the number of pages you’d like to print
  4. Click Add to Print Queue

Enter your own words

If the built-in Christmas words don’t have all the words you want, or you’d like to personalize the puzzles with family names, pet names, traditions specific to your family, or anything you want, you can enter your own words to make a truly personalized word search puzzle. Here’s how:

  1. Follow steps 1-4 above
  2. Click the radio button for “Enter your own word list”
  3. Enter as many words as you want into the edit list, one word per line
  4. Click Add
  5. A preview of your puzzle will appear on the right so you can print it, add it to your queue, or use the browser refresh button to make new puzzles

Cryptogram (SECRET MESSAGE) Puzzles

The free Christmas packet has 2 cryptogram puzzles – a beginner one and a hard one. You can make an unlimited number of additional Christmas-themed puzzles using either stock puzzles included on The Trip Clip website or by entering your own phrases to encrypt. You can also choose from 6 different difficulty levels. Here’s how:

  1. Purchase the secret message activity on The Trip Clip website
  2. From a desktop PC, go to the Activities page by clicking the menu item at the top of the page
  3. Click the button for Secret Message
  4. Choose your difficulty level on the left side of the screen
  5. Choose any of the Christmas radio buttons in the middle of the screen
  6. Your puzzle will appear in the preview window on the right
  7. You can print the puzzle or add it to your print queue
  8. Use your browser’s refresh button to generate a new puzzle

Make Your Own Secret Message Puzzle

You can al use the website to invent your own, customized secret message puzzles. Here’s how:

  1. Follow steps 1-4 above
  2. Select the radio button for “Enter my own secret message”
  3. You can enter a question that will appear at the top of the puzzle, and a message that will be encrypted. This works well for riddles. For example:

    Question: Why was the snowman sorting carrots?
    Answer: He was picking his nose!

Once you have a preview, you can print it or add to to your print queue. You can also use your browser’s refresh button to generate a new puzzle.

If you don’t want to take the time to do this work yourself, you can purchase a packet of pre-made puzzles on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Customer Feedback

I’ve had a lot of positive responses to the free Christmas printables packet:

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