Christmas is a magical time of year, and it’s also a wonderful opportunity to bring Chinese learning into your home or classroom! As both a Chinese teacher and a parent, I love using hands-on holiday activities to help children learn new vocabulary, practice Chinese, and feel excited about the season.

We hope these simple and fun Chinese Christmas activities will help your little learners celebrate, create, and explore!

1. Read Chinese Children’s Books about Christmas

Reading Christmas-themed Chinese children’s books is a fun way for kids to learn about holiday traditions, festive symbols, and the spirit of giving.

Here’s a list of engaging and heartwarming Chinese Christmas books that introduce Santa, winter celebrations, and family moments, perfect for helping young learners connect with the joy of the season.

We found read aloud videos for these three books on YouTube:

2. Playing Christmas Chinese vocabulary games

Introduce Christmas vocabulary in Chinese with colorful flashcards! Each card features one Christmas symbol with the Chinese word and pinyin or zhuyin.

Click here to get the flash cards in our TPT store. We provide three versions: Simplified Chinese with pinyin, Traditional Chinese with pinyin, and Traditional Chinese with zhuyin.

Check out our blog to discover creative ways to make Chinese vocabulary learning fun and exciting! Some of our favorite activities include swatting the vocabulary cards and the "Write the Room" activity. These interactive games will keep your little ones excited about learning new words!

3. Christmas Themed Math Problems in Chinese

Make math time merry and meaningful with Christmas math worksheets in Chinese designed for young learners! These festive, kid-friendly activities help your Chinese learners build early math skills while reinforcing Chinese vocabulary!

Children will practice counting, number recognition, and word problems using familiar Christmas themes like candy canes, ornaments, and gifts, all written in Chinese. These no-prep Christmas math worksheets bring together language learning, emergent math skills, and holiday excitement in one engaging resource.

Visit our TpT store to choose the level that’s just right for your kiddos!

4. Learning about Christmas activities in Chinese

Kids will learn common Christmas verbs and phrases in Mandarin Chinese, such as 装饰圣诞树 (decorate the Christmas tree), 准备礼物 (wrap gifts), and 做姜饼屋 (make a gingerbread house).

They can then connect the language to their own traditions by drawing or writing about what they like to do during the holidays, making vocabulary practice meaningful and fun.

Grab the simplified or traditional Chinese Christmas Activities resource in our TPT store.

5. Holiday Numbers and Shapes

This is a perfect activity for toddlers and preschool Chinese learners! Children practice counting from 1–10 while learning Christmas-themed Chinese words like 圣诞树 (shèng dàn shù, Christmas tree) and 礼物 (lǐ wù, gift). They also explore basic 2D shapes such as 圆形 (yuán xíng, circle), 正方形 (zhèng fāng xíng, square), and 三角形 (sān jiǎo xíng, triangle) by finding these shapes in familiar holiday objects like ornaments, presents, and trees.

You can use the Chinese worksheets to help kids practice counting, shape matching, and number recognition in Chinese. You can even turn it into a fun scavenger hunt at home by asking children to find Christmas items that match each shape or number!

6. Christmas Chinese Reading Passages

Reading is a wonderful way to bring Christmas spirit into Chinese learning! These festive Chinese reading passages feature familiar holiday characters and themes, such as Rudolph the reindeer, helpful elves, and warm family moments during the Christmas season.

These passages are perfect for guided reading or independent practice. Each text comes with comprehension questions to support understanding and discussion.

Visit our TPT store to grab the Reading Passages in simplified or traditional Chinese.

7. Christmas Activities and Crafts

Using easy-to-find materials like paper bags and our printable templates, kids can create fun Christmas crafts such as a Santa puppet, gingerbread house, and gingerbread man finger puppet, all while learning Chinese.

These hands-on activities make Chinese vocabulary practice engaging and creative for home or the classroom during the holiday season.

You can also join our mailing list to get our festive Ugly Christmas Sweater activity! With printable Chinese templates and step-by-step instructions in Chinese, kids can design their own holiday sweaters while practicing Chinese vocabulary in a fun and creative way.

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8. Exploring Christmas with Five Senses in Chinese

Looking for a Christmas activity that blends science and Chinese learning?

Kids learn to describe Christmas traditions in Chinese by using their senses: what they see 看到 (kàn dào), hear 听到 (tīng dào), smell 闻到 (wén dào), taste 尝到 (cháng dào), and touch 摸到 (mō dào). Through hands-on and movement-based activities, children can touch decorations, listen to holiday sounds, smell festive treats, and talk about their experiences in Chinese.

This sensory approach helps expand vocabulary while making language learning playful, memorable, and connected to real life. It’s a wonderful way to bring science, movement, and Chinese together during the holiday season!

Grab the simplified or traditional Chinese Christmas Five Senses resource in our TPT store.

9. Learn Prepositions of Place in Chinese

Prepositions of place are an important early language skill, and Christmas makes them extra fun to learn! In this activity, kids explore Chinese 方位词 with our materials such as charts, booklets, interactive worksheets and games.

With the visuals of Santa and the Christmas tree, children can practice words like 前面 (qián miàn, in front of), 后面 (hòu miàn, behind), 左边 (zuǒ biān, left), 右边 (yòu biān, right), and 中间 (zhōng jiān, middle). You can bring this learning to life by using toys or Christmas decorations in your classroom to show each preposition.

10. Write a Letter to Santa in Chinese

Writing a letter to Santa is a classic Christmas activity and it’s also a fun way to practice Chinese writing skills! Kids can write simple sentences in Chinese to introduce themselves, share their favorite Christmas traditions, and talk about what they hope Santa will bring.

Visit our TPT store to grab ready-to-use Chinese letter templates and festive cards that support young writers in a fun, structured way.

If you try any of these activities, we’d love to see how they turn out. Happy holidays and happy Chinese learning! 祝大家圣诞快乐！

10 Fun Chinese Christmas Activities for Kids (With Printable Resources!)