Santa Lucia Day Activities for Tots and Preschoolers with free printables are a perfect way to introduce little ones to the special holiday on December 13.
This Scandinavian holiday is so special to so many.
The special day with all its traditions is such a great addition to a study or celebration holidays around the world.
Little ones will fall absolutely head over heals in love with Santa Lucia Day, especially with the activities below.
Santa Lucia Day Activities for Tots and Preschoolers with Free Printables
Santa Lucia Day Nomenclature Cards
These nomenclature cards work so well at helping children learn about different vocabulary words related to Santa Lucia Day.
There is something so magical about matching up words and pictures when using a control!
If you have a child who's not a fan of nomenclature cards, this printable can easily work as a memory or matching game.
Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Santa Lucia Day Printable Pack.
Santa Lucia Day Counting Activity
Number cards can be used in a variety of ways. The set included in the printable is set up in nomenclature style.
But, for this activity I decided to utilize the printable in a different way.
Instead of matching two cards together, kids can count out objects to match the number on the cards.
I created saffron buns using salt dough.
Mini wreaths came from our local Walmart.
The red ribbon came from my wrapping supply.
Candles were in my candle stash.
The Santa Lucia Day counting cards include beautiful true-to-life images of Santa Lucia Day saffron buns, red ribbons, wreaths used for Santa Lucia Day crowns, and candles.
Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Santa Lucia Day Printable Pack.
Santa Lucia Day Number Counting Clip Cards
Once kids are comfortable counting objects in the previous activity, or they choose not to use an activity with so many manipulatives, they can choose this one!
The nomenclature cards and clip cards include numbers 1-20.
In my classroom, I am using the nomenclature cards with manipulatives for numbers 1-10 and clip cards for numbers 11-20.
All of the cards have the same beautiful images.
Kids will use glass beads to mark their answers.
Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Santa Lucia Day Printable Pack.
FREE Santa Lucia Day Number Words Printable Pack
If you're looking for ways to help kids learn how to read number words, you can have even more fun with Santa Lucia Day Number cards in activities.
Just add these cards to each activity, or replace number cards with word cards.
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Santa Lucia Day Saffron Bun Sequencing Activity
Making saffron buns for Santa Lucia Day is a must!
Children can learn the steps using these sequencing cards.
In the classroom children can put these cards in order and tell others how to make saffron buns.
These card can also be used as visuals in the kitchen while making saffron buns for the Santa Lucia Day.
Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Santa Lucia Day Printable Pack.
Santa Lucia Day Saffron Buns Subtraction Clip Cards
Why not practice subtracting saffron buns as if people are eating them?
In this activity I use salt dough saffron buns as counters and red glass beads as markers for the subtraction clip cards included.
All basic math facts are included in the printable.
This allows you to choose the subtraction facts your kids are working on.
Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Santa Lucia Day Printable Pack.
Santa Lucia Day Saffron Bun Play Dough Activity
Here I use images from my favorite recipe for Santa Lucia Day Buns as a control to help kids learn how to shape their own Santa Lucia Day Buns.
Dough is actually homemade yellow play dough. I provide dried black beans to use in place of raisins so I don't have to worry about a sticky mess.
Santa Lucia Day Star Boy Craft
Santa Lucia is definitely the focus of Santa Lucia Day, but boys can participate in the special day by being Star Boys.
In this activity children can make Star Boy hats by folding and stapling (or gluing) the white sheet of paper into a cone that fits the head properly.
Kids can then trace stars on the yellow sheets of paper using the cookie cutter provided.
Once stars are cut out they can be glued or stapled onto the white hat.
This is a super fun craft that allows children to practice cutting, gluing and stapling skills.
Santa Lucia Day Crown Decorating Activity
On Santa Lucia Day, the oldest daughter, or chosen girl, wears a crown with candles and greenery, similar to a wreath.
The specific greenery used for the crown is not something that is found locally, so I found the next best thing at our local dollar store.
Besides the wreath of greenery, you can see the Santa Lucia Day crown without candles. We purchased our crown several years ago. It is no longer available.
For this activity, kids decorate the greenery on the Santa Lucia Day crown and then place the candles in each of the spots provided.
Decorations have clips to help kids practice their pincer grasp.
I found decorations at our local Walmart store.
Candles are battery operated for safety and came with the crown.
In our classroom kids don't put the crown on, as it is very special and can break.
If you're working with kids who may not be able to understand and follow this boundary, you could just have them decorate a simple small wreath without the gold crown and candles.
Learning and celebrating Santa Lucia Day can be so much fun with these Santa Lucia Day Activities for Tots and Preschoolers with Free Printables!
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