FREE Christmas Card: Festive Outline Templates | EYFS & KS1 Printables

FREE Early Years & Key Stage One: Christmas Card Art & Craft Festive Outline Templates

Ignite your learners' creativity this festive season with our wonderful FREE Christmas Card: Festive Outline Templates! This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, providing a versatile and creative starting point for a heartfelt, handmade Christmas card.

Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, these templates can be used to inspire a unique piece of art, allowing children to create a personalised card for a loved one.

This fantastic FREE pack features a selection of 9 card templates with basic outlines of festive shapes, including:

• Gingerbread Man

• Christmas Tree

• Candle

• Bauble

• Christmas Jumper

• Santa/Father Christmas

• Rudolf Reindeer

• Robin

• Snowman

(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)

• 💡 How to use this resource in your classroom/setting

  Our FREE Christmas Card: Festive Outline Templates are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years and KS1 environments:

  • Art and Craft Activity: The templates are a perfect canvas for a creative art activity. Children can use a range of materials to bring the outlines to life, such as colouring pencils, paints, felt-tips, glitter, or tissue paper for a beautiful collage.

  • Focused Adult-Led Activity: Use the templates as a starting point for a discussion. For example, use the robin template to talk about winter birds or the gingerbread man to talk about Christmas traditions.

  • Child-Led Invitation to Play: Leave a selection of the templates out with various art supplies. This allows children to choose their favourite design and get creative at their own pace.

  • Fine Motor Skills Development: The act of carefully colouring, painting, or collaging helps to strengthen hand muscles, improve pencil grip, and enhance hand-eye coordination.

  • Gift-Giving & Appreciation: The finished cards make wonderful, heartfelt gifts for children to give to family and friends. This activity reinforces the value of giving and sharing.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐣 EYFS Framework

  EYFS Framework:

  • Expressive Arts and Design: Children explore and use a range of media and materials, developing their own ideas and expressing creativity through their card designs.

  • Physical Development (Fine Motor Skills): The acts of colouring, painting, and using scissors for collage help to develop precise hand movements, strengthen pencil grip, and enhance hand-eye coordination.

  • Communication and Language: Children can talk about their designs, explaining their creative choices and the materials they used.

  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Creating a gift for a loved one fosters a sense of pride and self-worth.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐤 KS1 Curriculum

  KS1 Curriculum:

  • Art and Design: Children use drawing, painting, and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences, and imagination. They can explore colour and line to bring the images to life.

  • PSHE: Supports discussions around expressing kindness, appreciation, and the concept of giving.

Download our FREE Christmas Card: Festive Outline Templates today and add a vibrant, educational, and joyful touch to your learning as you celebrate the holiday season!

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