FREE Early Years & Key Stage One: ‘Happy NEw Year 2025!’ Card Art & Craft Templates Pack
Ring in the new year with our wonderful FREE 'Happy New Year' 2025 Card Templates! This delightful printable resource is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, offering a fun and creative way to celebrate the arrival of the new year and set intentions for the months ahead.
Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, these card templates can be used as part of a focused adult-led activity to introduce concepts, or left out as a more child-led invitation to play and explore.
This fantastic FREE pack features:
A selection of 10 different 'Happy New Year' card designs.
Templates for creative expression: Each design is intended to be coloured, painted, or decorated with a variety of art and craft materials, providing a blank canvas for children's creativity.
Space for individualisation: The cards include a space for children to add their own personal touch, making each card unique and special.
(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.)
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Our FREE 'Happy New Year' 2025 Card Templates are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years and KS1 environments:
Focused Adult-Led Activity: Use a specific card template as a starting point for a discussion about New Year's celebrations around the world, resolutions, or what children are looking forward to in 2025.
Child-Led Invitation to Play: Leave a selection of the templates and various colouring and art tools in a continuous provision area. This allows children to choose a card that interests them and explore the theme at their own pace.
Fine Motor Skills Development: The act of carefully colouring, drawing, and decorating the cards helps to strengthen hand muscles, improve pencil grip, and enhance hand-eye coordination.
Literacy Connection: The pre-written greeting 'Happy New Year 2025!' offers exposure to sight words and meaningful text, aiding early literacy development. Children can also be encouraged to write their own name or a simple message inside.
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.
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EYFS Framework:
Expressive Arts and Design: Children explore and use a range of media and materials, developing their own ideas and expressing creativity through colouring and decorating their cards.
Physical Development (Fine Motor Skills): Colouring and drawing on the cards helps to develop precise hand movements, strengthen pencil grip, and enhance hand-eye coordination.
Communication and Language (Speaking; Listening, Attention & Understanding): Children listen to new vocabulary, engage in discussions about the new year, and articulate their thoughts.
Understanding the World (People, Culture & Communities): Children can learn about the different traditions of New Year's celebrations.
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KS1 Curriculum:
Art and Design: Children use drawing to develop and share their ideas and experiences. They can explore colour and line to bring the images to life.
English (Reading; Writing - indirectly): Exposure to the greeting 'Happy New Year!' helps with word recognition. Writing their own name or a message provides a meaningful context for writing.
PSHE: Supports discussions around expressing kindness, appreciation, and the concept of a new beginning.
Download our FREE 'Happy New Year' 2025 Card Templates today and add a vibrant, educational, and joyful touch to your learning as you celebrate the holiday season!
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