Creative Christmas Art Lessons and Projects to Bring Festive Joy Into the Classroom

Christmas Tree Cone Art Project

As the festive season approaches, Christmas provides a wonderful opportunity to bring creativity, warmth and a sense of celebration into art lessons and projects. Whether you’re teaching Early Years, KS1 or KS2, seasonal projects can spark imagination, support key art skills and fill your classroom with beautiful winter artwork.

Below are some inspiring Christmas art ideas and lesson themes, all easily adaptable and designed to complement the resources and workshops available through The Art Room.

1. Textured Winter Landscapes

Winter landscape art is perfect for exploring blending, shading, and mixed media.

• Layer cool tones to create frosty skies

• Add texture using salt, tissue paper, or chalk

• Explore simple perspective with distant hills or glowing windows

This style of project links beautifully with structured planning, and many schools enjoy using my Christmas landscape lesson plans to guide their teaching.

2. Festive Felt-Making Sessions

Felt-making is always magical at Christmas. Children can design:

• Father Christmas

• Snowmen

• Mini stockings

• Christmas trees or baubles

The tactile nature of felting creates calm, focused classrooms and if you’d like support delivering this, my Christmas felt-making workshops bring all materials and expertise directly to your school.

3. Clay Tree Decorations

Clay is a wonderful medium at this time of year. Pupils can create:

• Imprinted stars and hearts

• Textured hanging decorations

• Personalised clay baubles

Many teachers find clay work daunting, which is why the step-by-step clay lessons in my shop break the techniques down into simple, manageable stages.

4. Weaving Winter Wonders

Weaving is ideal for mindful festive lessons. Children can create:

• Icy woven panels

• Christmas tree shapes

• Thread-wrapped stars

If your school is exploring weaving for the first time, my weaving workshops are a great way to introduce the skills with confidence.

5. Recycled Christmas Crafting

Eco-friendly Christmas art helps children think sustainably.Try using:

• Cardboard for gingerbread houses

• Magazine pages for mosaic baubles

• Natural materials for wreath-making

These projects fit beautifully with my recycled art lesson plans, designed to help teachers deliver high-impact art with low-cost materials.

6. Whole-School Collaborative Artwork

A school-wide festive artwork can completely transform your environment.Ideas include:

• Giant mixed-media trees

• Winter murals

• Hanging banners created by each class

Many schools book a whole-school Christmas art day, where I guide pupils and staff through a collaborative piece that stays on display year after year.