Indoor Christmassy things to do?

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DD has chicken pox, DS had them last week. He finishes school today and I need some ideas to keep them entertained and up the Christmas spirit

Marathon his dark materials on BBC!

Realise you’re probably looking for non screen based

Buy some lovely metallic pens and plain kraft wrapping paper and have the children decorate all the presents

Salt dough decs

Gingerbread

Write Christmas cards

Make paper chains

Christmas crosswords

Christmas quiz

Make decorations out of folded newspaper, snowflakes, fans etc

Print off some Christmas colouring sheets.
Baking and decorating.
Make Christmas decorations out of paper.
Watch Christmas movies, eat ice cream.
Dance to Christmas songs.
Potato printing to make gift tags/wrapping paper.
If you have any cereal boxes/other cardboard you could make a village scene.
A walk in a quiet woodland to collect pine cones etc.
Salt dough decorations.

Christmassy baking
Writing letters to include in Christmas cards
Find a Christmassy/wintery chapter book and read to them
Have Christmas song playlist on in the background from time to time
Watch films

Make paper chains
Bake orange slices to hang on the tree
Make mulled wine or non alcoholic equivalent

Arts and crafts

Baking

Christmas movies (The Christmas Chronicles) is especially good

Board games

Christmas quizzes

Google things... That's what i do :)

Muppet Christmas Carol. Except my children hate it 🙄 I'll watch it after bedtime!

Decorate a paper plate on which to leave Santa’s snack on Christmas Eve

Make paper chains or snowflakes.

We love a board game night.

How old are the kids?

Mine is 4, we're going to put up more Xmas decorations, make more paperchains, make gingerbread men, make hama bead xmas decorations and make paper snowflakes.

We also have regular snowball fights with a big bag of cotton wool balls.