December is a great month for math: kids are excited, and almost everything about Christmas can be counted, measured or sorted. These Christmas math activities cover kindergarten to 4th grade, from hands-on games with cookies and ornaments to worksheets with answer keys you can print today.
Christmas math worksheets by grade
Kindergarten and pre-K
- Christmas color by number: match numbers to colors to reveal a holiday picture
- Christmas I Spy: find and count the hidden Christmas objects
- Pattern worksheets: continue the pattern, a key early math skill
- For bigger print and fewer problems on a page, the Christmas math worksheets for early learners are part of our paid collection.
1st and 2nd grade
- Christmas math worksheets, grades 1 to 2: addition and subtraction at three levels, with an answer key
- Color by number addition within 10 and within 20
- Color by number subtraction within 10
3rd grade
- Christmas math worksheets, 3rd grade: times tables practice with a holiday theme and an answer key
- Christmas Around the World math, 3rd grade for a holidays around the world unit
4th grade
- Christmas math worksheets, 4th grade: bigger numbers, multiplication and division
- Christmas Around the World math, 4th grade
Christmas math games
- Roll and draw. Roll a Christmas Tree and Roll a Santa: kids count the dots on the die and add the matching part.
- Counting by ones to 50. The Christmas dot to dot pages go up to 52 dots, so they double as number-order practice.
- Countdown math. The Christmas countdown calendar turns “how many days until Christmas?” into a daily subtraction question.
- Christmas tree war. Play the card game War with a deck of number cards; the higher card wins a paper ornament.
Hands-on Christmas math (no printing)
- Candy graph. Sort a handful of candies by color and make a bar graph.
- Ornament patterns. Build AB and ABC patterns with ornaments or beads on a string.
- Measure with candy canes. How many candy canes long is the table, the door or you?
- Cookie fractions. Cut a round cookie into halves and quarters.
- Shopping math. Give older kids a pretend budget and a toy catalog to plan gifts.
- Gift wrap area. Measure a box and figure out how much paper it needs.
A 12 days of math plan
- Days 1 to 3: counting and patterns (I Spy, pattern pages, ornament strings)
- Days 4 to 6: addition and subtraction (worksheets and color by number)
- Days 7 to 9: games (roll and draw, Christmas tree war, countdown math)
- Days 10 to 12: real-world math (candy graph, measuring, shopping budget)
Questions teachers and parents ask
Which Christmas math activities need no prep?
The worksheets, color by number pages and dice games: print and go. For the dice games you only need a die and a pencil.
Do the worksheets have answer keys?
Yes, the grade-level math worksheets include an answer key.
What paper size do the printables use?
US Letter. For A4 paper, choose “Fit to page” in the print dialog.
More: 2nd grade math worksheets, 3rd grade, 4th grade, color by number printables and all Christmas activities for kids.
Try a brain teaser too: math crossword puzzles, online or printable.
