Category Archives: Winter

Brrrr! Winter’s setting in – but if you’re looking for some printables to entertain you and the children as the nights draw in, our winter favourites are below:

Winter

Best of Burns

Free Burns Night Printables

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Looking for printables for your Burns Night celebrations? We’ve put all our favourite Robert Burns and Scottish-themed decorations, new and old, below in one place. Have a fabulous evening on January 25th. Here’s to one of Scotland’s finest poets!

Invitations and Place Cards

Download festive Burns Night invitations to impress your guests before they even arrive.  You could also set the table with attractive Burns Night place cards. They’re very useful if you want to organise who sits where! Just print and fill in.

Bags and Bunting

Download and decorate with our Burns Night bunting and gift bags featuring Robert Burns’ portraits and traditional Scottish designs.  The bags can be filled with small gifts for guests to enjoy at the gathering or take home.  It’s an easy way to add charm to your Burns Night celebration.

The Selkirk Grace Printables

The Selkirk Grace is a traditional Scottish poetic prayer, recited before the Burns Night supper begins. It’s a short but powerful piece that sets the tone for the evening – and everyone loves to hear it.  Below are decorative versions of the Selkirk Grace to print and use as table decorations or keepsakes for your guests.

Colouring Pages and Activities

Get the children involved in your Burns Night celebration with these engaging Burns Night colouring pages.  It’s a nice, creative way to get them involved and introduce them to Robert Burns’ legacy.

Burns Night Quiz – Printable Fun for Kids

Children playing our printable Burns quizLooking for a way to entertain the children while you enjoy your Burns Night supper?  Or maybe you’re a primary school teacher who’d like your class to learn about Burn’s Night and have some fun at the same time?

Well, we’ve created a fun Burns Night quiz for kids that mixes humour with facts.  It’s a wonderful way for them to learn a little about Robert Burns and Scottish traditions without getting bored!

This quiz is printable and designed to be easy on ink, so it’s perfect for home or classroom use. Download your free copy below:

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What is Burns Night?

Burns Night is a celebration which is held to remember the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. It takes place either on or near his birthday, which is January 25th.

Scotland flag - Burns Night celebration

Today, it is celebrated by Scottish people all over the world, often by way of eating a supper which includes a haggis, neeps and tatties.  A favoured drink on Burns Night is whisky.  Selections of Burns’ poetry are often read out loud, which given his rhythmic style and wonderful talent for conjuring up images full of emotion, is a real treat.

If you’ve never been to a Burns Night supper, it’s a fantastic evening of poetry, food, and Scottish culture. If you get the chance to attend, don’t miss out!

Winter

Top Picks for January

With Christmas over and the new year at the starting block, we thought we’d list a few of our favourite printables for January. Some are new and some are old favourites but our site is getting so big that we thought a little list might help make sure there’s no mid-winter magic you’ve missed.

1 Christmas Thank You Notes

Christmas Thank You Notes

2 Burns’ Night Printables

3  Tooth Fairy Notes

4 Blank Fairy Notepaper

Blank Fairy Notepaper

5 Spring Colouring

Printable spring colouring pages

Autumn, Winter

Best of Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes Night, is a long-standing, annual tradition across the UK.  It takes place after dark on the 5th of November.  People gather around large bonfires, often with a guy on top, and the sky is lit up with fireworks and bonfires to remember the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605.  Although some fear it’s dwindling in popularity compared to Halloween, it’s still a much-loved celebration for all the family, not to mention an evening full of excitement, bright colours, and a sense of history.

To help you celebrate, we’ve created a cracklingly good range of free printables for children to enjoy in the lead-up to, or on, Bonfire Night!

Craft Your Own Guy Fawkes Mask!

One of the most recognisable symbols of Bonfire Night is the Guy Fawkes mask, and we’ve made it easy for you to download and print your very own.  You can even choose from different designs—whether you want the traditional black-and-white version, a blank template to colour in, or a more vibrant, fiery version.  Hang them up as decorations or wear them – they’re perfect for getting into the Bonfire Night spirit!

Stay Safe and Have Fun

Fireworks are beautiful but they can also be dangerous, so it’s important to remind children about staying safe. We’ve created fun safety posters which you can use to help them understand that Bonfire Night is both fun and something to be cautious about.  They carry simple messages to stand back and let the grown-ups light the fireworks.

 

Remember, Remember Scrolls

If you’re looking for a printable version of that famous Guy Fawkes Night chant, ours are below.  They’re a great way to add to the 5th of November decorations.  You could hand them on the wall and encourage children to read them out as a fun, history-inspired activity.

Goodie Bags for Bonfire Night

If you’re hosting a Bonfire Night party, you might like to add a special touch by giving children goodie bags.  Here are some printable, easy to assemble bags which can be filled with treats to gobble up as you watch the fireworks.

We hope you have a roaring good time on Bonfire Night, but remember to be careful… fireworks can be as hot as dragon’s breath, and you wouldn’t go too near a dragon, would you?  x

Autumn, Seasons, Winter

Best of Back-to-School

Goodness, is it that time of year already?  Where did the holidays go? If you’re a parent, guardian, or teacher getting ready for the new school term, we’ve got you covered with the best of our back-to-school printables below.   They’re all free for personal use so whether you’re setting up a classroom or preparing for the new term from home, we hope these resources will add a touch of excitement and fun.

First up are some resources to help children set enjoyable goals:

Our “All About Me” sheets are a great way for children to share information about themselves at the beginning of the school year or term.  For those children who finish filling them in early, they also double up as colouring pages.

Looking to create a positive back-to-school beginning?  These reward certificates might come in handy to encourage good work and behaviour right from the off.

New school terms can sometimes mean a new school, too.  If you have child in this situation who needs rewarding for their courage, perhaps one of our bravery certificates might help:

Of course, a bit of colouring never goes amiss, especially at the end of an exhausting first day!  After all, it takes time to get back into the swing of scholarly things after the holidays.

Whatever you choose to do, we hope the back-to-school period goes well for your family or class and that you manage to generate some enthusiasm and a sense of purpose from the children in your care. It’s not always easy, we know, but the key thing is to create a nurturing environment that supports emotional wellbeing along with learning. Don’t forget to make use of all the fantastic free learning resources you can find online, such as BBC Bitesize, Duolingo, and the Khan Academy.

Autumn, Seasons, Thanksgiving, Winter

Bits and Bobs for Thanksgiving

ThanksgivingAlthough we are based in the UK, we know we have many American visitors, so we’ve created a few resources for Thanksgiving.   These include:

  • Thanksgiving Notes – Little notes to print and/or write on, saying what you give thanks for.

All out printables are created with kids in mind, and we hope they add a little extra magic to your Thanksgiving celebrations!  Our favourite printables for this event are below:

Our Favourites:

 

It’s always great to involve children in the spirit of Thanksgiving.  You could encourage them to write about what they’re grateful for using our themed writing paper, or maybe just express their creativity with a little coloring.  As well as keeping them entertained, these activities give them the chance to slow down and reflect on the importance of gratitude, which as we all know these days, is so good for their mental health too.

 

Don’t forget that any printable resources you use for your Thanksgiving can  offer a way to preserve these memories for years to come.  Once you’ve used them as a family you can put them carefully away as treasured mementos that can be revisited each holiday season.

However you choose to celebrate, our printables are here to help make your Thanksgiving joyful and memorable.  We hope you have a wonderful day!

 

 

 

 

Christmas, Seasons, Winter

Letters to Santa and Christmas Lists

Can you feel the Christmas magic yet?  No doubt the kids can and are getting ready to write that all-important letter to Santa and Christmas list!  With this in mind, we thought we’d put together a quick post to highlight all our free letter to Santa and Christmas list templates.  So, if your child is writing his or her Christmas correspondence to that magical man at the North pole this week, perhaps these will come in handy:

 

Need a Reply?

If your child has written a letter and/or Christmas list, or drawn a picture for Santa, you may be looking for a reply.  Obviously, we have to keep it general, but we’ve created the following resources to help you out:

And don’t forget we create a range of longer free letters from Santa too!

Need a Reminder?

A note from Santa asking your child to write his or her Christmas List
Please write Your Christmas List!

If the Christmas clock is ticking and your little one is dragging his or her heels about getting that Christmas List written, this little reminder from Father Christmas may just do the trick. Good luck and have a very merry Christmas – ho, ho, ho! x

Santa Claus or Father Christmas?

Many of our letters to Santa Claus are also available as letters to Father Christmas. This is because we know that people in different families and places call him by different names. In the UK, we find the preference is for “Father Christmas”, in the USA it’s “Santa”.

We’re sorry that we haven’t managed to provide two versions of absolutely every resource – we’ve had a lot to do and have been short on time. However, if there is an alternative version of any of our letters, you’ll be able to see a note and a link underneath it.

You might also like our elf printables!

Christmas, Winter

Five Free Early Christmas Printables

You may think it’s a way off but before you know it, it’ll be that time a year again!

Magical Christmas clockSure, it’s an inner groan from those of us who dread the Christmas shopping but on the children front, it’s hard not to smile when you think of the upcoming magic. We’ve been doing this long enough to know that right this minute there are children out there wondering if they’ve been good enough (and if not trying to do better rather hurriedly!) for a certain someone to bring presents this year.

It’s a great time, therefore, to encourage your little ones to use their imaginations… Far up in the North Pole the Christmas clock is ticking; the elves have started to wrap up their presents, the reindeer have begun getting into shape for the long journey on Christmas Eve, and the Nice List is sparkling into life. Will your little one’s name magically appear on it?

With this in mind and for all those who just can’t wait, here are our five favourite free early Christmas printables. In our house, we use them to build excitement early on, so that by the time Christmas rolls around, our children can almost hear the sleigh bells. We hope you and yours enjoy them too.

1 Nice List Certificate

You're on the Nice List
You’re on the Nice List

If your child has been good, it’s never too early to let them know they’re on the nice list! As well as being a printable image you can write on, this one also comes as an editable PDF, which means you can just hit the appropriate button (underneath the main image) and type straight onto the certificate.

Not quite what you’re looking for? Check out the rest of our Christmas certificates here.

2 A letter from Santa to Read Before Christmas

Picture of a free printable letter from Santa, complete withh wiggly writing and illustrations of reindeerOur before Christmas letters have long been popular with anyone who wants to find out what magical things have been going on at the North Pole. A Kitchen Full of Reindeer is one of our favourites and it’s completely free from this site. (Check our Terms of Use.) It’s a magical, funny letter, telling the story of how all the reindeer have ended up causing havoc in Santa’s kitchen.

Oh – and if you’re folding/rolling up your letter and want the back to look pretty, you can always print one of our Christmassy letter-back designs on the other side.

We hope you enjoy our letters, but please remember they are only for personal use – it’s not legal to sell then or use them for any other commercial purposes. Their copyright remains with the author.

3 Santa’s Magic Mirror Note

Letter from Santa “Santa's Magic Mirror Writing”
Santa Letter: Santa’s Magic Mirror Writing

This is a great note for anyone who wants to let their children know that a couple of Santa’s elves are popping by (in secret of course) to see if they’re being good. Use it as early as you like to encourage good behaviour and for extra effect, print and fold a little envelope from Santa to put it in.

Your child will need a mirror to read this top-secret message – but that’s all part of the magic.

4 November Niceness Certificate

Certificate of November Niceness
November Niceness

Another certificate from Santa – but this time one’s just for November.

5 Elf Notification: You Made It to The Nice List

This cute note is a great reward for a child who has been good all year. It’s such a great feeling to know the elves have noticed!

Looking for more letters from the elves?  Try this page of our site.

Along with the rest of the resources on this page, we really hope this note helps you create a little extra magic for your loved ones this Christmas. x

Christmas, Winter

Latest Christmas Magic

Are you looking for our latest Christmas printables?  Well, you can find them on the Christmas area of our site, or just click on the links which interest you below.

There are reindeer letters, Santa letters written with Covid in mind, letters for your Christmas Eve box, elf printables and more.

Printable Christmas letters from Santa Claus, Rudolph the Reindeer, the elves and more.
From Rudolph’s writings to Santa’s scribblings, these are the letters we love!
Our favourite Christmas printables
Favourite Xmas printables, old and new
Useful bits and pieces from the Christmas elves
Letters from Rudolph and the reindeer
Two magical letters for you Christmas Eve box, from Santa and Rudolph.

We wish you a truly magical Christmas, and all the best for the new year.

Winter

Useful Printables for January

Happy new year!  We hope 2021 brings much joy and magic to you and your little ones.

January is always a quiet month for our site but for those of you who have taken the time to pop by (thanks!), we’ve collected together what we think are the most useful printables for this month.  Many are old favourites but there are one or two new resources as well.  Just scroll down and you’ll find them below…

January can be a good time to get the family active again after all those Christmas goodies, so these certificates might come in useful too:

Oh… and don’t forget it’s Burns Night on Jan 25th!
Finally, there’s always time for fairy messages, no matter what the time of year.  Whether you’re writing your own or using some of our fairy notes and certificates, here are a few of our favourites:

And for anyone looking for a relaxing (not to mention decorative!) start to the new year, here’s a bit more printable colouring:

Christmas, Winter

Covid Letters from Father Christmas

This year, we’ve created a few extra letters from Father Christmas to try and help you spread a bit of magic after such a hard year.  They’re all free to print for your personal use.  You can find them on the Christmas section of our site.  Have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year. x

2020 Free letters from Father Christmas – written with the pandemic in mind
2020 Free letters from Father Christmas – written with the pandemic in mind