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    Home » Christmas Recipes and Kids Crafts and Activities

    Christmas Tree Math Game

    Modified: Aug 3, 2022 · Published: Nov 19, 2012 by Vicky · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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     It's going to be a little while until we put out our Christmas tree, but there's no reason the kids can't start decorating now. I picked up some felt at my local craft store and made a fun Christmas tree math game for them to play that reinforces math and counting skills. For more Christmas fun check out these Contact Paper Christmas Trees.

    A fun way for kids to celebrate the season and decorate a tree using their math skills. Love this Christmas Tree Math Game!

    Supplies

    • Green felt and other colors of felt
    • Scissors
    • Index cards or small paper
    • Marker
    colorful felt

    You really only need a larger piece of green felt to make a Christmas tree. If you have leftover felt, you can use that to make the ornaments and decorations.

    Cut a tree out of the green felt. You can get fancy here and make a tree with branches and stuff, but my my ability in this area is limited, so I just did a triangle shaped tree.

    Cut out some ornaments out of the various colors of felt that you have. I cut out some circles for balls and then remembered that I had some pre-cut felt pieces around. My decorations are a mix of pre-cut felt pieces and ones I cut out myself.

    Write some numbers on your index cards. The numbers will depend on the level your child is at. My kids are pretty good at recognizing numbers and counting, so I used bigger numbers.

    felt Christmas tree

    Give each child a stack of number cards turned face down along with an empty tree and plenty of ornaments. They can turn over the first card and count and place that many ornaments on the tree.

    My daughter working on getting 10 ornaments on her tree.

    child playing with felt christmas tree

    When she thought she was done, she counted her ornaments to make sure she had 10 on the tree. When she finished, she removed all the ornaments, and picked a different card with another number.

    child playing with felt christmas tree

    One of the best things about decorating a felt tree is that the ornaments don't fall off even when you pick it up.

    child playing with felt christmas tree

    When the kids are done with the game they can just have fun decorating the tree however they wish. I cut out some strips of felt to use as garland and my youngest added it to her tree.

    felt christmas tree

    The possibilities are endless!

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    1. Anonymous says

      November 27, 2012 at 8:27 pm

      I have great extension ideas- Pumpkin in October, Snowflake in Jan, heart in Feb, Shamrock in Mar, Egg in April, etc.... Thanks for the idea. Rhonda Griswold

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    2. Annette {This Simple Home} says

      November 19, 2012 at 8:11 pm

      I like it!! It could even be turned into addition later on...

      Reply
      • Vicky @ Mess For Less says

        November 20, 2012 at 1:39 am

        Thanks Annette! I hadn't thought of that!

        Reply
    Vicky from Mess for Less

    I'm Vicky, the founder of Mess For Less, which I started in 2011 to share easy, family-friendly recipes. With over a decade of experience as a home chef and recipe developer, I love creating meals that bring people together. I also design play and learning activities for kids, using my background as a former teacher with a Master’s degree in education. Learn more about me.

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