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Adopt a Reindeer Christmas Writing & Craft Year 2-4 KS1 KS2 Display

Adopt a Reindeer Christmas Writing & Craft Year 2-4 KS1 KS2 Display

Subject: English

Age range: 6 - 8

Resource type: Worksheet/Activity

Last updated

2 November 2026

pdf, 2.12 MB
pdf, 2.12 MB

Adopt a Reindeer is a Christmas writing and craft project for Year 2 to Year 4 (KS1 and KS2): children adopt their own reindeer, build it and write about it.

Pupils fill in an adoption form, create a reindeer craft, describe its personality and then write a story and a set of instructions about it. The finished work makes an instant Christmas display for your classroom or corridor.

What’s included (8 pages)

  • Certificate of Adoption
  • Reindeer adoption form
  • Build Your Reindeer craft (antlers, scarves and faces to cut and glue)
  • My Reindeer’s Personality (descriptive writing)
  • The Day My Reindeer Came to Life (narrative writing: beginning, middle and end)
  • How to Take Care of a Reindeer (instruction writing with first, next, then, last)
  • Reindeer name tags
  • “Our December Writing” display title

Ways to use this Christmas writing and craft

  • December English lessons: narrative, descriptive and instruction writing
  • Writing centres and guided writing groups
  • A ready-made Christmas display or working wall
  • Christmas craft afternoons and the last week of the autumn term

Year groups: Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 (KS1 and lower KS2; US Grades 1-3).

Black-and-white pages, low-ink friendly.

Format: printable PDF. Prints on A4 (choose “Fit to page”) or US Letter. English.

Updated November 2026.

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Winter Writing Bundle Year 2-4 KS1 KS2: Snowman, Reindeer and Instructions

A winter writing bundle for Year 2 to Year 4 (KS1 and KS2): 5 printable writing resources about snowmen, reindeer and Christmas, covering narrative, descriptive and instruction writing. Children write first-person stories, plan and publish their own instructions and turn their writing into a winter display. Each resource includes clear organisers, so pupils can plan before they write. Buying the bundle costs much less than buying the 5 resources one by one. **What's included (5 resources)** - A Day in the Life of a Snowman: first-person narrative writing with planning pages, a model text, a snowman craft and a rubric (20 pages) - How to Build a Snowman: procedural writing with sequence cards, organiser, flip book and rubric (18 pages) - Adopt a Snowman: winter writing and craft project with adoption certificate and display title (8 pages) - Adopt a Reindeer: Christmas writing and craft project with adoption certificate and display title (8 pages) - Christmas Procedural Writing: how-to instructions with organisers and a rubric (24 pages) **Ways to use this winter writing bundle** - English units on instructions and narrative writing in December and January - Writing centres and guided writing groups - Ready-made winter and Christmas displays **Year groups:** Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 (KS1 and lower KS2). **Format:** printable PDFs. Print on A4 (choose "Fit to page"). English. *Updated November 2026.*

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Christmas Activities Bundle Year 1-4 KS1 KS2: Writing, Reading and PSHE

A Christmas activities bundle for Year 1 to Year 4 (KS1 and KS2): 7 printable resources for the busy last weeks of the autumn term, covering writing, reading, sight words, PSHE and a Christmas craft. Everything in this Christmas bundle is ready to print, so you can plan December English, PSHE and art lessons in one go. Buying the bundle costs much less than buying the 7 resources one by one. **What's included (7 resources)** - Christmas Procedural Writing Year 2-5: how-to instructions with organisers and a rubric (24 pages) - Christmas Reading Comprehension Year 2-3: 8 short stories with retrieval and inference questions (15 pages) - Christmas Sight Words Colour by Code Year 1-2: 10 festive pictures (11 pages) - Adopt a Reindeer Christmas Writing and Craft Year 2-4: narrative, descriptive and instruction writing (8 pages) - 12 Days of Christmas Kindness Countdown Year 1-5: challenge cards, journal and family letter (23 pages) - Christmas Calm Down Cards and Coping Skills Year 1-4: 12 calming strategies plus a winter version (20 pages) - 3D Gingerbread House Craft Template Year 1-5: 3 skill levels with writing and maths extensions (18 pages) **Ways to use this Christmas bundle** - December English, reading and PSHE lessons - Christmas displays and a calm countdown to the end of term - Cover lessons, early finishers and Christmas party afternoons **Year groups:** Year 1 to Year 4 (KS1 and lower KS2), with some resources stretching to Year 5. **Format:** printable PDFs. Print on A4 (choose "Fit to page"). English. *Updated November 2026.*

$15.00

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