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The Nutcracker Story Activities Year 2-4: Sequencing, Writing and Craft

The Nutcracker Story Activities Year 2-4: Sequencing, Writing and Craft

Subject: English

Age range: 7 - 9

Resource type: Worksheet/Activity

Last updated

5 November 2026

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The Nutcracker story activities for Christmas: sequencing, creative writing and a cut-and-paste craft for Grades 1-3 (Years 2-4, KS1 and lower KS2).

Children meet Clara, the Nutcracker, the Mouse King and the Sugar Plum Fairy, retell the story in order, then write and draw their own festive ideas.

What is included

  • 15 black and white pages, ready to print and colour
  • Cover page and Meet the Characters page (circle your favourite character)
  • Story Sequence Part 1 and Part 2: picture cards to read, number and retell, plus “draw the next scene”
  • Retell in your own words: write what happens in each picture
  • Writing prompts: Clara’s Christmas Wish, A Toy Comes to Life, If Toys Could Throw a Winter Party, Design a Magical Sweet Treat, Warrior Outfit, Snowflake Story Starter
  • Make Your Own Nutcracker: cut-and-paste craft (head, body, arms, legs)
  • Nutcracker Patterns: what comes next?
  • Design a ballet costume page
  • Nutcracker Story Expert certificate

Ways to use

  • Before or after watching the ballet or reading the story in class
  • December literacy centres and early finishers
  • Sequencing and retelling practice in small groups
  • A calm, no-prep activity for the last week before the Christmas holidays

The file is split into 2 parts for easy download. PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English.

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A Christmas Carol and Nutcracker Bundle KS2-KS3: Novel Study and Worksheets

A Christmas Carol and Nutcracker bundle for KS2 and KS3: 3 printable English resources with a stave by stave novel study, picture-led worksheets and story activities for Christmas. Use the novel study with secondary classes and the simpler worksheets with younger pupils, or use them together to differentiate within a mixed class. Buying the bundle costs much less than buying the resources one by one. **What's included (3 resources)** - A Christmas Carol KS3 Novel Study Year 7-9: organised stave by stave, with reading questions, context, vocabulary, writing tasks and a final test (37 pages) - A Christmas Carol Worksheets Year 2-4: a gentle, picture-led way into Dickens' story of Scrooge, kindness and change, with simple retellings (16 pages) - The Nutcracker Story Activities Year 2-4: meet Clara and the Nutcracker, with sequencing, creative writing and a cut-and-paste craft **Ways to use this Christmas English bundle** - A December class reader unit on A Christmas Carol - Literature lessons on character, context and theme - A shared reading project between older and younger classes - Story sequencing and creative writing before a theatre trip or a Christmas film - Cover lessons and homework in the last weeks of the autumn term **Year groups:** Year 2 to Year 4 for the worksheets and The Nutcracker (KS1 and lower KS2) and Year 7 to Year 9 for the novel study (KS3). Teachers of Year 5 and Year 6 can choose from both, depending on the class. **Format:** printable PDFs. Print on A4 (choose "Fit to page"). English. *Updated November 2026.*

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Christmas Reading Bundle Reception-Year 4: Poem, Short Stories and Nutcracker

A Christmas reading comprehension bundle for Reception to Year 4: 4 printable resources with a classic poem, short original stories, The Nutcracker and a holidays around the world booklet. Children read, talk about and respond to Christmas stories and traditions in a calm, purposeful way during December. Buying the bundle costs much less than buying the resources one by one. **What's included (4 resources)** - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Poem Unit Reception-Year 4: the complete 1823 poem with reading, vocabulary and writing pages (30 pages) - Christmas Reading Comprehension Year 2-3: 8 short original stories with retrieval, inference and vocabulary questions (15 pages) - The Nutcracker Story Activities Year 2-4: meet Clara and the Nutcracker, with sequencing, creative writing and a cut-and-paste craft - Holidays Around the World Booklet KS1: a 20-page colouring and writing booklet on Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Lunar New Year, Las Posadas and St Lucia's Day **Ways to use this Christmas reading bundle** - Guided reading and whole-class reading in December - Poetry lessons and performance for assemblies - Story sequencing and retelling before a Christmas trip or performance - RE and geography links on how families around the world celebrate - Cover lessons, early finishers and a settled last week of term **Year groups:** Reception to Year 4 (EYFS, KS1 and lower KS2). Each resource says which year groups it suits best. **Format:** printable PDFs. Print on A4 (choose "Fit to page"). English. *Updated November 2026.*

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