Calm Christmas Activities for Kids Printable, Christmas Visual Schedule, Sensory Friendly Neurodivergent Activity Pack, Games, Colouring PDF

A calm printable Christmas activity pack with a visual schedule, games and colouring for children who like to know what comes next.

A gentle Christmas activity pack for the child who likes to know what comes next. Plan the day, play together and find a quiet moment, one page at a time.

Christmas can be bright, loud and full of change. "Calm Christmas" is a 28-page printable activity pack from NeuroSpark Books, with calm tools, clear plans and gentle play, so the day can feel more predictable. Make a picture plan of Christmas Day together, practise what to say when a present is opened, build a cosy quiet spot, try hot chocolate breathing, and play a slow board game where the squares say "Take 3 slow breaths" and "Count 5 lights you can see". Use the pages in any order, one at a time, at your child's own pace. A little tortoise hides on 12 of the pages, waiting to be found.

Many children find a busy Christmas a lot: the noise, the lights, the surprises and the changes to the usual day. Children who like to know what comes next, feel sounds and lights strongly or find surprises hard may find this pack helps, including autistic children, children with ADHD and other neurodivergent children. It is made for them and for the grown-ups who help them.

WHY FAMILIES LOVE IT
- Your child can see the day before it happens: a Christmas Day plan with morning, afternoon and evening, 22 picture cards plus 2 blank cards to draw your own, a "Change" box, and a First, Next, Then, Last strip.
- Gentle words for presents and surprises: cards that say "It is okay to feel ..." and simple things to do or say when opening a present, like "Thank you" and "Can I open it later?"
- Quiet moments built in: breathing pages, a calm Christmas moment to read aloud, a quiet spot to build and a feelings dial to turn.
- Real games to play together: a board game for 2 to 4 players with a paperclip spinner, memory pairs, bingo with calling cards, a maze, spot the difference and a word search, each with small calm actions along the way.
- Slow colouring pages, and a tree to colour, cut out and decorate in your own way.
- Finding the little tortoise is a quiet game to enjoy together or alone, with a Find the tortoise page to tick off each one and an answer page.
- For grown-ups: a How to use this pack note with 5 simple tips, in easy, everyday words.

WHAT'S INSIDE (28 pages)
- Cover and How to use this pack: a note for grown-ups with 5 tips and a picture guide to what is inside
- Calm (pages 3 to 8): My Christmas feelings dial (cut out the dial and arrow and join them with a split pin: still, wobbly or big waves), A calm Christmas moment (5 illustrated steps by a snowy window), Hot chocolate and snowflake breathing (two ways to slow your breathing), a 5-step strip to keep nearby (pause, breathe slowly, squeeze something soft, go to my quiet spot, ask a grown-up) with 4 Christmas breathing cards (star, present box, bauble and Christmas tree), Build my Christmas quiet spot (cut out and stick in the things your child likes, plus a quiet spot card to fill in), and Too loud, too bright at Christmas? (circle how sounds, lights and other things feel today, then tick what helps)
- Plan (pages 9 to 15): My Christmas choice board (circle three things to do, with an "I need a break" square), My Christmas Day plan, Christmas Day picture cards (2 pages to cut out), What will happen on Christmas Day?, Christmas surprise cards (6 feelings cards) and When I open a present (cards to keep in a pocket)
- Play (pages 16 to 21): The snowy Christmas maze, Christmas spot the difference (7 differences), Christmas word search (10 words, across or down), Christmas memory pairs, The calm Christmas path (a board game for 2 to 4 players, with counters and a spinner to cut out) and Calm Christmas bingo (2 boards and 9 calling cards)
- Colour (pages 22 to 25): Colour the cosy Christmas window, Christmas colour by number, Colour the Christmas baubles and Build your own Christmas tree
- Find (pages 26 to 27): Find the tortoise and Answers (tortoise, maze, spot the difference and word search)
- About NeuroSpark Books
- Soft, warm artwork of a cosy room with a Christmas tree, a snowy window, a snowy garden and a snowy village, with fairy lights, baubles, stockings and presents, plus clear black-and-white line art for the colouring pages
- 28 pages, as 3 PDF files (about 9 MB each): a digital version for using on screen (16:9), plus A4 landscape and US Letter landscape versions for printing

AGES: 4–12. Younger children can do the pages with a grown-up; older children may like to use many of them on their own.

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HOW TO USE AND PRINT: Print at home or at a print shop, or use the digital version on a tablet or computer. To print, choose the file that matches your paper: A4 or US Letter, both landscape. It prints best in colour with 'Fit to page' selected; the colouring pages are black and white. Pages with scissors are for cutting out, and the games play best printed. Many other pages also work on a tablet: just point or circle. The picture cards and colouring pages are for printing. The pages can be printed as many times as your family needs.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED: A printer and paper. For some pages: scissors, glue, crayons or pencils, a split pin for the feelings dial, and a paperclip and pencil for the board game spinner.

WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED: No printed pack or physical item is sent. The files are PDFs and can't be edited. This listing is for home use only and does not include a classroom, school or therapy licence.

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LICENCE: This file is for home and personal use only. Please don't resell, share or upload it, and don't use it in a classroom, school or therapy setting without written permission from NeuroSpark. To ask about a licence, message us on Etsy. A classroom and therapist licence is coming later as a separate listing. © 2026 NeuroSpark Books

This pack is for families to share. It is not therapy, and it is not medical or professional advice. If you have concerns about your child, please talk to a qualified professional.

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