Bring creative magic into your classroom or homeschool this season with this Christmas Tree Art Lesson, a richly detailed holiday art project designed for Grades 2–5. This resource is fully loaded with step-by-step visual instructions, literacy integrations, art reflections, a reading comprehension story, a KWL chart, writing prompts, and rubrics—making it a powerful all-in-one December activity for general educators, art teachers, and homeschooling families alike.

Inside you'll find everything from comprehensive lesson plans (see Pages 5–7) , to a whimsical Christmas Tree traditions nonfiction reading passage (Page 8) , to a magical fiction reading comprehension story (“The Whispering Christmas Tree,” Pages 14–15) , to directed drawing pages, reflections, rubrics, and even extension activities like mandala design and elements-of-art Christmas tree tasks. If you need a festive, standards-aligned, low-prep resource that builds creativity and literacy skills all in one lesson—this is the one teachers keep coming back to year after year.

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

This Christmas Tree Art Lesson includes everything you need to teach a complete holiday-themed unit:

🎨 Art Lesson & Directed Drawing
📘 Reading Comprehension (Fiction + Nonfiction)
✏️ Writing Activities
🧠 Critical Thinking
📚 Curriculum Integration
📄 Rubrics, Reflections, Artist Statements

🎄 Bulletin Board Display Materials

Using green cardstock or thick paper and oil pastels (or crayons), students will create a bright, expressive Christmas Tree artwork as they follow the 11-step tutorial shown on Pages 39–49.

The project incorporates drawing, outlining, painting, and adding festive details—plus opportunities for personalization to keep creativity high.

This resource also includes:

• Lesson Hook & Creativity Challenge (Page 5)
• Participation Strategies & Reflection Prompts
• KWL Chart
• The Whispering Christmas Tree Reading Passage + Questions + Answer Key
• Opinion Writing Page
• Fiction “Winter Magic” Writing + Drawing Page
• Art Rubric
• 3 Stars & a Wish Reflection
• Artist Statement Pages
• Mandala Design Extension Page
• Line & Shape Exploration Pages
• Coloring Page
• Bulletin Board Display Title Page

Perfect for quick planning, sub days, December art blocks, winter rotations, and homeschool holiday units!

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES (Non-Editable)

• Full Lesson Plan (Pages 5–7)
• About Christmas Tree Traditions informational reading (Page 8)
• Directed Drawing (Page 9)
• Art Rubric (Page 10)
• KWL Chart, Critical Thinking Questions
• Reading Comprehension Fiction Story (Pages 14–15)
• Reading Comprehension Question Pages + Answer Key (Pages 16–18)
• Sight Word List + Teacher Instructions (Page 19)
• Word Bank of Tricky Words (Page 20)
• Opinion Writing Prompt (Page 21)
• Winter Magic Writing Page (Page 23)
• Artist Statement Pages (Pages 33–34)
• 3 Stars & a Wish (Page 32)
• Mandala Design Extension (Page 34)
• Elements of Art Extensions
• Coloring Page (Page 37)
• Step-by-Step Art Tutorial (Pages 39–49)
• Bulletin Board Display Sign (Page 11)

➕ All pages are print-and-use ready. This resource is non-editable.