The Story

The book was When Santa Lost His HO! HO! HO! By Laura Rader

The Songs:

The Rudolph Prance

Give each child a red sticky dot to wear on her nose as she imitates Rudolph in this song. Sing to the tune of “The Hokey-Pokey”

You put your [hooves] in; you put your [hooves] out.
You put your [hooves] in and you shake ’em all about!
You do the Rudolph Prance and you shake it all around—
That’s what the reindeer do…woooo!

Repeat the verse, substituting antlers, red nose, and white tail for the underlined word.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year.

Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap),
Now let’s all do a little clapping(clap),
Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap),
And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)

Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump),
Now let’s all do a little jumping(jump),
Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump)
And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)

Now let’s all do a little waving (wave),
Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),
Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),
And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year.

The Craft: CD Santa

What you’ll need:

• old CD
• flesh tone construction paper
• Red craft foam
• Cotton balls
• 2 googly eyes
• 1 pink pom pom
• Scissors
• Glue
• Red marker or crayon

How to make it:

1. Place the CD on the construction paper and trace around the CD.  Cut out the circle and glue it onto the CD.  Let dry.
2. Cut a hat shape out of red craft foam and glue a cotton ball to the tip of the hat and then glue a line of cotton balls along the bottom of the hat.
3. Once the CD is dry, glue the bottom of the hat to the top of the CD.
4. Glue a “beard” of cotton balls along the outside edge of the CD.
5. Glue two googly eyes onto the CD near the hat.
6. Glue a pink pom pom under the eyes as a nose.
7. Cut a cotton ball in half and glue above the eyes as eyebrows.
8. Cut a cotton ball in half and pull it slightly to form a mustache.  Glue under the nose.
9. Use the red marker to draw a smile under the mustache.