Your kids are
going to love this “Santa Hunt” that Sara Lensing adapted from “The Cool Bear
Hunt.” She shared this idea with
me last week in Des Moines and she pinky promised to send it to me and she
did. What is a pinky promise? You link pinky fingers with a friend
and then seal it by kissing your fist!
Santa Hunt
Get out your
backpacks.
Open ‘em up.
Let’s put in
some cookies for Santa and his reindeer.
And, let’s put
in a thermos of milk in case he gets thirsty.
Oh. and don’t
forget your Christmas lights in case it gets dark.
Zip ‘em up and
repeat after me.
(Children repeat
each line.)
We’re gonna find
Santa (March and slap thighs.)
Before Christmas
day.
He has a big,
round belly (Extend arms.)
And a long,
white beard. (Pull down from
chin.)
Look over
there! (Point.)
It’s a Candy
Cane Forest!
Can’t go over
it. (Arms over head.)
Can’t go
under. (Arms down
low.)
Can’t go around
it. (Circle arms.)
I guess we’ll go
through it. (Open palms and shrug
shoulders.)
Slurp, slurp,
slurp! (Pretend to suck on candy
cane.)
We’re gonna find
Santa
Before Christmas
day.
He has a big,
round belly
And a long,
white beard.
Look over there!
It’s an egg nog
river.
Can’t go over
it.
Can’t go under.
Can’t go around
it.
I guess we’ll
swim across it. (Stroke arms as if
swimming.)
We’re gonna find
Santa
Before Christmas
day.
He has a big,
round belly
And a long,
white beard.
Look over there!
It’s a
gingerbread house!
Can’t go over
it.
Can’t go under.
Can’t go around
it.
I guess we’ll go
through it.
Yum, yum,
yum! (Pretend to eat gingerbread.)
We’re gonna find
Santa
Before Christmas
day.
He has a big,
round belly
And a long,
white beard.
Look over there!
It’s Santa’s
workshop.
Can’t go over
it.
Can’t go under.
Can’t go around
it.
I guess we’ll go
through it.
Shhh! (Finger over lips.)
Get out your
Christmas lights. (Pretend to get
out lights.)
Turn them on –
click.
Let’s set out
the cookies and milk.
I see a big,
round belly.
And a long,
white beard!
It’s Santa!
He-he-he! We
can’t let him see us!
Tip toe! (Tiptoe.)
Quick! Go through the gingerbread house! Yum,
yum, yum,!
Swim across the
egg nog river!
Go through the
Candy Cane Forest! Slurp, slurp, slurp!
Go home.
Open the door.
Shut the door.
Phew!
We found Santa.
Merry Christmas
to all!
*Children could do a time line or a story map of the hunt for Santa as a follow up activity.