Printable Holiday Journal and Activities for Kids

Kids Holiday Journal

Experience the holidays creating memories that you can look back upon next year and all the years following with this adorable free printable holiday journal for the kids.

The holidays are a wonderful time to be together and bond with your kids and this journal provide a plethora of ideas and is filled with kids’ challenges, trackers, reflection pages, journaling pages, and so much more.

Whether you are staying home or traveling, this kid’s holiday journal will keep your kids engaged and entertained throughout the holiday season. Many of the pages will continue to work throughout the year, if you desire.

These activity pages make the holiday season fun and enjoyable. Below is a brief description of the activity pages you will find in the packet

Print only the pages you want to use and print those multiple times if you desire. Here is the link to take you directly to the download opt-in. https://thenestedfamily.com/freebies/

Pages included:

  • Cover page – A fun cover page for the journal or you can make your own.
  • Pictures from my holiday – A page to draw pictures or glue printed photos that you took.
  • Bucket list – A page to list all the things you would like to do next year and accomplish next year.
  • Keepsakes from my holiday – A page to write, draw, or tape a photo of something you want to remember.
  • My daily holiday gratitude – Print this out, one page for each day of the week, and keep track of what you are grateful for each day along with documenting what made you happy that day, and something you learned. Gratitude can change a life.
  • Daily drawing – Draw something that made you happy today.
  • Holiday memories -Rate your holiday and write down the highlights. Write out the best memory, what you learned, and anything new you tried.
  • Journal page without prompts – This page is to journal on and write about whatever you would like to write about.
  • 20 Journal pages with prompts – These 20 pages each have a prompt question to give your kids ideas and get them started with their writing.
  • All about Me – Tape a picture of the author of this journal, how old they are, fun facts about themselves, and some favorite memories from the school year, so far.
  • My Daily Journal page – A non-holiday journal page that can be used over and over again. Love this one for kids – They will write the best part of their day, mark their mood on some emojis and write why they felt like that, as well as what they did that day.
  • Reading challenge – Create a challenge for reading during the holiday. This is a page to document the books, pages, or reading material.
  • My favorites from my holiday – Your kids can document their favorite treat, favorite place they visited, what movie they watched, their favorite memory, favorite song, and favorite hobby.
  • Healthy Habits Tracker – One page chart to track the week’s healthy habits.
  • School holiday fun list – Have your kids make a list of things they can do when they are bored. Then send them to this page when they say, “I am bored!”
  • Random Acts of Kindness 30 Day Challenge – 30 hearts to color in, one for each act of kindness they perform. Use this one throughout the year.
  • My holiday wrap up – Answer “I love the school holiday because…” Also, what is their least favorite part of the holiday, what they will never forget, and what they will miss.
  • School holiday reflection – On this page your child can fill in a goal they achieved, their inspiration, what they are grateful for, fears they faced and how they overcame them, and any new skills they learned during the holiday season.
  • Comix Time – Create their own comic strip on this page.
  • Let’s write a book – Come up with a book that you would write about your school holiday and write why you chose that.
  • Trip essentials checklist – Packing checklist for travel.
  • My #OutfitOfTheDay – Take a picture in your favorite outfit and glue the picture here; a picture can also be drawn here.
  • Postcard time – Create a postcard that you would send to a loved one.
  • The best meal of my holiday – Draw what your plate looked like with your favorite meal on it and then write a description of the meal and why it was your favorite.
  • Rate today’s adventure – Kids get to write down the day’s activities and rate them, one to five stars.
  • New foods I tried this holiday – Kids have the option to draw up to four new dishes they tried over the holiday season.
  • The best day of my holiday – Add a picture to this page and answer the question “What made this day the most special and extraordinary?”
  • My big goals – First, write down an affirmation then 3 goals. For each goal, write down 3 action items to take toward that goal.
  • Explorer chart – A simple fun page to write down the places you visited during the school holiday.
  • School holiday rules – Write down rules that need to be followed, or that you had to follow during the school holiday.
  • Sticker sheet – Just cute picture to print on sticker paper or plain paper and glue them to pages throughout the journal.

I hope this Kid Holiday Journal packet brightens you and your kid’s holiday!

Enjoy!