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Short Christmas Action Songs for 2-4 Year Olds

December 19, 2017 By Sara Mullett 17 Comments

Often the more popular Christmas songs such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Jingle Bells can be a little tricky for young children or toddlers to pick up.

So here are some very short christmas action songs with simple piggyback tunes which are ideal for 2-4 year olds.

These are popular playgroup songs about Christmas Crackers and Christmas Puddings (which are typical Christmas traditions here in the UK!) and are brilliant for getting everyone to join in!

Christmas Action Songs for 2-4 Year Olds - Kids' Songs for Christmas - Let's Play Music

Short Christmas Action Song #1: Christmas Pudding

Christmas Pudding, Christmas Pudding,             (hold an imaginary bowl)

Nice and Hot (blow)  nice and hot, (blow)                   (blow on the hot pudding!)

Sprinkle on the sugar, sprinkle on the sugar,     (sprinkle imaginary sugar)

Eat the lot!  Eat the lot!                   (pretend to eat it & rub your tummy!)

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Christmas cracker, Christmas cracker,           (hold an imaginary cracker)

In your hand, In your hand!                          (hold an imaginary cracker)

Hurry up and pull one, hurry up and pull one,     (mime an exaggerated pull!)

It goes BANG!  It goes BANG!     (clap hands loudly and shout BANG!)

(sung to the tune of Frere Jacques or I Hear Thunder)

 

Short Christmas Action Song #2: Christmas Day is Coming Soon

Christmas Day is coming soon,

Santa’s on his way!

Bringing toys for girls and boys,

On his magic sleigh!
(sung to the tune of Row Row Row Your Boat)

(hold hands in pairs facing each other, just like in Row Row, but pretend to be in sledges whooshing through the snow!)

These short Christmas action songs for 2-4 year olds  are perfect to sing in a little group, great at parties or playgroups where you want to get everyone joining in and having some fun.

They borrow their tunes from other well known songs so they can be picked up quickly and easily remembered. Ask the children to choose a partner as these songs work well in pairs. This is so good for confidence building and learning teamwork.

Sing the first two songs sitting facing each other, as they can pretend to pull a cracker together, and then they hold hands and whoosh through the snow on their magic sleighs!

Looking for more? Check out my 5 Simple Christmas Piggyback Songs for some more easy Christmas action songs.

What Christmas songs do you sing with toddlers in your home or classroom? I would love for you to share the ones that you and your kids love in the comments below.

Educational Benefits of Short Christmas Action Songs for 2-4 Year Olds - Let's Play Music

If you’re a nursery school teacher or planning a christmas party for toddlers check out my Christmas lesson plan for lots more festive musical fun! 

Filed Under: Action songs, Christmas, Musical Activities For..., Piggyback Songs, Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Advent, Confidence Building

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Comments

  1. Polly says

    October 8, 2015 at 8:11 am

    Lovely little Christmas action song Sara! Just perfect for my little English learners here in France. Thank-you so much.

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      October 8, 2015 at 8:20 am

      Thanks Polly! I bet they’ll sound lovely singing them too! Glad you find the site helpful 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tamera says

    December 22, 2014 at 5:35 pm

    This is an amazing app

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      January 4, 2015 at 12:30 pm

      Thanks Tamera!

      Reply
  3. Amanda Masser says

    December 5, 2014 at 4:52 pm

    I have been looking for the lyrics to a song my son sang in preschool. Has anyone heard it? It is called “We Are Christmas Lights” and from the research that I did I was able to narrow it down to the tune of “We Are Santas Elves”

    Here are some of the lyrics and they might be mixed up. It has been almost 7 years since his preschool days.

    “We blink Red, we blink blue we blink at christmas time just for you”

    Sorry folks that’s all I can remember, I think the other verse uses yellow and green but can’t remember the rhyme

    Any help would be appreciated, I have been Googling it over and over and all I get are dead ends. I was trying to contact his pre-k teacher, but she either got married or is no longer in that district.

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      December 7, 2014 at 12:51 am

      Hi Amanda,

      Not sure about this one i’m afraid! But maybe someone else here can help?

      Hope you find it!

      Sara

      Reply
    • Thomas W says

      December 15, 2014 at 4:56 am

      Hi Amanda – I think I found the song you may be looking for.

      “We Are Christmas Lights” (to the tune of Jingle Bells)

      Verse:
      We are Christmas lights,
      And you know it’s true,
      We blink red and green,
      And sometimes white and blue!
      We decorate your tree
      To make your spirits bright.
      Just look at all our colors
      When we sparkle every night!

      Chorus:
      We blink red; we blink green;
      We blink white and blue!
      Yes we blink at Christmastime: we do it just for you!
      Oh, we blink red; we blink green;
      We blink white and blue!
      Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too!

      Hope this is what you were looking for!

      Reply
      • Sara Mullett says

        January 4, 2015 at 12:31 pm

        Thanks so much for pitching in Thomas!

        Reply
  4. Mackenzie says

    November 9, 2014 at 4:34 pm

    I’ve been looking for some Christmas songs just like this for my girls, thanks so much for sharing! #LinkandLearn

    Reply
  5. Danielle says

    December 17, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    These are great! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  6. Amanda B says

    December 5, 2013 at 1:48 am

    Thank you so much for stopping by our FB Playful Preschool Share day. What great ways to get young kids moving and singing. I have shared a link back to this post here http://theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/2013/12/preschool-reindeer-crafts-and-learning.html

    Reply
    • Sara_LetsPlayMusic says

      December 14, 2013 at 1:00 pm

      Thanks Amanda! And thanks for inviting us over to share!

      Reply
      • Amanda Boyarshinov says

        December 20, 2013 at 4:22 am

        You’re welcome! Come visit us anytime!!!

        Reply

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