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Our kids still enjoy The Polar Express book by Chris van Allsburg and the go-along movie. When we pull out our stash of Christmas books, it is so much fun to see the favorites and re-read them! No matter how old you are, there is something magical about the Christmas season!
Here is a collection of activities, crafts, and printables that you can use with your kids or classroom when reading (or watching) The Polar Express.
Activities to Go-Along
- Polar Express discovery bottle
- Hot chocolate cloud dough – YUM!!
- Hot chocolate sensory bin
- Polar Express train costume
- Hot chocolate rice
- Beginning sounds activity
- How to draw a train
- Tissue box train
- Jingle bell painting
- Hot chocolate playdough
Polar Express Crafts
- Hot chocolate ornament – so cute!!
- Conductor’s hat tutorial
- Toilet paper train craft
- Lantern craft – cute idea for leftover Starbucks cups
- Popsicle stick hot chocolate mug
- Pom pom hot chocolate mug
- Believe globe ornament – love this idea to remember a fun book unit
- Snow globe craft
- Believe bell
Snacks & Yummies
Science Tie-ins
- Polar Express science tie-ins
- Hot chocolate science
- Jingle Bell magnet science
- Jingle Bell activities
Printables
- Polar Express lapbook from Homeschool Share
- Jingle Bell Count printables from J Daniel’s Mom
- Polar Express mega pack from Living Life Intentionally
- Polar Express preschool pack
- Polar Express pack from 3 Dinosaurs
- I Have, Who Has Polar Express game
- Polar Express coloring sheets
- Playdough mats
- Journal topics and writing paper
- Memory game
Read the Story Online
If you don’t have a copy of The Polar Express at home, or if you’d like to do something a little different, read it online here (read by Liam Neeson).
Additional Literature Based Learning Ideas
Like this? Don’t miss these other literature based activity posts focused on some of our favorite children’s books.
The printables shared on this site are FREE of charge unless otherwise noted, and you are welcome to download them for your personal and/or classroom use only. However, free or purchased printables are NOT to be reproduced, hosted, sold, shared, or stored on any other website or electronic retrieval system (such as Scribd or Google docs). My printables are copyright protected and I appreciate your help in keeping them that way.
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