As the month of December approaches I can't help but get excited thinking about one of my favorite days of the school year... GRINCH DAY! The last week before winter break is a hectic and exciting one in our first grade classroom. We celebrate Grinch Day and have our winter holiday party!
Here is a little about Grinch Day. The Friday before Grinch Day I send home a letter to my families telling them that we will be celebrating Grinch Day. I explain that students can dress up as their favorite How the Grinch Stole Christmas character or BE GRINCHY and wear green. I work in a Title One school so not many kids dress up as their favorite character but many students do come to school wearing GREEN!
The Start of Grinch Day
This past year one of my students came dressed up as the GRINCH himself and it was absolutely precious. Who better to be our morning greeter for Grinch Day?!?
As the students enter the classroom they find our class tree wrapped in green streamers and the Grinch's reindeer dog TRAPPED and STUCK to our tree. I wonder who could've done that?!
And our desks and tables COVERED in GREEN (wrapping paper)! 
Here is a glimpse at our GRINCH filled Day.
Reading Block
We start our reading block by reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
After reading the story we do a directed drawing of the GRINCH himself. I found this FREE directed drawing activity over at Art Projects for Kids TPT store. You can grab this awesome freebie here!
During our writing block we write about how we can make the Grinch grin! Grab my
How Would You Make the Grinch Grin? writing FREEBIE by clicking HERE!
A Grinchy Holiday Activity
After lunch we decorate ice cream sugar cones and turn them into the Christmas trees that we saw all over Whoville in the story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In order to do this you'll need to have gathered some supplies ahead of time. I try to get parents to volunteer to send these in so it doesn't come out of my pocket.
Supplies Needed
Sugar Ice Cream Cones, Green Frosting or White Frosting, Green Food Coloring (if you bought white frosting), Plastic Knives, Sprinkles, Pull and Peel Twizzlers, and Mini Candies such as Skittles, M&Ms, Mini Gumballs, etc...
How To Decorate Your Edible Christmas Tree
Step 1: Students will turn their sugar cone upside down so that the circular part is face down.
Step 2: Cover the sugar cone in green icing using the plastic knife.
Step 3: Decorate your tree using the candies and edible items available.
A Special Visit ...
During our specials time when the kids are NOT in the room the GRINCH himself pays our classroom a little visit. He knocks over our desks/tables (this can be very therapeutic, TRY IT! haha), he sprinkles green streamers everywhere, TRAPS our classroom elf, and licks our red and white candy canes turning them all GREEN! He even puts his picture on our ActivBoard screen and plays his
How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack. (You can play the soundtrack on Youtube)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack. (You can play the soundtrack on Youtube)
When the kids come in they are in total shock to see our classroom in such dismay. As soon as they see the Grinch's face on the Activboard they know who was responsible for the mess in our classroom. They then help to clean up after that naughty GRINCH and get to take one of his green candy canes in return.
Movie Time: How the Grinch Stole Christmas & a Special Treat
We then spend the rest of our afternoon enjoying the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas while we drink GRINCH juice (Green Hawaiian Punch) out of our green cups. If you're all about being a little EXTRA you can glue mini red hearts onto the green Grinch juice cups to represent the Grinch's heart.
Grab my FREE Grinch Day family letter & Supplies Needed Letters Below!
Click the link below to grab my Grinch Day family letter
& Supplies Needed FREEBIE
Do you celebrate GRINCH day in your classroom?
If so, comment below and let me know how YOUR class celebrates this GRINCHY day.
