Christmas Play Ideas For Pre-Schoolers

Do you remember taking part in Christmas plays in your childhood? You never took part in such a performance? You missed out on a lot of fun. Irrespective of your age, you can still take part in such plays, or you can atleast direct one. 

Christmas play ideas for pre-schoolers

Nativity Scene

This is not only a holy story but also a story that can be easily understood by people of all age groups, especially the kids. The infant Jesus in the play will appeal a lot to small kids. To make the play easier for understanding, one may reduce the characters to 4-6. Simple and short dialogues should be used. The setting for the play should be bright and clutter fry.

Stable and the mice family

This story is also one of the simplest Christmas play ideas. The setting is a stable where a couple has taken shelter with their new born child in a stable. The stable is also a home to a mice family. The little creatures are disturbed by the commotion since the couple has come to stay in the stable. They are receiving a constant stream of guests. The little creatures are baffled by what is going on in the stable. They are interpreting the turn of events in the shelter in their won funny manner. The cute play will be liked by both kids as well as youths.

Children’s Christmas Plays

The celebrated Christmas Plays are: The Gift of the Magi, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, The Christmas Carol, The Christmas Schooner, The musical, Hannukatz, It's a Wonderful Life, A Klingon Christmas Carol, It's A Wonderful Pro-Life, Nutcracker Ballet or the Sugar Plum Fairy tales and many others.

Kids love to perform in holiday dramas and short skits. Music is another important ingredient that makes the play more entertaining. Therefore, incorporation of melodies and music can make the plays more appealing. Playwrights often prefer to add musicals in the plays so that they can create the plays livelier. Often Christmas carols become an integral part of these dramas.

The Best of the Children Christmas Plays are:

1.    The Gift of the Magi: This is a beautiful skit that is usually performed are the churches and schools. This play centers the story of The Three Men from East, who came this much far to Bethlehem to gift baby Jesus with myrrh, frankincense and Gold.  This is how they welcomed the Son of God in the mortal world. Little kids are often dressed in colorful nativity dresses, so that they can make the characters livelier. If the directors consider, they can also add music and melodies in this play. Usually, the background score is set to create teh ambience of the play. Kids enjoy performing Christian Christmas plays. 

2.    No Room in the Inn: This story narrates the event when Joseph and Mother Mary went to a crowned inn, to take some rest. But the place was so overcrowded that they were unable to stay in that inn. Later, they took shelter in a manger along with the farm animals. Jesus was born there.

3.    The Christmas Party: This is more like a holiday party rather a Christmas play.