Here is a cute theme idea

 "ABEARRY MERRY CHRISTMAS"

Centered around a bear theme of course.
The ideas are endless.

Fuzzy Bear
Precut teddy bear from poster board. Have parents save used tea bags.
Let children open the dried bags and shake the dried tea over the bear
that has been covered with glue. I used a tub to lay the bear in first
(said they needed to lie down in their bed) so they excess tea doesn't
get all over. When they dry they look like fuzzy bears. We stapled on
Christmas plaid bows as well. They looked really cute.

Bearry Nice Christmas Message
Precut bear shape from green or red poster board. Make hole punches all around and allow the children to sew in and out of the holes with red or green ribbon. Glue a pocket on the front of their bear and add a message
in the pocket. "One big bear hug. Just for you. Merry Christmas Love _______". We added a ribbon string for hanging as well. Also used old Christmas wrap cut into heart shapes to decorating the pocket etc.

Three Bear Story
Adapt a Christmas version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and acted it out. Golilocks was invited to stay to celebrate Christmas with the Three Bears.

Teddy Bear Christmas Party
Each child was asked to bring in a stuffed teddy on one day -dressed if possible- for a Christmas party. Little books were given as gifts under the tree for each child's bear to open. Teddy's joined us for all the games and special Christmas snacks. It was a lot of fun and emphasized the sharing aspect with others (even teddies) at Christmas.

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