Want a Christmas week that feels like a real literature unit—not just another coloring pile between cookie trays? Homeschool Share offers a free Twelve Days of Christmas lapbook: a 50-page printable set built around the picture book Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett, with song-themed mini-books that also walk Bible themes (Gospels, Beatitudes, Fruit of the Spirit, Apostles’ Creed, and more). Scoop singing, notebooking, and faith talk into one file folder while you enjoy the story together. It’s an elementary Christmas literature / notebooking win you can print tonight—no paid unit required.
Publisher landing (primary) →
https://www.homeschoolshare.com/twelve-days-of-christmas-lapbook/
Direct PDF (secondary) →
https://www.homeschoolshare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/twelve_days_christmas_complete.pdf
(Verified free direct PDF on this item—50 pages · ~8.1 MB. Prefer the landing if the file URL ever moves.)
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What’s included
Per Homeschool Share’s Twelve Days of Christmas Lapbook landing and the verified 50-page PDF:
Song / intro pieces
- Twelve Days of Christmas Layer Book
- Origins of The Twelve Days of Christmas Song Simple Fold Book
- Cover / song illustration pages (partridge-in-a-pear-tree style cover art in the complete PDF)
Faith / Bible mini-books (mapped to the “twelve days”)
- Christ Died for Our Sins Simple Fold Book
- God’s Word Has Two Parts Circle Book
- Books of the Bible Flap Book
- Gifts of the Magi Flap Book
- Three Theological Virtues Flap Book
- The Four Gospels Petal Book
- Five Books of the Torah Scroll Shape Book
- Six Days of Creation Flag Book
- Seven Gifts Books
- Eight Beatitudes Bee Shapes
- Nine Fruits of the Spirit Accordion Book
- Ten Commandments Window Book
- Eleven Faithful Apostles Cards & Pocket
- Apostle’s Creed Printable
Homeschool Share’s landing also walks traditional “meanings of the days” notes and clearly says HSS does not necessarily endorse the claim that the song was written as a hidden Christian catechism—whether or not that history is true, families can still use the pieces to learn Scripture and focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
Age band: Elementary · literature unit / Christmas · notebooking / lapbook · faith optional deep-dive. Print the pieces that fit your week; assemble what you use into a file-folder lapbook if you want the full HSS sample look.
Who it’s for
Best for elementary readers who thrive on a picture-book week with notebooking—and families who want Christmas singing plus optional Bible mini-books—not another toddler activity mega pack. Ideal when you want December to cross literature, music, and faith notebooking around one classic carol/book pairing.
Homeschool Share’s get-started steps say buy or borrow Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett, then choose the lessons and lapbook printables you’ll use. Treat the book as the intended library pair for the full unit feel. You can still print song-layer / faith mini-books if the book isn’t on the shelf yet—just don’t expect the “read + assemble” week to land the same way without it.
Already stacking Christmas freebies on FHD? This is a Homeschool Share literature/lapbook set—distinct from our older 12 Days of Christmas Lapbook post (that one CTAs Simple Living Creative Learning, not HSS). Soft only as an alternate publisher, not a title rematch.
Pair this literature angle with our FREE Christmas Activity Pack (21 Pages) — Homeschool Creations, FREE Christmas Printables Pack (~115p + Tot) — 3 Dinosaurs, FREE Christmas Activities Printables (9 Pages) — ABCdee, or FREE Christmas Learning Printables — ABCdee—more Christmas table time, not a title rematch. Liked Homeschool Share’s Thanksgiving literature set? See FREE Cranberry Thanksgiving Printables (17 Pages) — Homeschool Share.
How to use it this Christmas
- Library pair: Borrow or buy Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett; read aloud, then sing the carol together.
- Lapbook week: Print selected pieces, cut/fold, and assemble into one file folder (HSS has a How to Make a Lapbook page if you’re new).
- Song + meanings day: Layer book + origins fold for carol history talk (keep HSS’s catechism-history caveat honest).
- Faith notebooking: Pick a few “days” mini-books (Gospels, Beatitudes, Fruit of the Spirit, Creed, etc.) that match your family’s December goals.
- Light week option: Cover + layer book + 2–3 mini-books only—skip the full 50-page print if December is already full.
What you’ll need
- Printer + paper (cardstock helps for mini-books, pockets, and flaps)
- Scissors, glue/glue stick, stapler or tape, crayons/markers
- Optional: one file folder for the lapbook sample layout
- Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett (buy or borrow—publisher’s get-started step)
- No paid Christmas curriculum required—grab the free PDF from Homeschool Share and print what you’ll use
Get the free Twelve Days of Christmas lapbook
Homeschool Share landing (primary) →
https://www.homeschoolshare.com/twelve-days-of-christmas-lapbook/
Scoop up the free Twelve Days of Christmas Lapbook / printables from that page. The landing links the PDF directly on this item (no email gate for this set at draft time).
Direct PDF (secondary) →
https://www.homeschoolshare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/twelve_days_christmas_complete.pdf
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More free Christmas & holiday printables on FHD
- FREE Christmas Activity Pack (21 Pages) — Homeschool Creations
- FREE Christmas Printables Pack (~115p + Tot) — 3 Dinosaurs
- FREE Christmas Activities Printables (9 Pages) — ABCdee
- FREE Christmas Learning Printables — ABCdee (live Learning cluster sibling)
- FREE Cranberry Thanksgiving Printables (17 Pages) — Homeschool Share (literature-unit sibling)
- 12 Days of Christmas Lapbook (older FHD post — Simple Living Creative Learning; alternate publisher soft only)
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