Literary Christmas Cards + Fun Activity: ELA Student Gift, Bulletin Board, Craft

Unwrap the magic of the season with literary holiday cards! This set of 50+ student greeting cards and a bonus activity is the perfect blend of festive cheer and bookish charm.

⭐What's Inside: ⭐

1. A Collection of 50+ Literary Holiday Cards:
Classic and YA literature meets the holiday spirit with these bookish greeting cards. Full of puns and personality, you'll spread the joy of reading with a variety of authors like:

• Edgar Allan Poe
• Henry David Thoreau
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Emily Dickinson
• Ray Bradbury
• Mark Twain
• Robert Frost
• Walt Whitman
• Langston Hughes
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Maya Angelou
• John Steinbeck
• William Shakespeare
• Lewis Carroll
• William Golding
• George Orwell
• Jane Austen
• Charles Dickens
• Mary Shelley
• Phillis Wheatley
• Amy Tan
• Kwame Alexander
• Jason Reynolds
• S. E. Hinton
• John Green
• Suzanne Collins
• Lois Ann Lowry
• Neal Shusterman
• R.L. Stine
• Judy Blume
• Angie Thomas
• Sandra Cisneros
• William Carlos Williams
• Joy Harjo
  
  

2. Bonus Activity: Create Your Own Bookish Greeting Card!
Turn your ELA classroom into a creative writing workshop with the bonus activity. Students are prompted to design their very own greeting card inspired by a book. Perfect for an independent reading celebration or a whole class novel wrap up, students will use literary devices to craft a creative greeting card.

Why English Teachers Love These Literary Holiday Cards:

Showcases puns so bad they are good: Who doesn't love a cheesy pun? Your students won't be able to help but smile and roll their eyes at punny greeting cards like:
"Poe, Poe, Poe, May your holidays not be horrible"
"I Thoreau-ly hope you enjoy your winter break"
"Take the Frosty road less traveled this season"

Creates a holiday display:

Print these as posters rather than cards and suddenly you have a holiday bulletin board or festive door decoration. There are enough in the pack to use these literary prints as posters AND cards without repeating.

Celebrates reading:
Books are a gift and these cards are designed to celebrate the joy of reading with a variety of authors that your students will recognize!

Provides an inexpensive gift:
Whether you want to pair these cards with a candy cane or simply hand them out, these literary cards make a meaningful yet inexpensive student or English teacher team gift.

Includes a creative writing activity:
With the built-in examples and bonus activity, your students can join in on the fun by creating their own book themed greeting card!

Contains a variety of word choice:
These literary holiday cards are editable to fit your needs in Canva, but they also include lots of ready-to-print options. Most of the cards contain a choice of wording such as "winter break" rather than "holiday."

☝Please note that the activity is editable to fit your needs in PPT or Google slides, but the cards themselves are ONLY editable in Canva.

✅ Check another item off your list and give the gift of imagination and literary merriment this holiday season!