DLTK's
Holiday Plays
The Littlest Christmas Tree
Thanks so much to Jacque Sweany
for sending this in!
Notes:
All children sing all songs, however,
the character stated comes out and stands on the taped line at the front
of the stage. They are
“spotlighted” so to speak! When
they have finished their song they go back to their spots.
Spots are designated on the floor of the stage of a laminated picture of
their costume. So the bunnies stand
on a bunny, etcetera. The narrator needs to emphasis the name of the character he
or she is calling up. I have always
found it better to have a special narrator and not myself. It helps the children not to be so nervous if they see me.
I always count to three and then we start our song.
I also give the children a special gift, like a candy cane or whatever
after the program just to tell them how proud of them I am.
I am a big believer in taking a bow so I instruct our audience to clap
after each song so the children can bow! I
also start every program by allowing the children to say hi to moms and dads and
grandparents! It helps to get it
out of the way!
Teacher
– Welcome to our mini musical The Littlest Christmas Tree.
WE are so glad you could take time out of your busy schedule to join us. The children have worked so hard on the musical so I want to
encourage you to go ahead and applaud their hard work after each song.
We have been working on our bows and we are pretty good at it!
And know let me introduce the Lil’ Wrangler’s ELC preschool class.
After
the children are settled on their spots
Boys
and girls isn’t it really great to see all of our moms and dads here?
When I count to 3 let’s all say hi mom and hi dad! 1 2 3 Hi mom Hi dad! Did some of you invite your grandma and grandpa?
Well we better say hi to them too! Ready,
1 2 3 Hi Grandma, Hi Grandpa!
That
was great! Are you ready to start
our program? Then we are ready Mr.
Narrator.
Narrator – Long ago in the
forest there were 3 beautiful Fir Trees. These
3 fir trees hoped that someday they would be Christmas Trees.
They were very patient and each day they grew and grew
Trees walk up to the front.
Trees will stay up front.
All Children – tune of I’m
a little Tea Pot
I’m
a little fir tree growing tall
Someday I’ll be the best of all.
I’ll go home with a family and
A Christmas Tree is what I’ll be!
Narrator – So the trees
waited excitedly for a family to come and pick them for their Christmas Tree and
then one day it happened! A family
came to the forest!
Family walk up to front beside trees.
Family – tune of Muffin
Man
Oh
will you be our Christmas Tree
our
Christmas tree our Christmas tree.
Oh
will you be our Christmas Tree
and
sparkle on Christmas Day?
Narrator – The family
walked around all the trees and decided to take home the very biggest tree they
could find! The dad brought out his
ax and cut the fir tree down and off they went!
Family and biggest tree go back to spots.
All Children - tune of I’m
a Little Tea Pot
I’m
a little fir tree growing tall
Someday I’ll be the best of all.
I’ll go home with a family and
A Christmas Tree is what I’ll be!
Narrator – Soon another
family came to the forest and they looked at all the trees too.
They didn’t want a great big tree and they didn’t want a small tree.
They saw a tree that was just right!
Family – tune of Muffin
Man
Oh you are just
the perfect tree
The perfect
tree, the perfect tree
Oh you are just
the perfect tree
For us on
Christmas Day!
Narrator – The family was
so happy that they had found the perfect tree for their house that they cut it
down and off they went.
Family and middle tree go back to their
spots.
Narrator - The littlest
Christmas tree was all alone and he was sad and lonely.
Little tree is all alone up front.
All Children – tune of Have
you ever seen a lassie
Will
I ever be a Christmas tree
a
Christmas tree a Christmas tree
Will
I ever be a Christmas tree for a happy family?
Narrator – Soon some
beautiful red birds came and sat beside the little fir tree.
They brought some of the feathers and string from their nest.
They decorated the littlest tree with the feathers and the string.
Birds come up and hook decorations on
tree.
Birds – tune of Are
you sleeping (kinda!)
Don’t be sad,
don’t be sad
We are here to
stay
We are here to
stay
We’ll be your
friends on Christmas Day
We’ll stay
and we won’t fly away.
Don’t be sad,
don’t be sad.
Birds
can sit beside tree or go back to spot depending on the wiggle factor of the
bird children!!
Narrator – The littlest
tree began to feel better. Soon
some little bunnies hopped over to the little tree.
They brought some berries that they had found on the way.
They strung the berries on the tree.
Bunnies hook berries on tree
Bunnies – Red and Green
– tune of Mary had a Little Lamb
Red and Green
are Christmas colors,
Christmas colors
Christmas colors.
Red and Green are
Christmas colors, pretty Christmas colors.
Bunniess
can sit beside tree or go back to spot depending on the wiggle factor of the
bird children!!
Narrator – The feathers,
string and berries looked so pretty on the little tree that he began to feel
like a Christmas Tree. He was just
missing one thing!
All children – tune of Brother
John
What is
missing? What is missing?
On
our tree? On our tree?
A
twinkling Christmas star,
A
twinkling Christmas star
That’s
what we need, that’s what we need.
Narrator – It was starting
to get dark, and the stars were coming out in the night sky.
The stars knew that Christmas Night was the birth of a special baby and
they had a big job to do. The stars were going to tell the shepherds about the baby
Jesus lying in a manger.
All Children – Baby Jesus
– Finger play that I have known forever and don’t know who to give credit
to.
Baby Jesus fast asleep in
his manger bed –
Children
make a cradle with hands and then put folded hands beside head to mimic sleeping
Come oh come on tipee toes,
Children
make come on sign with hands and then get up on tipee toes but remind them to
stay in one place and not to really tipee toe away!
See the one that loves us
so.
Children
hold hand over eyes and then put hands over heart.
A little star wasn’t able
to go with all the big stars and she heard the plea of all the animals and the
little tree. She decided that she would go down and be a Christmas Star for the
little tree.
Star or stars come forward and stand
beside little tree. If you need to fill more spots than you can change the
narrators line to some little stars weren’t able to go and they decided to go
down…
All Children – Star –
tune of Little Tea Pot
I’m a little
Star from in the sky
I’ll sit on
the tree top way up high
I’ll shine
for you in my special way
And
twinkle brightly on Christmas day.
Narrator – The star looked
just beautiful on the little tree and now the tree felt just like a Christmas
tree! In fact, he thought he was
the most beautiful Christmas tree ever! Don’t
you think so too?
PARTS:
Trees –
Largest tree – _________
Medium tree – _________
Smallest tree - __________
Family –
Dad – 1. _______
2. _________
Mom – 1. ________ 2.
_________
Child – 1. _________ 2.
_________
Bunnies –
_________ ___________
_________
___________
_________
___________
Birds –
_________
__________
_________
__________
_________
__________
Star –
________
If you need more parts then
you can just create more animals to come and decorate the tree!
Some suggestions would be
deer, bears, squirrels.
