Christmas Coloring Pictures

Free Printable Christmas Coloring Pictures

There are numerous websites that have a wide assortment of Christmas pictures to color. You’ll find all types of holiday images, including:

• Bells
• Candy canes
• Carolers
• Christmas bears, reindeer, and other animals
• Christmas trees
• Elves
• Gingerbread men
• Mrs. Claus
• Santa
• Sprigs of holly
• Stockings
• Toys
• Wreaths

If you’re looking for Christmas pictures to color in a Sunday school class, many of these sites have many religious-themed pages you can print, some of which include Bible verses. Popular scenes include:

• Angels
• Jesus
• Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
• General nativity settings
• The three Wise Men following the star

Try the following sites for free printable Christmas coloring pictures:

• Crayola – In addition to coloring pictures, children can print off invitations and bingo game cards here.
• Coloring – Offers both secular and religious coloring pages, as well as Christmas cards and paper characters that kids can cut out.
• Coloring Book Fun – This site also has Bible images to color, fun holiday images, and other Christmas-themed pages.
• Davey and Goliath – These timeless cartoon characters with a message are featured in a variety Christmas settings and on activity pages.
• Family Fun Magazine – Features more elaborate coloring sheets that older kids might like, including a Christmas village and Santa’s workshop.
• Free Printable Coloring Pages – This site has more than 2,000 images in various categories, so in addition to printing your favorite Christmas coloring sheets, you’ll have plenty of other options for inside activities.
• The Coloring Spot – Look for the coloring “set” you need, whether you want religious images or a winter theme.

Most sites offer printing instructions and a “help” feature if you run into a snag. Make sure to have your pop-up blocker on before printing, otherwise if the site is ad-supported, the ads may appear over your image.

Other Ways to Color

One way to make Christmas coloring pictures even more fun is to try using different materials.

For example, have the kids decorate the front windows with festive holiday images:

1. Using white bath soap, draw an outline of some favorite characters, such as Santa or a grove of Christmas trees.
2. Break open a pack of window crayons and let the kids fill in the characters with bright color.
3. After the holidays, wash the windows with a damp cloth, and start all over with a winter decorating theme using snowflakes or Frosty.

Older children might enjoy adding new sparkle to gift tags by hand-making them:

1. Gather together unlined 3x5 index cards, a spool of ribbon, and small cookie cutters featuring stars, reindeer, or snowflakes.
2. Have the kids trace the cookie cutter shape onto the index card.
3. Use metallic crayons and pens to color the outline.
4. Punch a hole in one corner of the card and string the ribbon through.

As a fun family activity and decoration, make a long table runner with Christmas coloring pictures:

1. Start with a roll of easel paper that you can buy at an art store or online. Most rolls measure 18-inches wide and up to 75-feet long.
2. Cut off your desired length.
3. Mix and match crayons, markers, and paints.
4. Have each person draw his or her favorite thing or activity about Christmas.

Coloring Online

For a brand new coloring twist, improve a young child’s computer skills with Crayola’s Digi-Color feature. This interactive site allows you to choose your favorite method–pens, markers, crayons, paintbrush, even a mini-stamper. Each method has a large color palette. Many of the coloring sheets featured on the site are ready-to-color, or you can create an image on a blank page. All pages can be printed.