Christmas Printables: Coloring Pages and Activities

December 20, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Whether you have a long trip over the river and through the woods to your holiday gatherings, or just want to give kids something fun to do at home during their holiday break, these Christmas printable coloring pages and other activities might be just the thing.

This giant nutcracker coloring page from Hattifant has been on my list to share for a long time. It’s so big! It would be a fun family project to have everyone work on their own section, then put it together and see how it looks.

If you’d rather have coloring pages that are a little smaller, The Little Frugal House has a collection of 75 free Christmas themed printables in a PDF in Dropbox, so you can download the whole set and print out what you need.

Learn about how Christmas is celebrated in other parts of the world with these educational coloring sheets from Rock Your Homeschool. Even more coloring printables, including some games like I spy, a memory game and printable diner style game placemats are available from Gathering Beauty.

Print and color Christmas and winter themed bookmarks from Jessie Steury to use in all those books you’re getting for Christmas. (My grandmother always gave everyone in the family a book for Christmas, and I try to do the same.)

Bear and Dear has some word scramble pages you can print out and challenge everyone in the family to see who can figure out all the words fastest.

And you can slip a little learning in with this tessellated Christmas tree activity from Little Bins for Little Hands. A tessellation is a repeating pattern that uses the same shape over and over and doesn’t leave any holes. Their printable tree tessellation shows Christmas trees right side up and upside down in the negative space (minus a little at the edges). Of course you could just color the trees like a coloring page, but you can also cut out the trees and make them into a tessellated Christmas tree.

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Beach Crafts Kids Can Make — No Vacation Required

Last month I shared a collection of beach crafts that used items from the beach like seashells and sand. This month’s collection is all about beach animals and things you might see at the beach that don’t require beachy materials to make. In fact you’ve probably got what you need to make most of these beach crafts in your house already.

How about paper plates? With a paper plate you can make this cute watercolor seashell from The Educator’s Spin on It, or an adorable seagull like this one from Glued to My Crafts.

Add some white beans and you can make paper plate sand dollars like Crafts by Amanda. Or use a paper plate as a frame for a sweet beach scene like this crab and turtle one from Artsy Craftsy Mom, which includes a downloadable template and instructions to make it super easy.

Or grab a paper plate and some bubble wrap to make a jellyfish like this one from Happy Toddler Playtime. If you have paper bowls instead of plates, you can also make a jellyfish from one of those, like Natural Beach Living did.

Use your stash of craft sticks and googly eyes to make crabs, fish, sharks and more with this craft idea from The Keeper of the Cheerios.

I love this little crab made with a cardboard tube from Hunny I’m Home. With this same idea I’ll bet you could make lots of different creatures.

Grab some construction paper to make the loopy tentacles on this watercolor jellyfish from Craftsy Hacks. Or make a stained glass jellyfish like this one from Life Anchored.

Make easy puffy paint to make these fun fluffy starfish from I Heart Crafty Things, or use cupcake liners to make cute little crabs (also from I Heart Crafty Things).

Turn an old pool noodle into some super cute fish with this tutorial from Happy Toddler Playtime.

And if you’ve got some leftover yarn lying around, make pompoms and turn them into turtles like these from Craftsy Hacks. (And check out my post on different ways to make pompoms if you need a refresher!)

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