Merry Christmas Coloring Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Look at the Christmas pictures on the page together and ask your child to name what they see, like a tree, stocking, or candy cane, before they start coloring. Let them choose which colors to use for each object, working on one picture at a time rather than jumping between several. Encourage slow, careful strokes and remind them to fill in the whole shape rather than leaving gaps. When finished, display the coloring page somewhere visible, like the fridge, to celebrate the completed work.

Materials needed

• Crayons
• Colored Pencils

Extension activities

• 1Cut out the finished pictures and use them to decorate homemade holiday cards.
• 2Match the colored objects on the page to real decorations found around the house.
• 3Create a color-mixing experiment using red and green paint to talk about how Christmas colors are made.
• 4Sing a Christmas song about one of the objects pictured, like a tree or a stocking.
• 5Draw an additional holiday object, like a snowman or present, in the blank space around the picture.