Christmas Coloring Pages Are a Great Way to Keep Kids Busy!
Use Christmas coloring pages to keep hands and minds active – and out of your hair – this holiday season!
There is no shortage of Christmas coloring pages out there, but some are better than others. You don't want to spend hours scouring the internet, you want to find some quick, fun Christmas coloring pages that look nice and will keep the kids busy. Well, look no further! Here are a set of Christmas coloring pages (organized by theme, no less!) to appeal to any age level!
http://www.momsnetwork.com/kids/coloring/holidays/christmas/index.shtml
Welcome to the North Pole
There are dozens of Christmas coloring pages featuring Santa and his entourage to keep little hands busy. Stick them up all over the house when you're finished and you'll feel like it's Christmas at the North Pole!
Some great ones include:
-This assortment of trees, stockings, reindeer, sleighs, and of course, the jolly man himself! (http://www.emailsanta.com/color_santa.html)
-Moms' Network offers a huge selection of Christmas coloring pages, word searches, and activities, all organized by theme: http://www.momsnetwork.com/kids/coloring/holidays/christmas/index.shtml
-This site not only offers printable coloring pages but an online coloring activity as well! (http://www.coloring-page.net/christmas.html)
Religious Coloring Pages
Coloring pages make a great way to introduce your kids' to the Christmas story. Why not try shrinking them down and gluing them to cardboard for Christmas ornaments, or printing them directly onto shrink art, coloring them, and shriveling them into hard plastic decorations!
Some great places to find religious Christmas coloring pages:
-This page has a good assortment of religious coloring pages: http://www.silk.net/RelEd/christmascoloring.htm
-Nativity themed coloring pages for fairly young children: http://biblekidsfunzone.com/Christmas.html
-Pictures from the Christmas story, available with or without text: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/cp_christmas/bible.htm
Coloring Pages for Older Kids
Christmas coloring pages can occupy more than your preschoolers! Older kids love to color, but they might be embarrassed about coloring pages meant for little kids. Why not try printing off more complicated pages they can do a really good job on? Older kids especially like shrink art, and they'd love to shrink these into ornaments!
-About has dozens of links to complicated coloring pages for older kids. They're not specifically Christmas-themed, but they're worth checking out anyway (http://childparenting.about.com/cs/projects/a/coloring.htm)
-This page has some detailed and complex Christmas pictures for coloring: (http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/christian-christmas/index.html)
-Near the bottom of this page, you'll find lovely stained glass window patterns that you can print and use as Christmas coloring pages (http://holidays.kaboose.com/xmas-color.html)
Don't be afraid to explore - Christmas coloring pages are fun for everyone!