You will need
- crayons or felt-tips
- scissors
- a glue stick
- thread or ribbon
- a hole punch, or a pencil to poke the hole
- thick paper or card stock for the 3D ornaments
Little children cut together with an adult, using scissors with rounded tips.
Print on A4 at 100% scale. Ornaments: pages 1–2, 3D ornaments: page 3, paper chain: page 4, banner: pages 5–7 – in the print window you can pick just some of them.
Ornaments to color
- Color the patterns inside – each stripe, dot and zigzag a different color.
- Cut the ornament out along the thick line.
- Make a hole in the circle at the top with a hole punch, or push a pencil through with an eraser underneath.
- Thread a string through, tie a loop and hang it on the tree.
3D ornaments made of two parts
- Print this page on thick paper or card stock – plain paper bends.
- Color both parts the same and cut them out along the thick line.
- Cut out the narrow strips in the middle: in part A from the top to halfway, in part B from halfway down.
- Slide part B into part A from the top, open them into a cross and hang it by the hole in part B.
Paper chain
- Color the strips – print the page a few times for a longer chain.
- Cut the strips out along the thick line.
- Put glue on the gray end, bend the strip into a ring and press it together.
- Pass the next strip through the last ring and glue it too – link by link.
Letter banner
- Color the letters and the stars.
- Cut out the flags along the thick line.
- Fold the top strip along the dashed line, lay a string under it and glue it down.
- Put the letters in order and leave a gap between the words.
Setting the Christmas table? Print place cards with a question on the back.
Got scissors and paper? Cut out paper snowflakes from 8 printable templates.
How many ornaments does my tree need? Work it out with the Christmas tree calculator.
Baking this year? Print a gingerbread house template at real size.
Something for the windows? Print Christmas window silhouettes to cut out.
Also useful
- Free Christmas printables: coloring pages, cards, ornaments and games
- Christmas coloring pages: 16 free printables, or color online
- Christmas cards to color: 16 printable fold-up cards for kids
- Printable Secret Santa gift tags
- Christmas color by number: 8 pixel art pictures
- Printable letter to Santa – free template for kids
- Advent calendar: make one online, or fill one at home
- Paper angel template printable – cone angel craft
- 3D paper star template printable – a big star to fold and glue
- Christmas countdown paper chain printable – a task for every day
Drawing names for gifts too? Secret Santa on santa.haus.