Colouring NestChristmas printables for teachers and parents
Every Christmas printable on Colouring Nest in one place, sorted by what you are planning: a classroom party, a quiet-time pack, an advent countdown, a family activity day or a care-home session. All 135 pages are free to print on A4 or US Letter. In New Zealand and Australia school ends in mid-December, so print class sets in the first week of December; in the US and UK most schools finish around 18 December.
Plan by occasion
Classroom Christmas party
Plan about four sheets per child for a one-hour party. Picture bingo is the main event (24 different cards, so print the set twice and let pairs share for a class of 30). Children colour and wear a paper crown, work through the classroom scavenger hunt in pairs, and a memory game keeps an early-finisher table busy. Everything is paper only, so nobody is left out by food rules.
Quiet-time pack
For the last afternoons of term, a wet lunchtime or the car trip to Christmas lunch: staple four to six sheets into a booklet with a pencil tucked in. Mix one I spy, one word search, one colour by number and one mandala, so there is something to finish quickly and something to take time over. The puzzles have answer keys on page 2 of each PDF.
Advent countdown
Put the paper chain up on 1 December: 24 numbered strips, and a child tears one off each day until Christmas Eve. The activity chain has a small job on each strip (make a paper snowflake, write a letter to Santa, sing a Christmas song). Add a letter to Santa or a wish list early in the month, while there is still time to post it.
Family activity day
A slow day at home in the holidays: placemats at lunch so the table is the activity, a Christmas lights scavenger hunt on an evening walk, paper snowflakes for the windows and a card for each grandparent. Older children and grown-ups can take the snowflake templates marked hard.
Care homes and seniors
Large-print word bingo works as a group session with a caller, and the large-print word search, bold and easy pages and big snowflake mandalas suit residents who colour on their own. Print on thicker paper at 100% scale and keep a few finished pages to decorate the lounge. Our care-home guide has ideas by ability, including for people living with dementia.
Christmas printables by type
- Colouring pages (40): Trees, stockings, presents, ornaments and snowflake mandalas, from easy to intricate.
- Trivia and quizzes (5): Five printable quizzes of 20 questions with answer keys, for families, adults and teams.
- Party games (17): Quizzes, bingo, I spy, memory games and scavenger hunts gathered in one place.
- Christmas trees (9): Decorated Christmas trees to colour and a plain Christmas tree outline.
- I spy (3): Find and count sheets, easy to hard, with answer keys.
- Scavenger hunts (4): Around the house, in the classroom and on a Christmas lights walk.
- Memory games (2): 12 pairs to colour, cut out and play, plus a preschool set.
- Placemats (2): Colouring and puzzle placemats for Christmas lunch.
- Bingo (3): Picture bingo, preschool 3×3 and large-print word bingo, with caller cards.
- Word search (10): Easy, large print, medium and hard, including summer Christmas.
- Colour by number (35): Pictures with three key styles, plus maths and sight-word colour by code.
- Cards (5): Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays cards to colour, fold and give.
- Letters to Santa (7): Lined, fill-in-the-blanks and draw-and-write letters, child and family wish lists, and a reply from Santa.
- Paper snowflakes (14): Fold-and-cut templates from easy to hard, with fold steps.
- Crowns (2): A Christmas crown and a star crown to colour, with a band that adjusts to fit.
- Bookmarks (2): Christmas and winter bookmarks to colour, a small gift with a book.
Key dates for Christmas 2026
Advent calendars and countdown chains start on Tuesday 1 December. Christmas Day is Friday 25 December 2026.
| Country | End of the school year or term | When to print |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | Schools close no later than Friday 18 December 2026 | Print class sets by Friday 11 December |
| Australia | Mid-December; each state sets its own last day | Print class sets in the first week of December |
| United States | Winter break starts around 19–20 December | Print class sets by Monday 14 December |
| United Kingdom | Schools break up around 18–19 December | Print class sets by Monday 14 December |
Dates are for most state schools; check your own school’s calendar. A summer Christmas? See summer Christmas in New Zealand and Australia.
Ready-made Christmas packs and bundles
Optional: every plan above works with the free pages. These packs have pages that are not on the free site, and each bundle costs less than buying its packs one by one.
US$14.97 bought separatelyUS$10.99 Save US$3.98See the bundle
US$23.95 bought separatelyUS$15.99 Save US$7.96See the bundle
US$13.97 bought separatelyUS$9.99 Save US$3.98See the bundle
Questions
Are these Christmas printables free?
Yes. Every page in the plans and the type list is free to print for home, classroom and care-home use, with a US Letter and an A4 PDF and no sign-up. The packs and bundles further down are optional.
When does the school term end before Christmas?
New Zealand schools close no later than Friday 18 December 2026, and Australian schools finish in mid-December, on dates set by each state. In the US and UK most schools finish around Friday 18 December, with the holidays starting on 19–20 December. Print class sets a week before your last day.
How many printables do I need for a class party?
About four sheets per child for an hour: a bingo card, a crown, a scavenger hunt shared in pairs and one colouring or puzzle sheet for early finishers. Picture bingo has 24 different cards, so for 30 children print the set twice or let pairs share.
Do you have summer Christmas pages for New Zealand and Australia?
Yes. The summer Christmas colouring pages have beaches, pōhutukawa and barbecues, and there is a summer Christmas word search and a summer holidays countdown chain.
Which Christmas bundle suits a teacher?
The Christmas Classroom Bundle: the Christmas activity pages, 26 cards to colour and the winter and New Year pack for the first week back. Each pack’s personal licence covers printing for your own class.
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