One set of worksheets, a whole season of holidays: ten free printable holiday color by number pages, each with a name line at the top and a printed color key at the bottom so kids always know exactly which crayon to pick up. The season starts with a Thanksgiving turkey, rolls through six Christmas and winter favorites — a tree, Santa, a snowman, a reindeer, a gingerbread house, a penguin, and a stocking — then rings in the New Year with a party cat and finishes with a Valentine's bear. The keys climb a gentle ladder from the bear's 5 colors to two 9-color pages for kids ready for more. Every worksheet comes with a matching full-color answer key — all ten are shown further down this page and collected in a printable PDF — which makes the set a natural fit for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade: morning work, centers, homeschool, sub plans, and early finishers from November all the way to February. Each page has its own spot below with Download and Print buttons, and the whole set is also available as one PDF (see the Answer Keys section).
About These Holiday Color by Number Worksheets
Color by number earns its place in a busy classroom because every page is quietly doing three jobs at once. Matching the number in a region to the same number in the printed key builds instant number recognition, the foundation for counting on, adding, and reading simple graphs. Reading the color word beside each number grows early sight-word vocabulary without a single flashcard. And keeping a crayon inside the lines strengthens the fine-motor control handwriting depends on. Because the key is printed right on the page, a child can finish a whole worksheet independently — no waiting on an adult for the next step.
What makes this particular set so handy is the calendar built into it. It opens with a Thanksgiving turkey for November, rolls through six Christmas and winter pages for December, lands on a party cat and a midnight clock for the first week back in January, and finishes with a Valentine’s bear for February — one download covers a whole season of morning work and centers. The matching answer keys make every page self-checking: a student can compare their finished picture to the key, catch a misread number, and fix it themselves. The set is leveled, too, from the bear’s five colors up to two nine-color pages.
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All 10 Holiday Color by Number
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A smiling Christmas tree wearing a beaded garland and round ornaments, with three wrapped presents tucked under its branches — 8 colors: 1 Green, 2 Yellow, 3 Red, 4 Light Green, 5 Blue, 6 Purple, 7 Pink, and 8 Brown. Detailed — best for first graders.
Eight colors, and the tree itself is the first lesson: the main branches are 1 Green while the inner panels are 4 Light Green, so kids learn to keep two greens straight from the very first region. The garland is a bead-by-bead pattern — 3 Red, 2 Yellow, 3 Red — that rewards working in order around the tree, and the ornaments are satisfying single-color pops in blue, purple, pink, and red.
Turn finished trees into a classroom countdown display: hang one a day through December, or let each child add a drawn present underneath with their name on the tag. Quick counting extension: count the ornaments by color — how many blue 5s, how many purple 6s? — and write the tally on the back before the tree goes up on the wall.
A jolly Santa Claus waving hello, his toy sack at his side with a teddy bear, drum, ball, and star peeking out — 8 colors: 1 Red, 2 White, 3 Tan, 4 Pink, 5 Brown, 6 Yellow, 7 Green, and 8 Blue. Detailed — best for first graders.
Eight colors build the big man himself. Start with the great fields of 1 Red — hat, coat, sleeves, trousers — then let the 2 White beard, cuffs, and trim stay clean paper-white or take the lightest gray shading. The details hide in the toy sack: a 3 Tan teddy, a 6 Yellow drum and star, and a ball with one small 8 Blue segment that is easy to miss on a first pass.
This is the natural party-week page: hand it out at the class celebration or send it home in the last folder before break. Extension idea: flip the finished Santa over and write a wish list on the back — one thing to get, one thing to give — then fold it into an envelope 'for the North Pole' and practice addressing it.
A cheerful snowman in a top hat and striped scarf, stick arms thrown wide, with five snowflakes drifting down around him — 7 colors: 1 White, 2 Black, 3 Red, 4 Green, 5 Orange, 6 Brown, and 7 Light Blue. Medium — great for kindergarten.
Seven colors, with a twist beginners love: the snowman's whole body is 1 White, which means the biggest regions on the page ask for no crayon at all — just careful outlining, or the faintest blue-gray shading if a child wants the snow to show. The real work is the scarf, a clean stripe pattern alternating 3 Red and 4 Green, plus five 7 Light Blue snowflakes scattered around him.
Because the snowman is a winter page rather than a Christmas page, it works just as well in January as in December — perfect for the first snowy week back. Extension idea: after coloring, kids draw their own extra snowflakes in the empty sky and number them all 7, or give the snowman a drawn pet, hat friend, or a whole snow family.
A baby reindeer with a bright red nose and a jingle-bell collar, standing beside a tiny Christmas tree — 8 colors: 1 Brown, 2 Tan, 3 Pink, 4 Red, 5 Yellow, 6 Black, 7 Green, and 8 Gray. Detailed — best for first graders.
Eight colors, and the treasure hunt is the spots: ten tan 2 ovals scattered across a 1 Brown back, plus tan antlers, muzzle, and belly to match. The famous red nose is a 4, the collar matches it, and the 5 Yellow bell and tree star are the page's two sunny pops. Save the tiny 8 Gray rock at his feet for last — it is the smallest region on the page.
Pair this page with a read-aloud about the red-nosed reindeer who guides the sleigh, then let kids count the spots out loud as a group before anyone colors — guess first, then verify. Extension idea: draw Santa's sleigh and the night sky behind him, or add a name tag to the collar with the name of a reindeer your class invents together.
A gingerbread house with a checkerboard candy roof, gumdrop trim, two candy-cane pillars, and a little gingerbread man waiting at the green door — 9 colors: 1 Brown, 2 Red, 3 Green, 4 Yellow, 5 Pink, 6 Purple, 7 White, 8 Light Blue, and 9 Tan. Detailed — best for first graders.
Nine colors — the joint-biggest key in the set — and the roof is the project: a checkerboard of 5 Pink and 6 Purple tiles that stays straight only if you work row by row. The five gumdrops along the ridge run 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, a little pattern worth spotting before starting. Candy-cane pillars stripe 2 Red with 7 White, and the gingerbread man by the door is 9 Tan.
This page begs to be paired with a December craft: build simple paper gingerbread houses the same week, or let kids design a second candy roof on scrap paper using only these same nine colors. Extension idea: the finished house makes a lovely card front — fold a sheet of card stock, glue the trimmed page on, and write a holiday greeting inside.
A bundled-up penguin in a pom-pom hat, striped scarf, and mittens, standing in front of a big blocky igloo — 7 colors: 1 Light Blue, 2 Black, 3 White, 4 Orange, 5 Red, 6 Green, and 7 Blue. Medium — great for kindergarten.
Seven colors, and the igloo is the gentle giant: dozens of 1 Light Blue ice blocks that make this the best page in the set for practicing slow, steady coloring in neat rows. The doorway is the only 7 Blue anywhere — a fun 'find the one' moment — while the scarf alternates 5 Red and 6 Green and the hat and mittens match in red.
A January favorite alongside any winter-animals unit. Extension idea: draw a second, smaller penguin friend beside this one and color it with the same key, or turn the finished page into a counting task — how many ice blocks make up the igloo? Estimates first, then a careful count in pairs.
A fluffy-cuffed Christmas stocking patterned with stars, hearts, and stripes, stuffed full of candy canes, a teddy bear, and a tiny wrapped gift — 7 colors: 1 Red, 2 White, 3 Yellow, 4 Green, 5 Brown, 6 Tan, and 7 Blue. Medium — great for kindergarten.
Seven colors arranged in tidy horizontal bands, which makes this a satisfying page for kids who like order: a 2 White fluffy cuff, a 4 Green band carrying three 3 Yellow stars, a white band with three 1 Red hearts, then bold diagonal stripes of red and green. The surprises are at the top — a 5 Brown teddy with a 6 Tan muzzle and a tiny 7 Blue gift with a yellow ribbon.
Finished stockings make a instant classroom garland: string them along a bulletin board or doorway, one per student. Extension idea: on the back, each child draws or writes the one small thing they would most love to find inside a stocking on Christmas morning, then the class guesses whose stocking is whose.
A plump Thanksgiving turkey proudly showing off a fan of patterned tail feathers, with a pumpkin and an ear of corn at his feet — 6 colors: 1 Brown, 2 Red, 3 Yellow, 4 Orange, 5 Tan, and 6 Green. Medium — great for kindergarten.
Six colors and the friendliest pattern in the set. The tail feathers do all the teaching: every tip is 2 Red, and the bands alternate 3 Yellow and 4 Orange feather by feather — a rhythm kids can chant as they work. The body is one big calm field of 1 Brown, the head is 5 Tan, and the pumpkin at his feet reuses the same 4 Orange as the feathers.
This is the November page — morning work for Thanksgiving week or a calm early-finisher task before the break. The classic extension is a gratitude one: write one thing you are thankful for along each tail feather before coloring, or on the back, and finished turkeys become a thankful display the whole school can read.
A party cat in a striped party hat blowing a party horn, surrounded by balloons, stars, streamers, and a big clock striking twelve — 9 colors: 1 Orange, 2 Tan, 3 Pink, 4 Blue, 5 Yellow, 6 Red, 7 Purple, 8 Light Blue, and 9 Green. Detailed — best for first graders.
Nine colors — the joint-biggest key — and the busiest scene in the set: balloons, stars, streamers, a party horn, and a big clock whose face is 8 Light Blue with a 7 Purple arrow hand pointing straight at midnight. The cat himself is simple — 1 Orange with a 2 Tan belly — but the final treasure is the tiny 9 Green hiding in a streamer curl, the smallest region in the whole collection.
Made for the first week back in January: a fresh year, a calm coloring task, and a built-in conversation about the holiday just passed. Extension idea: inside the big yellow star balloon, each child writes one hope or goal for the new year — then the finished pages go up as a 'our year ahead' display for January.
A teddy bear with a big pink bow hugging an even bigger heart, ribbons swirling and little hearts floating all around her — 5 colors: 1 Brown, 2 Red, 3 Pink, 4 Tan, and 5 Purple. Easy — the perfect first worksheet for preschoolers.
Five colors and the biggest, friendliest regions in the set — this is the page to hand a first-timer. The bear is all 1 Brown, the enormous heart she is hugging is 2 Red, and everything else is a soft accent: a 3 Pink bow, paw pads, and nose, a 4 Tan muzzle, and one long 5 Purple ribbon curling around the whole scene.
This is the February page, timed for Valentine's Day. Extension idea: a finished bear is a ready-made valentine — write a kind message on the back, fold it into an envelope, and deliver it to a classmate, a teacher, or the school nurse. With just five colors, even the youngest colorers finish with time to spare for the writing.
Coloring Tips for Holiday Color by Number Worksheets
- Start beginners with the Valentine's bear: just five colors and big, friendly regions make it the confidence-builder of the set — whatever month it is. From there the ladder climbs through the 6-color turkey, the three 7-color pages, the 8-color tree, Santa, and reindeer, and tops out at the 9-color gingerbread house and New Year's party.
- Run the set by the calendar: the turkey is your November page, the tree, Santa, reindeer, gingerbread house, and stocking carry December (the snowman and penguin work all winter), the party cat and midnight clock are made for the first week back in January, and the bear lands in February for Valentine's Day.
- Work one number at a time: find every region with a 1 and color them all before picking up the next crayon. It cuts down mistakes, keeps crayons from getting lost in the shuffle, and turns each page into a number hunt — especially fun on the busy New Year's page, where a tiny green 9 hides in a streamer.
- Printing the answer keys: the keys are full color, so print one set in color for your checking station — or save the ink and pull the keys up on a tablet or classroom screen instead. The worksheets themselves print beautifully in plain black and white.
- Laminate a classroom set: slip the worksheets into dry-erase sleeves and use them with dry-erase crayons in a center. Wipe clean at the end of the day and the same printing serves November, December, January, and February groups.
FAQ
Can I use these worksheets in my classroom?
Yes — they are free for classroom, homeschool, and home use. Print as many copies as your class needs for morning work, centers, early finishers, holiday parties, homework, or sub plans.
What size paper should I print on?
US Letter (8.5x11) works best; A4 is fine with fit-to-page enabled. Each coloring page below has its own Download and Print buttons.
How do I print just one holiday page?
Each worksheet has its own page in this post — open the one you want and use its Download or Print button. To print the whole set at once, use the 'Download all 10 worksheets as one PDF' link in the Answer Keys section of this page.
Are answer keys included for every worksheet?
Yes — every one of the ten worksheets has its own full-color answer key. All ten keys are shown in the Answer Keys section further down this page, and they are also collected in one printable PDF there, so you can print a checking set for a center or keep one in a sub folder.
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Answer Keys
Every worksheet in this set has a matching full-color answer key, so finished work can be checked at a glance — by a teacher doing a quick pass around the room, or by students themselves in a self-checking center. Click any key below to open it full-size.
Want the whole set in one file? Download all 10 worksheets as one PDF, or download the answer keys (PDF) — handy for printing a week of morning work, stocking a center, or leaving a tidy set in a sub folder.
