Christmas is a wonderful time of year for family and friends. While parents are busy decorating and preparing for the holiday feast and festivities, the following interactive coloring activities are guaranteed to inspire creativity and artistic flair in children of all ages.
From baby Jesus and religious themes, to jolly ole' Santa and silly elves, entertain children with kid-safe, child-friendly and worry-free online coloring projects listed below. Many of the interactive projects can also be printed.
Over 50,000 online pictures are colored daily at Coloring.com. Free registration is suggested. 14 Christmas-themed online coloring pages are available. This website offers options many others do not. Besides basic colors, several textures are included. Click “done” and the colored picture can be emailed, saved, printed or embedded in a website or blog. Click on the "Christmas coloring pictures" link to get started. Bookmark this fun site!
A wonderfully creative and imaginative site for children of all ages! Choose from many Christmas-themed designs and watch the amazing detail come to life in this interactive, paint-by-number type coloring activity. A “beat-the-clock” timed mode is available for older children and adults. Different difficulty levels available. Java is required (free download). SegPlayMobile is now available on-the-go. A great site for the entire family.
TheColor.com offers 18 Christmas-themed projects for children. Projects can be emailed, saved or printed. Click on "holidays", and "Christmas" to find the index.
For all the Grinch lovers out there, this coloring project is a keeper. Several Seussville pictures available for this interactive Christmas activity.
DLTK-Kids.com offers 6 straight-forward and simple Christmas-themed coloring pages for younger children.
Apples 4 The Teacher.com offers a choice of fun or religious themed holiday coloring projects for younger children. For those learning how to read, children can listen to a sentence by clicking on the word. Follow specific directions to print. Requires Flash 5 plugin(free download).
Billy Bear 4 Kids.com offers 10 online coloring book projects for younger children. A variety of online paintbrushes are available. The entire coloring book is available as a free download, for offline coloring fun. Java required (free download).
From angels and the baby Jesus to silly Santa pictures, Free-Coloring-Pages.com offers 14 different holiday-themed coloring pages for younger children.
The Kidz Page.com offers online and printable Christmas coloring activities for children. A variety of virtual crayons and tip sizes are also included.
The websites listed above offer interactive Christmas coloring projects that are entertaining and safe for children, young or old.
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