Twinkling holiday lights, snow-covered rooftops, and the jolly laughter of St. Nick come together in these 51 Santa coloring pages, free for you to download and print. This festive collection celebrates the magic and warmth of the holiday season, capturing the cheerful spirit of everyone's favorite gift-giver!
These pages bring the magic of Christmas right to your fingertips, from images of Santa loading his sack with toys to scenes of him sliding down chimneys, checking his long list, sharing a laugh with his reindeer, and more!
To begin coloring, just click on any image or link below to view the free PDF. Once open, feel free to download and print to your heart's content.
All pages are designed for US Letter paper but scale flawlessly to A4. Happy coloring!
10 Craft Ideas to do With Santa Coloring Pages
Once those finished coloring pages start piling up, these easy, affordable crafts are the perfect way to put your little artist's colorful Santas to work. Gather a few basic household supplies and transform those coloring sheets into festive, Santa-themed creations!
1. Down-the-Chimney Slide Puppet
Cut out your colored Santa and glue him to a sturdy wooden popsicle stick. Decorate an empty paper cup or small cardboard box with red construction paper and draw black brick lines to look like a chimney. Cut a small slit in the bottom of the cup, insert the stick, and slide Santa up and down as he “delivers” gifts.
2. Fluffy Beard Santa Crown
Cut out Santa’s head from the completed coloring page, leaving his long beard intact. Glue cotton balls all over his beard to give it a realistic, 3D texture, then staple the cut-out to a strip of red poster board measured to fit your child's head. Your little one can wear this jolly crown all day long while playing helper.
3. Cotton Ball Beard Countdown Calendar
Mount the colored Santa coloring page onto a thick piece of cardstock. Write the numbers 1 through 24 in black marker across Santa's white beard. Starting on December 1st, have your child glue a white cotton ball over the corresponding number each day until Santa’s beard is completely full and fluffy on Christmas Eve.
4. Santa's Burlap Treat Sack
Fold a piece of brown burlap or a brown paper grocery bag in half and staple the sides to create a small rustic pouch. Cut out your colored Santa and glue him securely to the front of the sack. Tie a red ribbon around the top to keep treats safe, making it a wonderful homemade gift bag for grandparents.
5. The Great Santa Parade Classroom Banner
Have a group of children color and cut out their own individual Santas. Cover a classroom bulletin board with dark blue butcher paper, add some yellow star cut-outs, and draw a giant collective sleigh at one end. Glue all the kids' cut-out Santas in a long, whimsical chain flying across the night sky to pull the sleigh together.
6. Popsicle Stick Sleigh Ornament
Glue several red-painted popsicle sticks together side-by-side to form a miniature flat-bed sleigh, adding two silver-painted sticks on the bottom as runners. Cut out your colored Santa, glue him to a piece of thin cardboard for stability, and mount him “sitting” on top of the wooden sleigh. Loop a piece of green ribbon through the top to hang this custom ornament on the tree.
7. Chimney Peek-a-Boo Candy Dish
Wrap an empty square tissue box in red construction paper and use a black marker to draw brick patterns. Cut out your colored Santa from the waist up and glue his hands and torso to the inside rim of the box so he looks like he is climbing out. Fill the box with wrapped holiday chocolates or peppermints for a festive tabletop centerpiece.
8. “Santa Stops Here” Door Hanger
Glue your finished, colored Santa to the center of a sturdy paper plate. Use green markers or alphabet stickers to write “SANTA STOPS HERE!” around the paper plate's rim, and decorate the edges with red glitter glue. Punch a hole at the top, thread a piece of festive yarn through it, and hang it on your child's bedroom doorknob.
9. Santa's Magic Key Hanger
Cut out the colored Santa and paste him onto thick cardboard. Wrap a recycled plastic key or a cardboard key cutout in aluminum foil to make it look metallic, then tie it to Santa's hand with red yarn. Hang this magical creation on your front door handle on Christmas Eve so Santa has a way to get inside if you don't have a fireplace.
10. Zip-Line Flying Sleigh Toy
Cut out your colored Santa riding in his sleigh and tape two short plastic straw segments horizontally to the back of the cutout. Thread a long piece of yarn through the straws and tie the ends to two chairs placed across the room. Your kids can slide Santa back and forth along the string, making him “fly” from the North Pole to your living room.