Twinkling bulbs, glowing garlands, and festive holiday warmth come together in these 23 Christmas lights coloring pages, free for you to download and print. This cheerful collection celebrates the dazzling beauty of holiday decorations, capturing the vibrant magic that brightens the winter season!
These pages bring the sparkling glow of the holidays right to your fingertips, from intricate close-ups of vintage bulb strands to heartwarming scenes of snow-dusted homes decked in lights, festive Christmas trees, 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 Christmas Lights Coloring Pages
Once those finished coloring pages start piling up, these easy, affordable crafts are the perfect way to put your child's colorful masterpieces to use.
1. Rainbow Bulb Garland
Cut out the colored Christmas lights from the coloring pages, leaving a little extra paper at the base of each bulb. Use a hole punch to make two holes in each base, then thread a thick piece of green yarn or twine through them. Hang your custom paper light strand across the fireplace mantel or bookshelf for an instant pop of festive color.
2. Glowing Holiday Crown
Measure and cut a thick strip of green construction paper to fit around your child's head, securing the ends with tape. Cut out several colored bulbs from the coloring pages and glue them to the ends of green pipe cleaners. Wrap the bottom of the pipe cleaners around the headband so the paper bulbs bounce and “glow” above their head as they walk.
3. Stained-Glass Window Strand
Cut out the individual colored lights from the finished coloring pages. Lightly brush the back of each paper bulb with a cotton ball dipped in baby oil or cooking oil to make the paper translucent, then wipe off any excess. Use double-sided tape to stick them directly to a sunny window to create a vibrant, faux-stained glass light display.
4. Pop-Up Light Card
Fold a piece of red cardstock in half to make a greeting card. Glue a wavy piece of green yarn across the inside fold to act as the electrical wire. Glue your cut-out colored paper bulbs along the yarn, folding them slightly in half so they pop up when the card is opened, then draw yellow marker “glow” lines around them.
5. Mason Jar Luminary
Wrap a clean glass jar with black construction paper that has bulb-shaped windows pre-cut out of it. Glue your colored Christmas light drawings directly behind these cutouts from the inside. Place a battery-operated LED tea light inside the jar to watch your colored paper bulbs glow warmly on a desk or nightstand.
6. Giant “Tangled” Mural
On a large piece of poster board, draw a giant cartoon holiday character (like a reindeer or snowman) tangled up in a scribbled black marker line. Have a group of kids glue their cut-out colored bulbs along the marker line. This collaborative project turns individual coloring pages into a hilarious and festive classroom wall display.
7. 3D Twirling Mobile
Cut a spiral out of a green paper plate to create a hanging, bouncy “wire.” Glue your colored paper bulbs at alternating intervals along both sides of the spiral. Hang the center of the plate from the ceiling with a piece of string, allowing the 3D strand of lights to spin gently in the breeze.
8. Flashlight Glow Puppets
Glue your cut-out colored lights onto sturdy popsicle sticks to make simple hand puppets. To bring them to life, turn off the room lights and shine a flashlight through the back of the paper bulbs. The light will pass through the colored paper, making them look like they are actually turning on and casting colored shadows on the wall.
9. Bright & Merry Gift Tags
Cut out individual bulbs from the colored pages and glue them onto matching scraps of cardboard for durability. Write “To” and “From” on the blank back side, then punch a hole in the “socket” of the bulb. Loop a metallic ribbon through the hole and tie it to your holiday packages as a personalized, hand-colored gift topper.
10. Plug-In Pattern Game
Glue a row of your colored paper bulbs in a repeating pattern (like red, green, red, green) along the bottom of a cardboard box. Paint wooden clothespins to match the colors of the lights. Toddlers and preschoolers can practice their fine motor and pattern skills by “plugging in” the matching clothespin to the corresponding paper bulb.