Snowy hillsides, cozy winter scarves, and festive holiday cheer come together in these 27 Christmas penguin coloring pages, free for you to download and print. This heartwarming collection celebrates the playful spirit of the winter season, capturing the joyful charm of these beloved waddling birds as they prepare for the holidays!
These pages bring the festive magic of winter right to your fingertips, from images of playful penguins sliding down snowy slopes in Santa hats to scenes of cozy feathered families decorating Christmas trees, wrapping holiday gifts, 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 Penguin Coloring Pages
Once those colored Christmas penguin pages start piling up, don't just stack them away—turn them into festive holiday keepsakes! These simple, budget-friendly crafts use everyday household materials to bring your child's colorful penguins to life.
1. “South Pole” Santa Hat Crown
Cut out your colored penguin and glue it to a wide strip of red construction paper measured to fit your child's head. Glue real cotton balls over the printed hat pom-pom on the coloring page, and line the bottom edge of the paper band with more cotton to create a snowy penguin crown. Staple the ends together to wear during holiday dinners.
2. Waddling Iceberg Bauble
Cut out the colored holiday penguin and glue it onto a piece of cardboard cut into a jagged iceberg shape. Wrap a green or red pipe cleaner around the penguin's neck as a 3D scarf, letting the ends dangle. Punch a hole at the top of the cardboard iceberg and loop some festive red ribbon through to hang it on your Christmas tree.
3. Popsicle Stick Ice Slider
Glue your cut-out Christmas penguin to the top of a sturdy wooden craft stick. Take a blue paper plate, paint the bottom half white for snow, and cut a horizontal slit right along the snowline. Slip the craft stick through the slit so your little ones can slide the penguin back and forth, making it waddle across the frozen Antarctic landscape.
4. Holiday Igloo Gift Box
Wrap a clean, empty tissue box in white construction paper and draw curved lines to make it look like an icy igloo. Cut out your colored Christmas penguin and glue it so it peeks out of the pre-cut tissue opening, which acts as the igloo door. Fill the box with holiday treats or small gifts for a charming, DIY presentation.
5. The Giant Classroom Rookery
Collect the completed penguin pages from an entire classroom or family group and cut out each unique bird. Cover a large bulletin board or wall in blue butcher paper and add torn white paper sheets at the bottom to build a snowy glacier. Glue all the penguins together on the ice, adding hand-drawn speech bubbles with festive holiday greetings for a giant, collaborative display.
6. Penguin's Pencil Chimney
Wrap a clean, recycled tin can in red paper and draw a brick pattern with a black marker to look like a chimney. Cut out a colored penguin wearing a Santa hat and glue it to the side of the can so it looks like it is climbing inside. Fill the can with colored pencils and holiday gel pens to make a festive winter desk organizer.
7. Stained-Glass Ice Window
Cut out your colored penguin, then carefully cut away the white belly section from the page. Glue pieces of light blue and white tissue paper behind the empty belly opening to create a translucent frost effect. Tape the completed penguin directly to a sunny window so the winter light shines through its icy, colorful tummy.
8. Feed the Christmas Penguin Game
Glue your large colored penguin page to a thick piece of cardboard, then cut a wide, circular opening right where the penguin's festive holiday sack or belly is. Stand the cardboard up using a folded paper plate glued to the back as a kickstand. Let kids toss crumpled-up white paper “snowballs” into the opening to see who can feed the hungry holiday penguin the most treats.
9. Glowing Mason Jar Glacier
Coat a clean glass jar with a thin layer of school glue and press small squares of blue and white tissue paper all over the outside. Glue your cut-out Christmas penguin flat against the front of the tissue-wrapped jar. Drop a battery-operated tea light inside to watch your custom penguin glow softly on a snowy night.
10. Pop-Up Snowy Greetings
Fold a piece of dark blue cardstock in half to make a card, then make two parallel, one-inch cuts in the center of the fold to create a pop-up tab. Glue your cut-out Christmas penguin to this tab inside the card so it stands upright when opened. Decorate the surrounding blue paper with white paint fingerprints to look like a falling Antarctic blizzard.