Christmas ornament coloring pages for festive holiday decorating

Fun facts to share while coloring

People have decorated evergreen trees for centuries, and many early ornaments were things families could actually eat, such as apples, nuts, cookies, and sweets. Glass Christmas ornaments became especially famous in Lauscha, Germany, where artisans were making blown-glass baubles by the 1800s. In 1848, an illustration of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children around a decorated tree helped make Christmas trees and ornaments fashionable in Britain and the United States. In America, Shiny Brite ornaments became popular in the late 1930s and 1940s, bringing bright, mass-produced glass decorations to many homes. That is why some vintage ornaments have such bold colors, silver stripes, and indented centers.

Coloring tips

For a classic ornament palette, try ruby red, emerald green, icy blue, snowy white, warm gold, bright silver, and a little pine-needle green for sprigs or branches. Color round baubles with curved strokes that follow the circle, then leave a small white crescent or oval near the top to suggest shiny glass. Metallic gel pens or a pale gray pencil work nicely on caps, hooks, stripes, and snowflake details. For patterned ornaments, color one section at a time so stripes, dots, scallops, and tiny stars stay crisp. A fun holiday twist is to turn each finished ornament into a pretend family keepsake: add a name, year, favorite cookie, pet silhouette, or tiny scene inside the ornament’s center.