There’s something irresistibly cozy about a cuddly bear dressed up for Christmas! This Christmas Bear Coloring Page features an adorable holiday bear bundled in a warm winter scarf and topped with a cheerful Santa hat, ready for kids to bring to life with their favorite colors.
Whether you choose classic Christmas reds and greens, soft winter pastels, or every color in the crayon box, this sweet bear makes a wonderfully simple activity for a quiet December afternoon.
🐻 Meet Your Christmas Bear
The star of this coloring page is a lovable bear who looks completely ready for the holidays.
With a cozy scarf wrapped around its neck and a festive Santa hat on its head, the bear could easily be imagined as one of Santa’s woodland friends.
Perhaps it lives in a snowy forest close to the North Pole.
Maybe it visits Santa’s workshop every Christmas.
Or perhaps it is simply heading out to deliver a few presents of its own!
The simple, clear outlines also leave plenty of room for children to experiment with colors without making the picture feel overly complicated.
🎅 Color the Santa Hat
A Santa hat practically begs for the classic combination of bright red and snowy white.
Try:
- Bright Christmas red for the hat
- White or cream for the fluffy trim
- Pale blue or gray shading around the white areas
For a little extra Christmas sparkle, add silver glitter or a metallic highlight to the fluffy pom-pom.
Of course, your bear doesn’t have to wear a red hat.
Try a:
- Green elf-inspired hat
- Pink Santa hat
- Blue winter hat
- Purple Christmas hat
- Rainbow-striped Santa hat
This is your Christmas bear, so its holiday wardrobe can be as imaginative as you like!
🧣 Design a Cozy Christmas Scarf
The scarf is another wonderful place to experiment with patterns.
Children could create a traditional red-and-green Christmas scarf or invent their own design.
Try adding:
- Candy-cane stripes
- Polka dots
- Snowflakes
- Christmas trees
- Stars
- Hearts
- Zigzags
- Rainbow stripes
Older children can alternate several colors or add tiny decorative details.
For a particularly cozy winter look, try burgundy, forest green, cream, and gold.
🎨 What Color Should the Bear Be?
Brown may be the obvious choice, but even a brown bear can include many different shades.
Try combining:
- Chocolate brown
- Cinnamon
- Caramel
- Golden tan
- Cream
- Rust
- Beige
Use darker colors around the outside of the bear and lighter shades on the face, belly, or muzzle to create a little depth.
Gray and white can create a wintry polar-bear-inspired look.
Or forget realistic colors altogether!
Christmas bears can also be:
- Pink
- Blue
- Purple
- Mint green
- Golden
- Rainbow-colored
There are no coloring rules here.
🌈 Try a Christmas Bear Color Theme
Can’t decide which colors to use? Choose a complete palette before you begin.
Traditional Christmas Bear
Brown, red, forest green, white, and gold.
Winter Wonderland Bear
White, icy blue, silver, lavender, and pale gray.
Candy Christmas Bear
Pink, red, white, mint green, and turquoise.
Rustic Christmas Bear
Chocolate brown, burgundy, deep green, cream, and muted gold.
Rainbow Christmas Bear
Use every bright color you can find!
Choosing a theme can be especially fun when several children are coloring the same page.
✨ Give Your Bear Some Christmas Sparkle
Once the main coloring is finished, add a little holiday magic.
Try using:
- Glitter gel pens
- Metallic pencils
- Gold markers
- Silver markers
- Sequins
- Christmas stickers
- Small adhesive gems
Glitter looks particularly pretty on the Santa hat, scarf, or any extra snowflakes children add around the bear.
For younger children, glitter glue pens are usually much easier to control than loose glitter.
❄️ Create a Winter Wonderland Around the Bear
Children don’t have to stop once the bear itself has been colored.
The blank spaces around the character can become an entire Christmas world.
Try drawing:
- Falling snow
- Snow-covered evergreen trees
- A snowman
- Christmas presents
- Candy canes
- Stars
- A crescent moon
- Santa’s sleigh
- Reindeer
- A little woodland cottage
Add a dark blue sky and suddenly the bear is enjoying a snowy Christmas Eve.
Or draw colorful lights and presents around it to create a North Pole Christmas party.
🎁 Give Your Christmas Bear a Present
What would a Christmas bear like to find underneath the tree?
Children can draw a present beside their bear and decorate the wrapping paper themselves.
Maybe the package contains:
- A jar of honey
- A teddy bear
- A cozy blanket
- Christmas cookies
- A new scarf
- A toy
- A storybook
- Something from Santa
Pair the page with our Christmas Gift Boxes Coloring Page for even more festive coloring fun.
🖍️ Coloring Supplies to Try
This page works well with simple art supplies you probably already have.
Try:
- Crayons
- Colored pencils
- Washable markers
- Gel pens
- Metallic pencils
- Glitter pens
- Watercolor pencils
Crayons are great for younger children because the bear has clear areas that are easy to fill.
Colored pencils make it easier to layer several shades of brown to create soft-looking fur.
Markers are perfect for making the Santa hat and scarf bright and cheerful.
If you’re using markers, place an extra sheet of paper underneath the coloring page in case any ink bleeds through.
👧 A Cozy Christmas Activity for Kids
This printable is easy to bring out whenever kids need a calm holiday activity.
Try it during:
- Christmas break
- Snow days
- Classroom Christmas parties
- Homeschool art time
- December playdates
- Family gatherings
- Christmas movie afternoons
- Holiday craft sessions
- Christmas Eve
- Quiet time before bedtime
Set out several coloring pages with crayons and markers and create a simple Christmas coloring station.
You can find even more festive printables in our Christmas Coloring Pages collection.
✏️ Give Your Christmas Bear a Story
Once children finish coloring, ask them to give their bear a name.
Then turn the picture into a storytelling activity.
Ask:
Where does your bear live?
How did it get its Santa hat?
Does the bear know Santa?
What is its favorite Christmas food?
What present does it hope to receive?
Where is it going on Christmas Eve?
Does it have any woodland friends?
Younger children can tell their stories aloud, while older children might enjoy writing a short Christmas story on the back of the page.
🖼️ Display Your Finished Christmas Bear
Once your bear is beautifully colored, don’t hide it away!
Turn the finished page into part of your Christmas decorations.
It could be:
- Hung on the refrigerator
- Displayed on a Christmas art wall
- Added to a child’s bedroom
- Given to grandparents
- Displayed in a classroom
- Added to a December scrapbook
- Framed as a Christmas keepsake
- Included in a homemade coloring book
If several children color the page, display all of their bears together.
One might be traditional brown and red, another bright pink and purple, and another completely rainbow-colored.
That’s part of the fun—every Christmas bear can be different.
❤️ A Cuddly Little Christmas Friend
With its cozy scarf and cheerful Santa hat, this adorable bear is ready for a colorful holiday adventure.
Maybe you’ll create a traditional brown bear wearing Santa red.
Maybe yours will be a snowy white bear wrapped in an icy blue scarf.
Or perhaps you’ll make a pink-and-purple Christmas bear covered in glitter.
Whatever you choose, grab your crayons, markers, or colored pencils and turn this cuddly little character into a Christmas creation that’s completely your own. 🐻🎅🎄
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