Cats and Christmas seem almost made for each other.
There are ribbons to investigate, boxes to climb into, ornaments dangling temptingly from the tree, cozy blankets to curl up on, and mysterious presents appearing overnight.
These Christmas Cat Coloring Pages bring all of that festive feline mischief to the coloring table. From adorable kittens sitting beneath Christmas trees to sleepy cats enjoying a peaceful holiday nap, Santa cats, snowy winter kitties, gift-filled scenes, and intricate cat mandalas, there are plenty of designs for cat lovers of all ages.
You can color your Christmas cat to look like your own pet, create an imaginary rainbow kitten, or give a fluffy feline the brightest Santa hat in the North Pole.
Grab the crayons, colored pencils, or markers and get ready for a very merry—and very furry—Christmas. 🐱🎄❤️
🐱 Cute Christmas Cats to Color
Cats come in so many colors and patterns that they are especially fun to color.
You might create:
- A fluffy white cat
- A black cat
- An orange tabby
- A gray kitten
- A calico
- A brown tabby
- A tuxedo cat
- A cream-colored Persian
Or forget realistic cat colors entirely.
Christmas coloring is a perfect excuse for a pink kitten with purple stripes or a turquoise cat with a rainbow tail.
The picture belongs to you.
🎄 Cats Beneath the Christmas Tree
Anyone who lives with a cat knows that the Christmas tree can suddenly become the most interesting object in the entire house.
There are branches to inspect.
Lights to stare at.
Boxes underneath.
And all those ornaments hanging at exactly the right height for curious paws.
A kitten beneath the Christmas tree makes an especially cheerful coloring scene.
Use several shades of green on the branches, then fill the tree with brightly colored ornaments.
Try:
- Red
- Gold
- Silver
- Blue
- Pink
- Purple
- Turquoise
Then color the cat so it stands out against all that Christmas greenery.
🎁 Cats and Christmas Presents
Cats and boxes already have a special relationship, so a pile of Christmas presents is practically an invitation.
Gift-filled coloring pages offer lots of opportunities to invent your own wrapping paper.
Try:
Red + Gold
for a classic Christmas package.
Green + White
for something snowy.
Pink + Turquoise
for a playful look.
Blue + Silver
for winter elegance.
You can also add little patterns such as:
- Paw prints
- Snowflakes
- Stars
- Candy canes
- Fish
- Christmas trees
- Tiny cats
Perhaps Santa has special wrapping paper just for cat presents.
🐟 A Christmas Present for the Cat
One particularly fun Christmas cat scene includes a kitty with a fish beneath the tree.
That seems like a pretty excellent Christmas present from a cat’s point of view.
Color the fish realistically in silvers and blues, or turn it into the most colorful Christmas fish imaginable.
Maybe it’s wrapped with a red bow.
Perhaps Santa left it specially for the cat.
Children can imagine what else might be on a feline Christmas wish list.
Maybe:
- Catnip
- A new bed
- Toy mice
- A scratching post
- Feather toys
- Treats
- More cardboard boxes
Probably more boxes.
😴 A Sleepy Cat Beside the Christmas Tree
Not every Christmas cat is causing trouble.
Some are perfectly happy to curl up near the tree and take a long winter nap.
A sleeping-cat coloring page can have a wonderfully peaceful feeling.
Use soft colors such as:
- Cream
- Warm brown
- Gray
- Pale orange
- White
Then surround the sleeping kitty with the glow of Christmas decorations.
Try warm gold or yellow Christmas lights and rich green branches.
A deep red rug or blanket can make the scene feel even cozier.
It looks like the perfect place for a Christmas Eve nap.
✨ Make the Christmas Lights Glow
Tiny Christmas lights can add a lot of life to a coloring page.
Try alternating:
- Red
- Yellow
- Blue
- Green
- Pink
- Purple
Leave a tiny white space inside each bulb to make it appear shiny.
You can also lightly shade yellow around some of the lights to create the appearance of a soft glow.
That works especially well on pictures featuring sleepy cats beneath the tree.
❄️ Smiling Winter Cats
A cheerful winter cat surrounded by snow is another wonderfully cute Christmas scene.
Perhaps the cat is outside exploring after the first snowfall.
Add:
- Falling snow
- Snow-covered trees
- Paw prints
- A scarf
- A Christmas hat
- Snowflakes
Color the snow mostly white, then lightly shade the edges with pale blue, lavender, or soft gray.
That little bit of color helps the white areas stand out without making the snow look too dark.
🎅 A Cat Wearing a Santa Hat
Put a Santa hat on almost any animal and it instantly becomes ready for Christmas.
Cats are no exception.
A traditional Santa hat can be colored bright red with white trim and a fluffy white pom-pom.
But perhaps your cat has its own sense of style.
Try:
- Pink and white
- Green and gold
- Blue and silver
- Purple and white
- Rainbow stripes
You could even add tiny paw prints or fish patterns to the hat.
Santa might have a special hat department just for cats.
👢 A Christmas Cat in Boots
A cat wearing Santa-style clothing and boots creates an especially funny Christmas coloring scene.
The boots might be:
- Black
- Brown
- Red
- Green
- Gold
Add fluffy white trim around the top.
Then coordinate them with the Santa hat or make every piece of clothing a different color.
A fully dressed Christmas cat might look slightly ridiculous.
Which, naturally, makes it even more fun to color.
🐾 Cats Walking Through the Snow
A cat wandering across fresh snow creates the perfect opportunity to add little paw prints.
Draw a trail behind the cat.
Use pale blue or gray around each print to make it stand out.
Then imagine where the cat is going.
Perhaps it’s heading home on Christmas Eve.
Maybe it’s following Santa.
Maybe it spotted a reindeer.
Or perhaps it’s simply going to investigate someone else’s Christmas tree.
Knowing cats, that last possibility seems entirely reasonable.
😺 Kawaii Christmas Cats
Kawaii-style cats are all about cuteness.
Big eyes.
Small noses.
Round faces.
Tiny paws.
Add Christmas accessories and the cuteness level rises considerably.
Color them with bright, playful combinations such as:
- Pink + mint
- Lavender + turquoise
- Baby blue + silver
- Red + white
- Rainbow colors
Add rosy cheeks with pale pink pencil.
Tiny white highlights in the eyes can make them look extra lively.
💕 Try a Pastel Christmas Cat
Pastel colors are particularly sweet on cute cartoon kittens.
Try:
- Blush pink
- Mint green
- Lavender
- Baby blue
- Peach
- Cream
Perhaps the cat itself is white or pale gray while the surrounding presents and decorations use the pastel colors.
Add champagne gold or silver for a little sparkle.
The result can feel completely different from a traditional red-and-green Christmas picture.
🎨 Christmas Cat Color Palette Ideas
Not sure where to start?
Choose a palette first.
🎄 Classic Christmas Cat
Use:
- Warm brown or gray
- Red
- Forest green
- White
- Gold
Perfect for cats beneath the Christmas tree.
❄️ Winter Wonderland Cat
Try:
- White
- Gray
- Ice blue
- Navy
- Silver
Ideal for snowy scenes.
🍬 Candy Christmas Cat
Use:
- Pink
- Mint
- Red
- Turquoise
- White
Great for kawaii cats.
🌲 Cozy Rustic Christmas
Try:
- Orange or brown
- Pine green
- Cranberry
- Cream
- Antique gold
Wonderful for sleepy cats and fireside scenes.
✨ Elegant Christmas Cat
Use:
- Black or gray
- Burgundy
- Emerald
- Champagne gold
- Cream
🌈 Rainbow Christmas Cat
Use absolutely everything.
A rainbow kitten beneath a rainbow Christmas tree is perfectly acceptable here.
🐈 Color a Cat Like Your Own Pet
Have a cat at home?
Try making the coloring-page kitty look like your own.
Look carefully at your cat’s markings.
Does your pet have:
- White paws?
- A dark tail?
- Stripes?
- A white chest?
- Orange patches?
- A black nose?
- Different-colored eyes?
Copy those details onto the page.
Then write your cat’s name somewhere nearby.
Suddenly you’ve created a personalized Christmas portrait.
🧡 Create an Orange Tabby Christmas Cat
Orange tabbies are particularly fun to color because you can layer several warm shades.
Start with:
- Pale orange
- Golden yellow
- Caramel
Then add deeper orange or brown stripes.
Use cream around the muzzle, chin, and chest if you like.
A green Christmas tree makes a wonderful background because the orange fur stands out beautifully against it.
🖤 Create a Black Christmas Cat
A black cat can look striking against bright Christmas decorations.
Instead of coloring the entire animal with one heavy layer of black, try mixing:
- Black
- Charcoal
- Dark gray
- Deep blue
Leave a few lighter areas around the face and chest so the details remain visible.
Then surround the cat with bright red, green, gold, or silver Christmas colors.
🤍 Color a Snowy White Cat
White cats don’t need to remain completely untouched.
Use very pale shading around:
- Ears
- Paws
- Tail
- Face
- Body edges
Try:
- Pale gray
- Ice blue
- Lavender
- Cream
Leave most of the fur white.
The gentle shadows will help create shape while keeping the cat looking snowy and bright.
🐯 Color Tabby Stripes
Tabby markings are a perfect excuse to practice little fur strokes.
Start with a base color such as gray, brown, or orange.
Then add darker lines around:
- Forehead
- Cheeks
- Legs
- Back
- Tail
The stripes don’t need to be identical.
In fact, slightly uneven markings often make the cat look more natural.
👀 Bring the Cat’s Eyes to Life
Cat eyes can become one of the most striking parts of the picture.
Try:
- Green
- Amber
- Gold
- Blue
- Copper
Add a darker outline around the iris and leave a tiny white highlight.
That little bright spot can make the eyes appear shiny.
For cartoon cats, you can make the eyes any color you like.
Purple?
Why not?
🌀 Christmas Cat Mandalas
More detailed cat coloring pages can combine feline shapes with repeating Christmas patterns.
These are particularly enjoyable for older children, teens, and adults.
A Christmas cat mandala might contain:
- Snowflakes
- Stars
- Cats
- Ornaments
- Holly
- Geometric patterns
- Christmas decorations
Rather than trying to finish the entire page quickly, work on one section at a time.
Choose a small group of colors and repeat them throughout the design.
Or turn every section into a different color.
Both approaches can create beautiful results.
✏️ Choose a Limited Palette for Detailed Pages
Intricate coloring pages can feel much easier when you choose your colors before starting.
Try:
Red + Green + Gold + Cream
or
Navy + Silver + Ice Blue + White
or
Pink + Mint + Lavender + Turquoise
Then repeat the same shades around the design.
This creates a coordinated look without requiring you to decide on a new color for every tiny section.
🎅 Santa Cat Patterns
A page filled with repeated cats dressed as Santa offers a completely different coloring challenge.
You might color every cat identically to create a neat repeating design.
Or make every little Santa cat different.
One might be orange.
Another gray.
Another black and white.
Another completely purple.
Repeat red Santa hats throughout the pattern to tie everything together.
The result can look almost like homemade Christmas wrapping paper.
🎁 Design Cat-Themed Christmas Wrapping Paper
A repeating cat pattern gives you a fun idea for another activity.
Pretend you’re designing special wrapping paper for cat lovers.
Use:
- Cat faces
- Paw prints
- Fish
- Yarn balls
- Christmas trees
- Snowflakes
- Tiny Santa hats
Children can draw additional motifs between the printed cats.
Maybe this is the wrapping paper Santa uses for every feline Christmas present.
🖍️ Best Supplies for Christmas Cat Coloring Pages
Almost any coloring supplies can work.
Crayons are ideal for young children and simple designs.
Colored pencils are excellent for fur, eyes, whiskers, and detailed patterns.
Markers create bold Christmas colors.
Fine-tip markers are useful for small decorations and mandala details.
Gel pens work beautifully on stars, ornaments, and tiny accents.
Metallic pens can add gold or silver to bells, ornaments, and gift ribbons.
Glitter pens are perfect when your Christmas cat needs a little extra sparkle.
✏️ Add Texture to Cat Fur
To make fur look a little more realistic, avoid filling the entire animal with perfectly even color.
Instead, use short pencil strokes.
Follow the direction the fur might grow.
Use darker strokes around:
- Ears
- Neck
- Legs
- Tail
- Shadowed areas
Add lighter strokes on the face and chest.
The effect doesn’t need to be perfect.
Even a few strokes can add texture.
🎀 Give the Cat a Christmas Collar
A festive collar can turn any ordinary kitty into a Christmas cat.
Color it:
- Red
- Green
- Gold
- Silver
- Candy-cane striped
- Rainbow-colored
Add a little bell.
You could even draw a name tag.
If you’re coloring your own pet, write the cat’s real name on it.
🔔 Add a Jingle Bell
A tiny bell attached to a Christmas collar is the perfect place to use metallic colors.
Try:
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
Add a darker edge and leave a tiny highlight.
If you don’t have metallic pens, bright yellow with a little orange shading can create a golden effect.
🎄 Imagine Your Cat Decorating the Tree
What would happen if your cat were actually responsible for decorating Christmas?
Would the ornaments make it onto the tree?
Would the ribbon survive?
Would the tree remain upright?
Children can draw their own version of the scene.
Perhaps the cat is:
- Hanging ornaments
- Tangled in garland
- Sitting inside a gift box
- Hiding beneath the tree
- Playing with ribbon
- Climbing the branches
A simple coloring page can become a funny Christmas story.
📦 Draw a Cat Inside a Christmas Box
Cats love boxes.
Christmas provides a seemingly endless supply of them.
Draw a kitten popping out of one of the presents beneath the tree.
Add a giant bow on its head.
Perhaps someone thought they were getting an ordinary Christmas gift.
Surprise.
It’s a cat.
🧶 Add a Christmas Ball of Yarn
A festive cat scene could always use a ball of yarn.
Make it:
- Red and white
- Green and gold
- Rainbow-colored
- Pink and silver
Draw the yarn winding around presents or beneath the tree.
Maybe the cat has already completely unraveled it.
That seems believable.
🎅 Imagine Santa Meeting the Cat
What happens when Santa arrives at a house with a curious cat?
Does the cat watch from behind the Christmas tree?
Sit beside the cookies?
Climb into Santa’s sack?
Follow him to the chimney?
Try to play with the pom-pom on his hat?
Children can invent the story while they color.
Perhaps Santa has met so many cats during his Christmas Eve travels that he knows exactly what to expect.
🥛 Did the Cat Find Santa’s Milk?
If there’s room in the picture, draw Santa’s snack nearby.
Add:
- Cookies
- A glass of milk
- A little plate
Then perhaps draw the cat looking suspiciously interested in the milk.
Will Santa get to it first?
That can be part of the Christmas story you create.
👧 An Easy Christmas Activity for Kids
Christmas cat coloring pages make an easy holiday activity with very little preparation.
Print the pages.
Set out crayons or markers.
That’s it.
They work well for:
- Christmas parties
- Classroom activities
- Holiday break
- Snow days
- December quiet time
- Family gatherings
- Christmas Eve
- Winter playdates
- Visits with grandparents
- Christmas movie nights
Children who love animals may especially enjoy creating different cats and giving each one a name.
🎉 Create a Christmas Cat Coloring Station
Hosting a Christmas gathering?
Set up a simple coloring area with:
- Cat coloring pages
- Crayons
- Colored pencils
- Washable markers
- Gel pens
- Christmas stickers
Kids can visit the table whenever they want something quieter to do.
You could even provide little cards where they can write each cat’s name.
📝 Give Every Christmas Cat a Name
What is your Christmas kitty called?
Try festive names such as:
- Holly
- Tinsel
- Jingle
- Snowball
- Cookie
- Peppermint
- Mistletoe
- Cocoa
- Noel
- Merry
- Twinkle
- Ginger
Write the name somewhere on the picture.
If you color several cats, create an entire Christmas feline family.
💌 Make Homemade Cat Christmas Cards
A finished Christmas cat picture can make an adorable homemade card.
Attach your colored artwork to folded cardstock and add a greeting.
Try:
Meowy Christmas!
Have a Purr-fect Christmas!
Wishing You a Very Meowy Christmas!
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!
Sending You Christmas Purrs!
Cat-loving friends and relatives may especially enjoy these.
🎁 Make Cat-Themed Gift Tags
Smaller cat designs can become homemade Christmas gift tags.
Color the picture.
Cut it out.
Attach it to cardstock.
Punch a small hole near the top and add ribbon.
Write To: and From: on the back.
Add a tiny paw print for one final feline touch.
✂️ Turn Finished Cats Into Decorations
Finished Christmas cat pictures don’t have to disappear into a drawer.
Use them as decorations.
You could:
- Hang them on the refrigerator
- Display them on a Christmas art wall
- Add them to a classroom bulletin board
- Frame a favorite picture
- Give one to grandparents
- Add them to a scrapbook
- Decorate a child’s bedroom
Display several together and you’ll have an entire Christmas cat gallery.
🎀 Create a Christmas Cat Garland
Color several cats and carefully cut them out.
Attach them along ribbon or string.
Hang your garland:
- Across the mantel
- Along a bookshelf
- On a classroom wall
- Across a window
- In a child’s bedroom
Give every cat a differently colored Santa hat for an especially cheerful display.
🖼️ Frame a Picture of Your Own Cat
If you’ve colored one of the pages to resemble your real pet, consider framing it.
Add your cat’s name and perhaps the year.
Bring it out every December as a little piece of homemade Christmas décor.
Over time, you could even create a series of holiday portraits.
❤️ Have a Very Meowy Christmas
Cats have a talent for making Christmas a little more entertaining.
They nap beneath the tree.
Investigate every present.
Stare at the Christmas lights.
Claim the empty boxes.
And occasionally make us wonder whether hanging ornaments within paw’s reach was really such a good idea.
Christmas cat coloring pages capture that playful holiday spirit without putting a single real ornament in danger.
Color a sleepy kitten beside the tree.
Create a Santa cat walking through the snow.
Fill a kawaii kitty with pastel colors.
Work slowly through an intricate cat mandala.
Or make your coloring-page feline look just like the cat curled up beside you.
Add presents, snowflakes, fish, ribbons, paw prints, and as much Christmas sparkle as you like.
Then sit back and admire your festive feline masterpiece.
Meowy Christmas! 🐱🎄🐾❤️
