Christmas ornaments are tiny works of holiday art.
Some sparkle in red and gold. Others are covered in candy-cane stripes, snowflakes, Christmas trees, stars, or glitter. And when you’re coloring your own Christmas ornaments, there are no decorating rules at all.
This Christmas Ornaments Coloring Page features a cheerful collection of hanging Christmas baubles with different festive designs just waiting for crayons, markers, or colored pencils.
You’ll find ornaments decorated with Christmas trees, candy-cane-inspired patterns, stripes, and other festive details—giving kids plenty of opportunities to experiment with traditional Christmas colors or invent an entirely new holiday palette.
So sharpen the colored pencils, bring out the crayons, and start decorating your paper Christmas tree ornaments!
🎄 A Collection of Christmas Ornaments to Color
One of the nicest things about this coloring page is that every ornament can look completely different.
Instead of coloring one large picture, kids get a collection of smaller designs to decorate individually.
That means one ornament can be classic red and gold while the next is pink and turquoise.
Another can be covered in rainbow stripes.
And another can look like it belongs on a snowy Christmas tree at the North Pole.
Try giving every ornament its own personality.
🌲 Color the Christmas Tree Ornament
One of the ornaments features a little Christmas tree inside the bauble.
Start with classic evergreen green for the tree, then decide how you’d like to decorate the rest of the ornament.
Try combinations such as:
- Evergreen and gold
- Red and green
- Green and silver
- Forest green and snowy white
- Emerald and champagne gold
- Mint green and pink
- Blue and silver
You can also add tiny colorful dots around the tree to look like Christmas lights.
For a snowy effect, leave little areas white or add pale blue shading around the branches.
Want even more sparkle?
Use a gold gel pen for the star, silver for snow, or glitter glue for tiny decorations.
🍭 Decorate the Candy Cane Ornament
Candy canes make decorating easy because they immediately suggest one of Christmas’s most recognizable color combinations.
Try traditional:
Red + white
But don’t stop there.
Your candy cane ornament could also be:
- Pink and white
- Green and white
- Red and green
- Blue and silver
- Purple and pink
- Rainbow striped
- Gold and cream
You could even color every stripe differently.
This is especially fun for younger children who don’t want to worry about making their Christmas pictures look “real.”
A rainbow candy cane is completely acceptable in a Christmas coloring world!
✨ Have Fun With the Striped Ornaments
Striped ornaments are perfect for experimenting with color combinations.
Choose two colors and alternate them across the ornament.
For example:
- Red + gold
- Green + silver
- Blue + white
- Pink + gold
- Purple + silver
- Burgundy + cream
- Turquoise + pink
Or use three or four colors to create a much brighter bauble.
Kids can also shade alternate stripes lightly and darkly using the same pencil.
That simple trick can make the ornament look more dimensional without requiring complicated coloring techniques.
❤️ Try a Traditional Christmas Color Palette
If you love the classic look of Christmas decorations, begin with:
- Christmas red
- Evergreen green
- Snowy white
- Gold
- Silver
- Burgundy
- Deep forest green
These colors work beautifully together and give the finished page the appearance of a traditional Christmas ornament collection.
Try coloring most of the ornament in red or green, then use metallic gold or silver for small decorative details.
🍬 Create a Candy Christmas Palette
Christmas doesn’t have to be red and green.
For a whimsical candy-inspired collection, try:
- Peppermint pink
- Cherry red
- Mint green
- Turquoise
- Lavender
- Candy yellow
- Bright white
Imagine the ornaments hanging on a Christmas tree inside a giant candy shop.
Add rainbow stripes, gumdrop colors, peppermint swirls, and pastel decorations.
This palette is especially fun when paired with candy-cane designs.
❄️ Make an Icy Winter Ornament Collection
Turn the entire coloring page into a frosty winter wonderland.
Use:
- Pale blue
- Navy
- Silver
- White
- Lavender
- Icy turquoise
Leave plenty of white space and add gentle blue shading around the edges.
Metallic silver pencils or gel pens can make the decorative details look like frost.
You could even draw tiny snowflakes onto some of the plain areas.
👑 Create Elegant Gold Christmas Ornaments
For a more elegant look, try a rich metallic-inspired palette.
Use:
- Gold
- Champagne
- Cream
- Burgundy
- Forest green
- Navy blue
Color the larger areas with deep jewel tones and save gold for the small patterns and ornament caps.
The finished page can look surprisingly sophisticated.
🌈 Make Rainbow Christmas Ornaments
Who says Christmas ornaments have to match?
Give each one a completely different color scheme.
Try making:
- A rainbow ornament
- A pink ornament
- A purple ornament
- A blue ornament
- A traditional red-and-green ornament
- A gold ornament
- A peppermint-striped ornament
When they’re all finished, your page will look like a wonderfully mismatched collection gathered over many Christmases.
🖍️ What Should You Use to Color the Ornaments?
Almost any coloring supplies will work.
Crayons
Crayons are a great choice for younger kids and larger sections of the ornaments.
They also make it easy to layer colors.
Colored Pencils
Colored pencils are especially useful for smaller patterns and stripes.
They’re also wonderful for shading.
Try pressing lightly at first, then adding darker layers around the edges of each ornament.
Washable Markers
Markers create bright, bold Christmas colors.
If you’re using thinner paper, place an extra sheet underneath the coloring page in case the ink bleeds through.
Gel Pens
Gel pens are wonderful for tiny details.
Metallic gold, silver, and glitter gel pens are especially fun for Christmas ornaments.
Glitter Glue
If you don’t mind a little Christmas sparkle on the craft table, add dots or lines of glitter glue after coloring.
Just remember to let the page dry completely before displaying it.
✨ Make the Ornaments Look Shiny
Real Christmas baubles often have a glossy surface.
You can create a similar effect on paper.
When coloring an ornament, leave a small curved area completely white near one side.
That little white highlight can make the ornament look as though Christmas lights are reflecting off its surface.
Older kids can also try shading one side of the ornament slightly darker than the other.
It doesn’t have to be perfect.
Even simple shading can make a flat circle look much more like a shiny Christmas ball.
🎨 Add Your Own Ornament Designs
The printed patterns are only the beginning.
Kids can add extra decorations anywhere there is open space.
Try drawing:
- Snowflakes
- Stars
- Hearts
- Candy canes
- Christmas trees
- Holly leaves
- Berries
- Tiny presents
- Gingerbread men
- Bells
- Dots
- Zigzags
- Swirls
- Stripes
- Polka dots
You could even personalize an ornament by writing someone’s name inside it.
✍️ Turn Them Into Personalized Ornaments
If children are making Christmas pictures for family members, encourage them to turn each paper ornament into a personalized design.
Write names such as:
Mom
Dad
Grandma
Grandpa
Or add the names of siblings, cousins, friends, teachers, or pets.
Kids could then choose colors that remind them of each person.
Grandma might get a beautiful purple-and-gold ornament.
Dad’s could be green and silver.
The family dog might get a bright red ornament decorated with little paw prints.
Suddenly the coloring page becomes much more personal.
✂️ Turn the Finished Page Into Paper Christmas Ornaments
Coloring doesn’t have to end when the last white space disappears.
If your printed design allows enough room around each ornament, carefully cut out the individual baubles after coloring them.
An adult should help younger children with cutting.
You could then:
- Glue them onto construction paper
- Add ribbon or yarn
- Hang them on a bulletin board
- Decorate a bedroom door
- Make a paper Christmas tree
- Use them on homemade Christmas cards
- Add them to wrapped gifts
- Create a Christmas garland
If you want sturdier paper ornaments, glue the finished coloring page onto lightweight cardstock before cutting.
🎄 Create a Paper Christmas Tree
This can become an entire Christmas craft.
Draw or cut a large green Christmas tree from construction paper.
Then color and cut out the ornaments.
Let children arrange their finished baubles across the paper tree.
Add:
- A yellow star
- Paper presents
- Cotton-ball snow
- Paper garland
- Christmas stickers
- Glitter
- A brown tree trunk
You can keep adding ornaments throughout December.
🧵 Make an Ornament Garland
Color several copies of the page and create enough paper ornaments to make a garland.
Cut them out and attach them to:
- Ribbon
- Yarn
- Baker’s twine
- String
Hang the garland across a classroom bulletin board, playroom wall, mantel, or child’s bedroom.
Every ornament can be different.
The more colorful the collection becomes, the more cheerful the finished garland will look.
🎁 Use the Ornaments as Christmas Gift Tags
Smaller colored ornaments can make adorable homemade Christmas gift tags.
Cut out a finished design and mount it onto cardstock.
Punch a small hole near the top and add ribbon or string.
Write:
To:
and
From:
on the back.
You now have a handmade gift tag to attach to a Christmas present.
Kids may enjoy making a special ornament tag for every person in the family.
💌 Make Homemade Christmas Cards
Finished ornament pictures can also become Christmas cards.
Fold a piece of cardstock in half.
Cut out one or more colored ornaments and glue them onto the front.
Then add a message such as:
Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!
Deck the Halls!
Wishing You a Merry & Bright Christmas!
Add a hand-drawn ribbon above each ornament to make it look as though the bauble is hanging from the top of the card.
🏫 Christmas Ornament Coloring for the Classroom
Christmas ornament coloring pages can be an easy addition to December classroom activities.
Teachers could use them for:
- Holiday art time
- Early-finisher activities
- Christmas parties
- Quiet work
- Indoor recess
- December activity stations
- Take-home Christmas packets
- Classroom decorations
After everyone colors a page, cut out the ornaments and combine them on a large classroom Christmas tree.
Each child contributes a different decoration, creating one enormous collaborative Christmas display.
🎅 Make It a Christmas Party Activity
Expecting children at your Christmas gathering?
Set up a small coloring table.
All you need is:
- Printed coloring pages
- Crayons
- Colored pencils
- Washable markers
- Christmas stickers
- A container for supplies
For older kids, you could add:
- Metallic pencils
- Glitter gel pens
- Child-safe scissors
- Glue sticks
- Construction paper
Children can color while adults are chatting, cooking, or preparing Christmas dinner.
Finished pictures can even become little keepsakes to take home.
☕ Plan a Cozy Christmas Coloring Afternoon
Sometimes the simplest Christmas activities are the nicest.
Print several festive coloring pages.
Put crayons, colored pencils, and markers in the middle of the table.
Turn on some Christmas music.
Make hot chocolate.
Add a plate of Christmas cookies.
Then let everyone choose a page to color.
Adults don’t have to sit this activity out, either.
Choose your own ornament and see who creates the most unusual Christmas color combination.
🎨 Christmas Ornament Coloring Challenge
Turn the coloring page into a little game.
Write different coloring challenges on scraps of paper and place them in a bowl.
Try:
- Color an ornament using only red
- Use five different colors
- Create a rainbow ornament
- Make a candy-cane ornament
- Use only cool colors
- Use only warm colors
- Design an ornament for Santa
- Design an ornament for an elf
- Create the fanciest ornament you can
- Make the silliest Christmas ornament
- Use no red or green
- Create an ornament inspired by snow
Pick one challenge at random before coloring each ornament.
You’ll end up with a wonderfully varied collection.
🌟 Create Your Dream Christmas Tree
Ask children to imagine that these are the ornaments for their dream Christmas tree.
What would that tree look like?
Would it be traditional red and green?
Covered in rainbow ornaments?
Pink and gold?
Blue and silver?
Filled entirely with candy-themed decorations?
As children color, encourage them to imagine the rest of their tree.
They can even draw it on a separate sheet of paper and add their own ornaments, garlands, lights, presents, and tree topper.
🖼️ Display the Finished Artwork
Don’t let the completed coloring page disappear into a drawer.
Christmas artwork makes easy seasonal decoration.
Display it:
- On the refrigerator
- On a bedroom door
- In a Christmas art gallery
- On a classroom bulletin board
- Beside the Christmas tree
- In a December scrapbook
- On a playroom wall
You could also save one favorite Christmas coloring page from each year.
Over time, those simple pictures can become sweet little reminders of Christmases past.
❓ Christmas Ornaments Coloring Page FAQ
What colors should I use for Christmas ornaments?
Traditional Christmas ornament colors include red, green, gold, silver, and white, but you can use absolutely any colors you like.
Pink, turquoise, purple, rainbow, and pastel ornaments can be just as festive.
What supplies work best?
Crayons are excellent for younger children, while colored pencils provide more control for small details.
Markers create bright colors, and metallic or glitter gel pens are especially fun for ornament decorations.
Can I turn the finished pictures into crafts?
Absolutely.
Cut-out ornaments can become paper tree decorations, gift tags, garlands, Christmas cards, scrapbook decorations, or pieces for a classroom Christmas display.
Is this coloring page good for a Christmas party?
Yes. Coloring requires very little preparation, making it an easy activity to set out for children during family gatherings, classroom celebrations, or Christmas parties.
Can adults color Christmas ornament pages too?
Of course!
Try using colored pencils for shading and metallic pens for fine details. Adults and older children can also experiment with more sophisticated color palettes such as navy and gold, burgundy and champagne, or icy blue and silver.
Can I print more than one copy?
Printing several copies can be especially useful for families, classrooms, coloring stations, or crafts where you want enough individual ornaments to create a larger display.
❤️ A Little Christmas Creativity
Decorating the Christmas tree is one of the most colorful parts of the holiday season—and this time, the ornaments can look exactly the way you imagine them.
Make one red and gold.
Turn another into a peppermint swirl.
Create a rainbow ornament.
Cover one with sparkling silver details.
Give every bauble its own personality.
Whether the finished coloring page ends up on the refrigerator, becomes part of a handmade Christmas card, or gets cut apart and transformed into paper decorations, the most important part is simply enjoying a little creative Christmas time together.
Grab your favorite colors and start decorating.
Merry Christmas and happy coloring! 🎄✨🖍️
