Trace & color
Trace Then Color: Cartoon Christmas Characters
For little hands still building pencil control.
Best for ages 3 to 5
- Dotted outlines to trace, then color in
- No drawing experience needed
- Ages 3+
Free, no sign-up
200 free Christmas puzzles and activity pages for kids
Word searches, crosswords, mazes, picture sudoku, secret code jokes, logic puzzles, bingo and more. Every page is a free PDF with an answer key, starring the Christmas characters cartoonist Kevin Coulston drew.
Word searches (40)
Forty themed word searches, from easy across-and-down grids for new readers to 15 by 15 puzzles where words hide backwards.
Mazes (30)
Thirty mazes: easy ones for preschoolers, tricky ones with Kevin’s Christmas characters, and mazes shaped like a tree, a star or a stocking.
Crosswords (20)
Twenty Christmas crosswords with short, kid-friendly clues.
Picture sudoku (20)
Sudoku with pictures instead of numbers, starring Kevin’s elf, penguin, yeti and friends. 4 by 4 for little ones, 6 by 6 for bigger kids.
Word scrambles (15)
Unscramble the Christmas words, then use the circled letters to spell a secret word.
Secret code jokes (15)
Crack a number or symbol code to find the answer to a Christmas joke.
Hidden message jokes (10)
Cross out the extra letters and the answer to a Christmas joke appears.
Criss-cross puzzles (10)
No clues, just a word list: fit every word into the grid.
Logic puzzles (10)
Who made which toy? Who finished first? Use the clues and the grid to work it out.
Count and find (10)
Count the Christmas friends hiding on the page. Made for ages 3 and up.
Shadow matching (5)
Match each Christmas friend to its shadow. A gentle first puzzle for preschoolers.
Word builders (10)
How many words can you make from MERRY CHRISTMAS? Ten family word games.
Bingo cards (5)
Ten different Christmas word bingo cards plus calling cards, for class parties and family game night.
Questions about the puzzles
Are these Christmas puzzles really free?
Yes. All 200 puzzles are free PDFs with no sign-up. Print as many copies as you like at home or for your class.
Do the puzzles have answer keys?
Every puzzle has its answer key on page 2 of its PDF, and on its page on this site. The packs put all the answer keys at the end.
What ages are they for?
Each puzzle shows an age. Count and find, shadow match and the easy mazes suit ages 3 to 5. Word searches start at age 5. Crosswords, logic puzzles and criss-cross puzzles suit ages 7 to 10.
Why are there no coloring pages?
These pages are puzzles and games. For coloring, tracing and drawing, see the free printables from Kevin’s three Christmas books.
Can I use them in my classroom?
Yes. Print them for your class, a party or an early finisher tray. To share them online, please link to this page instead of uploading the files.
Characters drawn by Kevin CoulstonCartoonist, member of the National Cartoonists Society, and author and illustrator of more than 100 books for kids. About Kevin
More Christmas fun
Three Christmas activity books by Kevin
Puzzles done? Each book has fifty Christmas activities: trace, draw step by step, or draw square by square.
- Each character built in 6 easy steps
- A page to practice after every lesson
- Ages 5+
- Copy one square at a time onto a grid
- Surprisingly accurate results
- Ages 5+, great for older kids too
Looking for coloring, tracing and drawing pages? See the free Christmas printables or the Christmas drawing tool.