Free Printable Christmas Cards for Kids to Color

I can hardly believe that Christmas is in less than one week… LESS THAN ONE WEEK! But don’t panic, my friend. While I can’t do your Christmas shopping or bake your Christmas cookies, I can make your Christmas cards. Well, sort of… I have some adorable (free!) printable Christmas cards for you!

All you have to do is print them off, toss them on the table with some markers or paint, and let the little ones have fun coloring.

Easy peasy!

Simply choose which card exterior you would like, which card interior you would like, and presto, a custom Christmas card has been created!

The covers are super sweet and perfect for little hands to colour (or for bigger hands to make more intricate designs, should they please!). They are all available to you with this free printable, and include:

Presents
Christmas ornaments
Holiday baking
Starry night
Snowy weather
Christmas trees

The interiors are sweet and minimalist, with lots of space for little ones to:

Draw a picture
Write a little message (more on that below)
Add a handprint to make this a doubly-sweet keepsake card!
Or simply sign their name in their best (and oh-so-adorable) penmanship

This printable includes all 6 covers and all 6 interiors. You can choose to print double-sided, selecting the page numbers you wish, or you can simply print everything and glue your interior inside your card. Whatever is easiest for you and yours.

Tips for Writing Cards with Young Children

But just before I share with you the link for your free download of these free printable Christmas cards, I thought this blog post was a great time for me to share with you a few of my favorite tips for writing with little ones. The teacher in me can’t pass up the opportunity!

Talk It Out First

When writing with little ones, it is a wonderful idea to chat about what your child might like to write first. Children need time to process their thoughts and think things through before knowing how to phrase things in their writing.

Narration

Once ready to print the message inside the card, your child might feel more comfortable narrating to you what to write. This is wonderful! Being able to concisely formulate what to say is a very important step in writing.

Printing the First Sound

If your child is ready to begin printing but is very new to the experience, consider writing the word but leaving off the first letter for your child to print. Have your child say the word slowly, trying to hear the first sound. Next, have your child try to recall what letter makes that sound. Finally, have your child print that letter at the beginning of the word.

Phonetic Spelling

If your child has had some experience with printing, you can choose to do phonetic spelling. Phonetic spelling plays a very important role in developing writing skills. Phonetic spelling involves having a child write down the sounds they hear in a word. For example, “apl” might be how a child spells “apple.” This part of writing builds confidence and allows children to see how sounds fit together and blend together to make words.

Copywork

A second option is writing the words or sentence down on a piece of paper for your child to copy. Your child might feel most comfortable writing entirely from copywork, which is just fine! Or perhaps you write just some words down, allowing your child to try to phonetically sound out the others. Copywork not only helps children learn to spell words properly, it also gives them a chance to practice proper letter sizing and formation.

Personal Dictionary

A great option to help writing progress is to keep a personal dictionary for your child. This allows you to slowly add words to your child’s dictionary, expanding the words he or she can spell correctly and independently using this dictionary. I have a wonderful personal dictionary you can download for free right here.