Printable Christmas Cards for Kids: Cards, Gift Tags & Paper Ornaments to Colour (Ages 3–7)
Christmas cards made by a child are the ones that stay on the shelf the longest. With printable Christmas cards for kids you don’t need a big craft box: print a page, put out the crayons, and your child colours a card, folds it in half and signs it. Add gift tags for the presents, paper ornaments for the tree and a garland for the wall, and you have a whole afternoon of Christmas crafts for ages 3–7. Here are ideas for every age, and a free sample to try.
What’s in My Christmas Cards & Decorations?
My Christmas Cards & Decorations is a printable PDF with 25 A4 pages for children aged 3–7, in English, Bulgarian, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish, for €2.90. It has 12 Christmas cards to colour and fold – each one is an A4 page that folds into an A5 card, with a picture and a wish in big hollow letters on the front and a “Made with love by:” line on the back. There are also 24 gift tags with “To:” and “From:” lines, 12 round tree ornaments and a paper garland whose flags spell MERRY CHRISTMAS. The cover has a “This book belongs to” line, and a page for grown-ups explains the steps. Want to try it first? Download the free sample – 6 pages with 2 cards, 6 gift tags and 4 ornaments.
Printable Christmas cards for kids aged 3–5: colour, cut and fold together
- Colouring: the pictures are big and clear – the robin on a snowy branch, the snowman with birds, the teddy bear with a present. Let your child choose the colours; a crayon held in a fist is perfectly fine.
- Hollow letters: filling in the big letters of the wish is lovely practice for small hands – one colour per letter, or stripes and dots.
- Cutting: cut out the cards and ornaments yourself, or cut roughly around them and let your child snip the last straight edges with children’s scissors.
- Folding: show how to fold the card in half along the dotted line, then let your child press the fold flat with the palm of the hand.
- Signing: write your child’s name on the “Made with love by:” line and let them add a heart or a small drawing next to it.
Ages 5–7: Christmas cards, gift tags and decorations on their own
- Cutting along the dashed lines: many children of this age can cut out the cards, tags and round baubles by themselves – the curves are good practice.
- Gift tags: write the names on the “To:” and “From:” lines, punch a hole (a grown-up can help with the hole punch) and tie each tag to a present with ribbon.
- Tree ornaments: colour Santa, the reindeer, the gingerbread man or the owl, punch a hole at the top, thread a string through and hang them on the tree.
- The garland: colour the flags, cut them out and thread them in order – children love checking that the letters really spell MERRY CHRISTMAS.
- Writing wishes: older children can sign the card themselves and add a few words for grandma, a friend or their teacher.
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Tips for paper, colours and ribbon
Use thicker paper if you can. 160–200 g/m² paper helps the cards stand up and the ornaments last longer, but ordinary printer paper works too. Crayons or felt-tip pens? Crayons and coloured pencils work on any paper; felt-tip pens give bright colours but can show through thin paper. A little sparkle, if you like. Once the colouring is done, a dab of glitter glue on the star or the baubles looks festive – entirely optional. Ribbon or string. Red ribbon, baker’s twine or plain wool all work for the tags, ornaments and garland. Laminate the tags. If you have a laminator, laminate the gift tags and punch the hole afterwards – they become sturdy enough to use again.
More Christmas printables
For calm days before Christmas, My Christmas Activity Book (€3.90) has 32 pages of mazes, dot-to-dots and word searches, and My Christmas Book has 15 Christmas colouring pages and a letter to Santa. Both have a free sample.
My Christmas Activity Book My Christmas Activity Book – free sample My Christmas Book – free sample
What you need
A printer, paper (thicker 160–200 g/m² paper is best, ordinary paper works too), crayons or pencils, children’s scissors, a hole punch and ribbon or string. Everything prints in black and white on A4. Small cut-out parts are not suitable for children under 3.
Have a happy Christmas – and enjoy every card your child makes!
The photo scene is AI-generated. The files are for your own family, or for your own class or group if you are a teacher.