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Bold and easy Christmas coloring pages

"Bold and easy" means thick lines, big spaces and no tiny details. Here are three free Christmas pages in that style: a cat napping by the stockings, a bunny next to its snowman, and a bear in a rocking chair. Print them at home, no sign-up needed.

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Cat napping by the Christmas stockings, bold and easy coloring page
Cat napping by the Christmas stockings
Bunny in a sweater next to a snowman, bold and easy coloring page
Bunny in a sweater next to a snowman
Bear resting in a rocking chair, bold and easy coloring page
Bear resting in a rocking chair
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Free for personal and household use. US Letter size. No email needed.

Why bold and easy pages are nice to color

Detailed mandala-style pages can take hours and need very fine pens. Bold and easy pages are the opposite. The shapes are large, so you can use whatever you have in the drawer: markers, gel pens, colored pencils or even crayons.

Thick outlines also hide small slips. If your hand wanders a little outside a line, the picture still looks neat. That makes this style a good fit for tired eyes, shaky hands, beginners and older kids who color alongside a grown-up.

How to print them at home

Open the PDF and choose your normal printer. Pick US Letter paper and "fit to page" if your printer asks, so nothing gets cut off at the edges.

Plain copy paper is fine for crayons and colored pencils. If you like markers, heavier paper or light card stock stops the ink from bleeding through. Print one side only, so each picture has a clean back.

  • You can print the same page again as often as you like for your own home.
  • Printing in black and white is all you need. The pages are line art.
  • On a phone, save the PDF first, then print it from your files app.

Make it a cozy evening

Light a candle, put on some music and pick one page. Because each picture is a single scene, you get the small happy feeling of finishing something in one sitting.

  • Start with the biggest shapes first, then fill the small ones.
  • Leave the snow white and color the sky behind it for an easy wintry look.
  • Date the back of each page you finish. It becomes a little December diary.

The full book

These pages are from Snowy Hearth Cottage, a printable book with 50 coloring pages. The same five animal friends bake cookies, trim the tree and curl up by the fire in every scene. It is a single PDF you download right away and print at home on US Letter paper. Hearth & Holly is a second book in the same style, with 46 pages of woodland friends.

Snowy Hearth Cottage cover

Snowy Hearth Cottage: Bold and Easy Christmas Coloring Book for Adults

50 pages, printable PDF, instant download from our Payhip shop. Nothing is shipped.

$4.99

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Hearth & Holly cover

Hearth & Holly: Cozy Christmas Coloring Book for Adults

46 pages, printable PDF, instant download from our Payhip shop. Nothing is shipped.

$4.99

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The pictures in these books were created with the help of AI, then picked and arranged by hand.