1. Leaf wreath with a candle
Three rings of leaves with berries, a bow, and a candle with holly in the middle.
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Christmas wreath coloring pages
Six wreaths, each made a different way: overlapping leaves and berries, holly, pine boughs with cones and baubles, a ring of ornaments, a ring of flowers, and a bold leaf wreath with larger shapes. Some have something in the middle: a candle, a star or a small mandala.
Print them on letter paper or color them on screen. A finished wreath, cut out, makes a good front for a card.
Each page prints on one sheet of US letter paper. Under every page are buttons to print just that one, to color it on screen, or to save it as a picture.
2. Holly wreath with a star
Pairs of spiny holly leaves with berry clusters, round an eight-pointed star.
3. Pine wreath with a mandala
Pine boughs with cones and baubles, and a mandala in the center.
4. Wreath of baubles
A ring of ornaments in many sizes, each decorated differently, tied with a bow.
5. Wreath of winter flowers
A ring of blossoms: roses, daisies and dahlias packed together.
6. Leaf wreath in bold lines
Fewer, larger leaves with heavy outlines, round a star.
About wreaths
A wreath is greenery bound into a ring. Evergreens were the natural choice in northern winters because they stay green when everything else is bare, and a circle, having no end, came to stand for the turning year.
The Advent wreath, with candles lit one by one in the weeks before Christmas, is usually traced to Johann Hinrich Wichern, a pastor in Hamburg, Germany, who set candles on a large wooden ring for the children in his care in 1839. Holly, with its spiny leaves and red berries, has been used in winter decoration in Britain for many centuries; only the female plants carry berries.
Color ideas for these pages
Use at least two greens. On the leaf wreath there are three rings of leaves: color the outer ring dark, the inner ring mid green and the top ring light, and the wreath will look thick. Berries in red, bow in red or gold.
The bauble and flower wreaths can take any colors at all. A good rule is to choose four and repeat them round the ring, so no two neighbors match.
Which page to start with
This set has 6 pages: 1 bold and easy, 4 medium and 1 detailed. The quickest to finish is “Leaf wreath in bold lines,” with 83 areas to color, and the longest is “Wreath of winter flowers,” with 455. Bold and easy pages have heavy lines and large shapes that suit markers and tired eyes; detailed pages have fine lines for sharp pencils or gel pens.
How printing, saving and coloring on screen work is explained on the coloring pages home. If you like filling shapes by number, Linseed Loft Color by Number is a free paint by number game with 74 pictures.