Christmas dot to dot printables
52 Christmas outlines in four real point counts. Start in the low twenties and finish near 80 with the densest gingerbread and tree cards.
52 printable sheets ·
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Nora Quill
Easy Christmas outlines
The Christmas pictures with the shortest count, in the low twenties, suited to a child who is still steady only up to there. Pencil paths stay fairly short, and smooth outlines turn only a handful of sharp corners. Detailed subjects in this group can still turn often, so check the corner figure on each card.
Medium Christmas outlines
The middle group, with counts in the high thirties, where counting is no longer the main job and following the outline around corners takes over. Shapes carry visibly more detail than in the easy group, with longer pencil paths and more sharp turns on the more intricate subjects. Good for a longer independent page.
Hard Christmas outlines
The densest Christmas outlines, reaching toward 58 dots, though simpler shapes may need fewer. Paths here are the longest on the page, and the most detailed pictures turn a sharp corner at most of their dots. Best for older children and adults who want a holiday sheet that keeps them busy for a few minutes.
Expert Christmas outlines
Four Christmas silhouettes at the densest expert count of about 80 dots. Use these when the hard set at 58 dots is going down without a pause.
Holiday outlines sorted by point count
This page gathers 52 Christmas dot to dot sheets: stars, snowmen, snowflakes, strings of lights, snowy trees, elves and more. They're grouped into easy, medium and hard by how many points each page has. Easy outlines sit in the low twenties, medium ones in the high thirties, and hard ones climb toward 58 dots, although simpler shapes may need fewer.
Each card gives the dot count, roughly how far the pencil travels and how many sharp corners the line turns on that sheet. The puzzle page never prints a faint guide line under the dots. The finished outline appears only on the answer page at the end of the PDF.
December tables with mixed ages
They come out in the last week of term, or on a slow holiday afternoon at the family table. Because the three groups share the same Christmas theme, a five year old and an older sibling can work side by side on pages that look alike but ask for very different amounts of counting.
Which Christmas dot to dot should a young child start with?
Start in the easy group, where the count stays in the low twenties. Within that group, look at the card: an outline with few sharp corners and a short pencil path, such as a star, is the gentlest. Pictures with many tight turns suit a child who already counts past twenty with confidence.
Reading the three groups
Easy is about counting: the sequence stays short and the dots sit far enough apart to point at. Medium keeps the counting into the high thirties and adds detail, so an outline gains more corners and a longer line. Hard is a test of a steady hand as much as of numbers, with long paths and, on the most detailed shapes, a sharp turn at most of the points.
When a child moves up a group, pick a picture they already know. The same kind of subject at a higher count shows them what the extra points add.
Printing a Christmas stack
Every sheet is one A4 page in black and white, so the finished picture can be coloured in afterwards with whatever is on the table. Keep the print dialog at actual size so small numbers stay readable on the dense sheets. For a class, print every page except the last of each file, then keep the answer pages for checking.
Pair the sheets with Christmas mazes or the sums-based Christmas color by number pages. For dot to dot outside the season, the main dot to dot printables collection runs all year.
How to use these sheets
- Pick a sheet and press Print. The file is a PDF sized for A4 and Letter paper.
- Print it in black and white at normal quality. None of these sheets need colour ink except the colour by number pages.
- Keep the answer page for yourself, or print it too if you want to check the work later.