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Free printable Christmas trees are useful outlines and coloring pages for holiday projects at home, in the classroom, or at a craft table. Depending on the design, a printable may show a plain tree shape, a decorated tree, or several different outlines. These pages give children and adults a ready-made pattern without requiring careful drawing or special design software.
Use the trees for coloring, cutting, tracing, decorating, or creating handmade holiday displays. A blank outline works especially well when children need room to add ornaments, lights, patterns, names, or seasonal messages. More detailed designs can be used as coloring pages or inspiration for greeting cards and paper decorations.
Who Can Use These Christmas Tree Printables?
- Parents: Prepare a quiet activity for a snow day, holiday break, or family craft session.
- Teachers: Add a low-preparation art project to a December lesson or classroom center.
- Child-care providers: Use multiple tree shapes for group projects and seasonal bulletin boards.
- Crafters: Turn printed outlines into stencils, ornaments, garlands, gift tags, or fabric patterns.
- Adults: Create simple handmade cards, table decorations, or gift embellishments.
Practical Ways to Use the Templates
- Choose a tree outline or coloring design that fits your project.
- Open the printable file and print a test page before using specialty paper.
- Color the tree with crayons, colored pencils, markers, or paint.
- Cut around the outside edge for a paper decoration or stencil.
- Add glitter, buttons, stickers, pom-poms, yarn, or scraps of colored paper.
- Attach string or ribbon if you are making a hanging ornament.
For classroom use, print several copies and let students compare different decorating ideas. For a simple garland, cut out several trees, decorate both sides, and attach them to twine with tape or small clips. You can also place a completed tree on folded cardstock to make a personalized Christmas card.
Printing Tips
Most Christmas tree printables are designed for standard US Letter paper, measuring 8.5 by 11 inches. Select Actual Size or 100% scale when you need the template to remain its original size. Choose Fit to Page if the design is slightly larger than your printer’s margins. Use regular copy paper for coloring and tracing, but choose cardstock for ornaments, signs, and pieces that need to stand up to cutting or gluing.
Print in black and white to save ink when children will decorate the trees themselves. For a stronger stencil, print on cardstock, cut out the shape, and trace it onto construction paper, felt, foam, fabric, or cardboard. Always check the paper orientation and preview the page so the tree is centered before printing multiple copies.
Where to Find and Print Free Printable Christmas Trees
Christmas Tree Templates | First Palette
Six free printable Christmas tree templates for crafts, coloring, tracing, and learning activities, with instructions for printing on Letter or A4 paper.
60 Christmas Tree Templates | Monday Mandala
A large collection of free PDF Christmas tree templates in assorted styles for coloring, cutouts, ornaments, gift tags, decorations, and crafts.