Christmas Elf Coloring Pages (Free Printable PDFs)

Get into the festive spirit with our delightful collection of free, printable Christmas elf coloring pages!

Explore pages featuring cheerful elves, toy workshops, playful elf antics, and magical holiday scenes. Let your creativity sparkle and bring these merry little helpers to life with your vibrant colors!

Cute Christmas Elf Coloring Pages

Explore our cute and fun Christmas Elf coloring pages, designed with simple shapes and cartoon-style outlines. Perfect for young kids and preschoolers, these easy-to-color pages boost creativity and festive joy.

Realistic Christmas Elf Coloring Pages

We created detailed, advanced Christmas Elf coloring pages for older kids and adults. These intricate designs provide a fun and therapeutic way to enhance your coloring skills while enjoying a festive and creative activity.

Colors to Use for a Christmas Elf

Reds and greens for classic elf outfits. Tans for skin tones. Whites for fur trim. Bright colors like yellows, blues and purples for toy details.

But why stick to the same old seasonal stoppers when you can sleigh into a winter wonderland of artistic merriment? Make your elfin scene shimmer with festive magic by incorporating glistening tinsel textures, sugary candy cane color swirls, or even cosmic aurora light shows!

How to Color a Christmas Elf Coloring Page in Detail

A. Textured Effects: For an elf’s hat, use a red base coat. Add short, curved stroke patterns of varying darker shades to depict the fuzzy material texture.

B. Highlighting and Shadows: On an elf’s face, use a tan skin tone base. Add rosy red shading on cheeks and nose. Use white highlights on protruding areas like the tip of the nose.

Invite Creativity Challenge: Toy Factory Funhouse Fusion

Crank up your creative engines to “Toy Factory Funhouse Fusion” levels by envisioning wild elf workshops busting with offbeat, joy-inducing delight!

For example, design wacky contraption assembly lines launching playthings into interdimensional wormholes, mischievous elves joyriding in cuckoo-clockwork mechantoys, or even entire villages constructed from repurposed abandoned toys. This zany toymaking reimagining fosters unrestrained happy imagination!

3 DIY Christmas Elf Crafts

Get ready to craft up some jolly holiday fun!

Pom Pom Elf Dolls

You’ll Need:

• Christmas elf coloring pages
• Yarn in skin and outfit colors
• Cardboard circles or shapes
• Scissors
• Glue

Instructions:

1. Color elf designs on coloring pages.
2. Cut out elf shapes, hats, accessories.
3. Wrap yarn around cardboard to make pom poms.
4. Trim yarn loops and remove cardboard.
5. Glue pom poms using cutouts as guides.

Paper Bag Elf Puppets

You’ll Need:

• Christmas elf coloring pages
• Small paper bags
• Scissors
• Glue or tape
• Crayons, markers or colored pencils
• Craft sticks or straws (optional)

Instructions:

1. Color elf designs on coloring pages.
2. Cut out elf shapes and accessories.
3. Glue or tape pieces onto paper bags.
4. Color and decorate elf puppets.
5. Attach sticks/straws as handles if desired.

Toilet Paper Roll Elf Legs

You’ll Need:

• Christmas elf coloring pages
• Toilet paper rolls
• Scissors
• Glue or tape
• Crayons, markers or colored pencils
• Decorative materials (pom poms, pipe cleaners, etc.)

Instructions:

1. Color elf leg designs on coloring pages.
2. Cut out leg, shoe and stocking shapes.
3. Glue or tape pieces onto toilet paper rolls.
4. Color and decorate elf legs.
5. Add pom pom toes, pipe cleaner stripes, etc.