Learn How to Draw A Christmas Cookie
Draw this Christmas cookie in 6 easy steps with a pencil and eraser. It takes about 15 minutes and works for ages 5 and up. Print the free step-by-step page below, or draw along with the video. The page comes from Kevin Coulston’s book How to Draw: Christmas.
- Step-by-step drawing
- Ages 5+
- Grades K–2
- Easy
- About 15 min with the video
You’ll need
- Pencil and eraser
- Paper, or the printed page
- Crayons, markers or colored pencils
You’ll practice
- Breaking a drawing into simple shapes
- Following steps in order
- Adding your own details
Free Activity Page from How to Draw: Christmas
Watch it being drawn
Watch the pencil draw it one step at a time, then grab a pencil and try it yourself.
Learn How to Draw A Christmas Cookie Step by Step
Today I’m excited to share another festive free activity page from my book How to Draw: Christmas. This time, the free page features a cheerful, round Christmas cookie with a friendly face, icing details, and colorful sprinkles—everything you’d expect from a holiday treat brought to life in cartoon form. Using this page, young artists will learn How to Draw A Christmas Cookie in six simple, kid-friendly steps.
Like all characters in my books, this cookie character is hand-drawn by me, not generated by AI. Every line, shape, and expression is intentionally crafted to make the drawing process approachable for kids ages 5+ while still keeping the artwork fun and expressive. If your child loves cute food characters, holiday art activities, or creative drawing challenges, learning How to Draw A Christmas Cookie will be a perfect seasonal project.
About the Book: How to Draw: Christmas
While today’s free page focuses on How to Draw A Christmas Cookie, the full book contains many more holiday characters. How to Draw: Christmas follows the same simple, structured six-step method used in all books in my How to Draw series.
Inside, kids will find lessons showing them how to draw:
- Santa
- Reindeer
- Snowmen
- Gingerbread characters
- Ornaments
- Christmas trees
- Holiday treats
- Winter animals
- Festive decorations
Each character begins with a few simple shapes and gradually builds into a completed cartoon drawing. By following the pages in order, kids start gaining confidence with curves, angles, proportions, expressions, and details. And just like the cookie page teaches them How to Draw A Christmas Cookie, the rest of the book introduces new and exciting holiday-themed drawings.
Parents love this book because it provides structured, screen-free creative time, and kids love it because the characters are fun and friendly.
Why Kids Love Learning How to Draw A Christmas Cookie
Food characters are always popular with young artists—and when you combine that with a holiday theme, the joy multiplies. The cartoon cookie in this free page is expressive, cute, and very approachable for beginners.
Here’s why kids get so excited about learning How to Draw A Christmas Cookie:
1. It’s Cute and Instantly Recognizable
A smiling cookie is a character kids understand right away. The concept is simple, but the drawing feels special.
2. It Builds Drawing Confidence
Once kids complete the six-step page, they look at their finished cookie and feel like they accomplished something creative and fun.
3. It Allows for Personalization
After mastering How to Draw A Christmas Cookie, kids can make unlimited variations—frosting styles, sprinkle designs, cookie shapes, expressions, and more.
4. It Makes a Fun Holiday Craft
Parents can print multiple copies so siblings can each create their own version. These make adorable decorations for refrigerators, walls, classroom boards, or holiday cards.
5. It Encourages Screen-Free Creative Play
This drawing page keeps kids focused and imaginative, giving them something fun and productive to do during the winter season.
Learn to Draw Christmas Characters
The How to Draw Series
How to Draw: Christmas is part of my larger How to Draw series, which now includes dozens of books covering themes such as:
- Animals
- Robots
- Dinosaurs
- Monsters
- Mermaids
- Food characters
- Space creatures
- Cute stuff of all kinds
Every book uses my six-step drawing method, making the process easy to learn and approachable for kids who might otherwise feel intimidated by drawing. Parents often tell me that these books helped their children build confidence not just in art but in overall creativity.
The free page that teaches kids How to Draw A Christmas Cookie is a great introduction to the style and structure of the entire series.
View The Full How to Draw Series
Other Formats for Christmas Drawing Fun
If your child enjoys creative holiday activities, this Christmas theme is also available in two additional formats:
- Trace Then Color: Cartoon Christmas Characters — great for younger kids
- Draw by Grid: Christmas — a structured grid-copying format to build accuracy
The different formats allow kids to move through the series as their drawing skills and confidence grow. The How to Draw A Christmas Cookie page fits perfectly as part of this creative progression.
Why Parents Love These Holiday Drawing Pages
Parents often tell me how much they appreciate having seasonal art pages that their kids enjoy without needing screens or complex instructions. Learning How to Draw A Christmas Cookie isn’t just fun—it’s constructive.
This type of activity helps kids:
- Practice fine motor skills
- Improve pencil control
- Understand shape construction
- Explore creative expression
- Build patience and focus
And because the holiday theme is naturally fun, kids stay engaged longer, creating multiple versions of the artwork.
About the Free Christmas Cookie Drawing Page
The free page included with this post breaks down How to Draw A Christmas Cookie into six easy-to-follow steps. The cookie itself is round with a thick icing border, little sprinkle shapes, and an adorable smiling face right in the center. The goal is to help kids see how even detailed drawings can be built from simple shapes.
Step-by-Step Christmas Drawing
Here’s what kids experience while working through the activity:
- Step 1: Start with the basic circle shape
- Step 2: Build the signature icing outline
- Step 3: Add sprinkle shapes
- Step 4: Add the cookie’s friendly facial expression
- Step 5: Clean up details
- Step 6: Finalize the cartoon cookie with personality
These steps keep the drawing process manageable, even for beginners. By the end, young artists understand How to Draw A Christmas Cookie from scratch and—more importantly—feel proud of what they’ve created.
Free Activity Page (save and print):
Kids can also print this page multiple times to experiment with:
- Different icing designs
- Sprinkle patterns
- Facial expressions
- Colors and shading
- Holiday backgrounds
Doing this encourages creativity and makes the free page more versatile than a single-use activity.
Final Thoughts
I hope your young artist enjoys today’s free activity page and has a great time learning How to Draw A Christmas Cookie. It’s a simple, joyful drawing exercise that fits perfectly into the holiday season, whether you use it at home, in the classroom, at a Christmas party, or as a fun winter break activity.
If your child enjoys this free page, the full How to Draw: Christmas book offers many more festive characters to explore and draw.
Draw it 3 ways
Every FirstArtBooks theme comes in three formats. Trace it, draw it step by step, or copy it square by square: the more ways kids draw a character, the better they know it.
- How to Draw
Draw it step by stepYou’re on this pageSee all How to Draw books - Trace Then ColorTrace Then Color booksTrace it, then color itNo free page of this one yet. See the Trace Then Color books (ages 3+)
- Draw by GridDraw by Grid booksCopy it square by squareNo free page of this one yet. See the Draw by Grid books (ages 7+)
Finished? Draw the scene next
- Add a background: draw a cozy room with a window and decorations.
- Write one line under your picture to finish this story:
On the night before the holiday…
That’s a picture book page. Draw two more and you have a whole story.
Draw it, then write about it
Give your christmas cookie a name and a job. What makes it happy, and what makes it grumpy? Write two or three sentences.
Directed drawing and writing worksheets for this lesson: Christmas Cookie Directed Drawing and Writing Worksheet, with a kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd–3rd grade writing page.
Print a draw-and-write sheet: a box for the drawing and lines for the story. Primary lines (K–2) · Regular lines (grades 2–5)
Want to make it a whole story? Try the comic story starter or fold a mini-book in Story Studio.
Common mistakes and quick fixes
- The character has no holiday clues.
- Add one clear detail: a hat, a scarf, a bow, lights or a heart.
- The round shapes look lumpy.
- Draw circles in one smooth movement, or trace around a cup or a lid.
- The colors blend together.
- Pick two or three colors for the whole picture, and leave some white.
- Pressing hard from the very first step.
- Use light, sketchy lines first. You can erase them easily and go over the lines you keep at the end.
More in 10 common drawing mistakes kids make.
Talk about it
For the grown-up: ask one or two of these while your child draws. There are no wrong answers.
- What is your favorite thing about this holiday?
- Who would you give this drawing to?
- Which step was the trickiest? What did you do to get past it?
- What shapes can you find in your drawing?
More ideas in 25 questions to ask kids about their art.
Questions about this drawing lesson
What age is this christmas cookie drawing lesson for?
Ages 5 and up (about grades K to 2). Younger kids can follow along with a grown-up, one step at a time.
How long does it take?
About 15 minutes, including time to pause the video. Kids who add their own details or a background often keep going longer.
What supplies do you need?
Pencil and eraser; paper, or the printed page; crayons, markers or colored pencils.
What size does it print?
US Letter (8.5 by 11 inches). Use Print this page or Download PDF above. On A4 paper, choose “Fit to page” in the print settings.
Can kids draw the christmas cookie without printing the page?
Yes. Draw on any paper and copy one step at a time from the screen, or pause the video after each step. Classroom mode shows one step at a time, full screen.
For teachers: grade, timing and standards
Grades K–2, about 15 minutes. Step-by-step drawing, easy level. The video does the teaching: press play and let students draw along.
National Core Arts Standards (visual arts)
- VA:Cr2 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: students build drawing skills by following a sequence of steps.
- VA:Cr3 Refine and complete artistic work: students add their own details, expressions and color to finish the character.
See every lesson by standard, plus the math in grid drawing, on the arts standards map.
Copies: print as many as your class needs. Use classroom mode above to show one step at a time on your board. More in the teacher resources and our no-prep sub plans.
Get the free Christmas Drawing Pack
10 printable Christmas pages to draw, trace, color and decorate, sent with your welcome email. After that, Kevin’s newsletter brings new free pages and book news.
Take the idea into a book
Want more characters to draw, trace or color? Explore these related books and see which approach fits your next creative session.
How to Draw: Christmas
By Kevin Coulston
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Trace Then Color: Cartoon Christmas Characters
By Kevin Coulston
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Draw by Grid: Christmas
By Kevin Coulston
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