How to Draw Santa Claus in an Easy-to-Follow Grid | From My Christmas Grid Drawing Book for Kids

by | Dec 2, 2025 | Christmas, Free Activity Pages, How to Draw Books for Kids

Free Grid Drawing Page from Draw by Grid: Christmas — Learn How to Draw Santa Claus

The holiday season is a perfect time for kids to slow down, get creative, and enjoy some fun, screen-free activities. Today, I’m excited to share a brand-new free page from my book Draw by Grid: Christmas—a festive grid drawing activity that teaches your young artist How to Draw Santa Claus one square at a time. This free page features a cheerful Santa head with his classic hat, a fluffy beard, a big round nose, happy eyes, and a warm holiday smile.

If your child enjoys drawing Christmas characters and loves structured activities that build confidence, they’re going to have a lot of fun learning How to Draw Santa Claus with this grid page.

Draw by Grid: Christmas

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About the Book: Draw by Grid: Christmas

The free Santa page is just one example of the cozy, cheerful holiday drawings kids can learn to create in Draw by Grid: Christmas. This book takes a variety of holiday-themed illustrations and breaks each one into simple grid drawings. The goal is to give kids a relaxing, guided way to enjoy drawing during the holiday season.

Inside the book, kids will find winter animals, festive treats, and Christmas-themed characters—all hand-drawn by me, Kevin Coulston. Every page follows the same accessible grid-to-blank-grid format, giving kids all the structure they need to succeed while still feeling like their creativity is front and center.

If your child enjoys learning How to Draw Santa Claus with today’s free page, they’ll absolutely love exploring the rest of the book. It’s packed with festive drawings designed to spark creativity and keep kids busy in the best way.

Learn to Draw Christmas Characters

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Why Kids Love the Grid Drawing Method

One of the biggest reasons kids enjoy learning How to Draw Santa Claus with a grid is because the method makes complicated drawings feel easy. When they’re not staring at a whole picture at once and instead working square by square, they feel more relaxed and confident.

Here are a few reasons grid drawing is especially great this time of year:

  • It encourages focus without feeling overwhelming.
  • It improves recognition of shapes and proportions.
  • It helps kids see drawing as a fun process instead of something stressful.
  • It gives them a “framework” they can understand and trust.

And once kids successfully learn How to Draw Santa Claus using the grid, they often want to try more pages because they’ve proven to themselves that they can do it.


Other Versions of the Christmas Book

If your child enjoys learning How to Draw Santa Claus, but grid drawing isn’t their only preferred style, this holiday theme is also available in two additional formats:

Each format teaches drawing in a different way, but all three share the same hand-drawn illustrations and festive holiday spirit. Some families pick up more than one version so kids can practice drawing with different methods and sharpen their skills while having fun.


About the Art Books for Kids Series

The Draw by Grid books are part of my larger Art Books for Kids series, which now includes more than 80 titles. From robots to unicorns, dinosaurs to baby animals, monsters to holiday themes, every book is created to help kids explore drawing in a fun, screen-free way.

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All the artwork in the entire series is hand-drawn by me—no AI art, no shortcuts. My goal is to give kids artwork that feels warm, expressive, and friendly, and that encourages them to keep practicing and discovering what they can create.

Whether kids like tracing, step-by-step drawing, challenge-style prompts, or structured grid activities, there’s a book in the series to match what they love most. And if they enjoyed learning How to Draw Santa Claus from today’s free page, they’ll have plenty of opportunities to keep drawing through the winter season and beyond.


About Today’s Free Santa Grid Page

This free drawing page is designed to help young artists learn How to Draw Santa Claus by breaking the drawing into small, manageable squares. The page shows Santa’s head with all the features kids instantly recognize—his red hat with the fluffy pom-pom, his friendly eyes, his big smile, and of course, that iconic beard.

Get The Book!

Learning How to Draw Santa Claus through a grid makes the process surprisingly simple. Kids match what they see in each square and recreate it on the blank grid next to it. This method builds accuracy, attention to detail, and patience, but in a way that feels like a holiday puzzle.

Once kids finish the grid drawing of Santa, they can outline it, color it, decorate the background, or even create additional holiday characters to go with him. The free page will give them a strong starting point and a fun, festive drawing to be proud of.

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Final Thoughts

Kids love the magic of Christmas, and drawing Santa is one of the simplest ways to bring that magic to life on paper. This free grid page is a perfect introduction—fun, accessible, and rewarding. If your child enjoys learning How to Draw Santa Claus, they’ll find even more holiday creativity waiting for them inside Draw by Grid: Christmas.

Feel free to print the page more than once so kids can practice, experiment with colors, or draw a whole collection of Santas—each one with its own personality. And if they want to explore more holiday and non-holiday themes, the rest of my drawing books are ready whenever they are.

Christmas Drawing Book for Kids

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Meet The Author & Artist

Kevin Coulston is a children’s book author, illustrator, cartoonist, and member of the National Cartoonists Society. Over the course of his career, he has published more than 100 books, including instructional drawing books, activity books, comics, graphic novels, and children’s picture books.

His popular How to Draw, Trace Then Color, and Draw by Grid series have helped thousands of aspiring young artists learn to draw through simple, approachable lessons featuring hundreds of Kevin’s original cartoon characters.

Kevin is also the creator of the comic series Dylan McVillain and The Adventures of a 4th Grade Space Captain, as well as the children’s picture book series Alexis and the T-Rexes. In addition to his publishing work, Kevin created, wrote, illustrated, and animated the web series Bad Jokes with Ugly Folks, starring legendary voice actors Rob Paulsen and Tara Strong.

Kevin believes anyone can learn to draw—and that learning is a lot more fun when the characters you’re drawing are weird, silly, and just a little ridiculous.

What Our Customers Are Saying

“The author really does a great job demonstrating how easy (and rewarding!) it can be to draw seemingly ordinary things you (and your little ones!) may feel too intimidated to try drawing without the step-by-step guide! Putting already-known shapes together and making something new and original is a fantastic way to learn! And recognizing that you can add your own twists and personality to your drawings makes all the difference. I think it’s a fun, original approach to building confidence for a lifelong hobby. I have the ebook copy, and can only imagine how great a physical copy would be!”

– Daenarah [Amazon Review]

“There are several of these fun books by this author. My kids and I have had a lot of fun with these. It’s a great activity to do as a family and see how they all turn out. Almost like a sip and paint but more of a juice box and draw.”

– Allison B. [Amazon Review]

My kids can’t wait to start drawing these monsters in their illustrations! The many different moods of the monsters appeal to their different personalities. We love the many options, styles, and opportunities to expand upon the characters. Recommended for all ages!

– Kasey [Amazon Review]

“Kevin has put out many books on drawing and animation, and has such a great feel for HOW to explain the process. His art is so expressive and kid-friendly, but his real strength is in his ability to really explain and show how it’s done, making it accessible to kids and adults. I’m a firm believer that not everyone who “can do” can teach, but Kevin does both beautifully! Pick this up and watch kids have a blast making robots of all sorts, while learning great fundamental art skills at the same time!”

– Tom R. [Amazon Review]

“My 5yo LOVES this book! The drawings are cute and the instructions are easy to follow along with. She gets a kick out of drawing muffin monsters and ketchup monsters and it actually keeps her pretty focused for long periods of time.”

– Monica [Amazon Review]

“This is a fantastic book for kids who love art, cartoons, comic books, or just having fun! There are a lot of characters to choose from, and really easy step-by-step instructions to follow. You child will have a blast drawing these fun, silly characters! And just in time for Easter baskets!”

– Bestmomever [Amazon Review]

“This is a very good book for kids that want to learn to draw, my sons love it and Kevin does a great job of making drawing fun and not intimidating. Highly recommended for the long summer hours!”

– David D. [Amazon Review]

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