Make learning and play a little more festive this holiday season with these free Christmas dot marker printables!
This collection includes 20 Christmas-themed pages featuring everything from a Christmas tree and ornament to Santa, a reindeer, a gingerbread house, a snowman, and more. Kids can fill each circle with colorful dot markers to create their own cheerful holiday pictures.
These Christmas do-a-dot pages are an easy activity for preschool, Pre-K, kindergarten, homeschool, classrooms, holiday parties, or a cozy afternoon at home. In addition to being fun, dot marker activities give little ones an opportunity to practice fine motor control, hand-eye coordination, color recognition, and concentration.
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- About the Printables
- How to Download and Print the Christmas Dot Marker Pages
- Supplies
- What Can I Use Instead of Dot Markers?
- Christmas Dot Marker Pages
- Fun Ways to Use These Christmas Do a Dot Pages
- Easy and More Detailed Christmas Dot Marker Pages
- Why Use Dot Marker Activities?
- Christmas Dot Marker Printable FAQ
- More Free Christmas Printables
About the Printables
There are 20 black-and-white dot marker pages in PDF format. Each page features a large holiday shape with plenty of circles for kids to fill with their favorite colors. The circles measure about ¾ inch, so they are sized to work well with standard dot markers and bingo daubers.
Some designs have fewer dots for a quicker activity, while others have lots of circles for kids who want to spend more time decorating their picture. This makes it easy to choose a page that works for different ages, skill levels, and attention spans.
How to Download and Print the Christmas Dot Marker Pages
Download the PDF using the “Get the PDF’ buttons below each page and save it to your computer or device. Open the file in your preferred PDF reader.
For the best results, print the pages on standard white copy paper using Actual Size or 100% scale. Be sure to keep the PDF at its original size to preserve the intended dot-marker size.
Regular printer paper works well for most dot marker activities. If you are using paint or heavy markers, cardstock is a sturdier option.
Supplies
You only need a few basic supplies for this Christmas activity:
- Printed Christmas dot marker pages
- Printer
- White copy paper or cardstock
- Dot markers or bingo daubers
If you don’t have dot markers, there are plenty of other ways to use these Christmas printables too. See below for suggestions.
What Can I Use Instead of Dot Markers?
These pages don’t have to be used only with traditional dot markers. Try covering the circles with round stickers, pom-poms, buttons, felt circles, or small pieces of round tissue paper (you can use a circle punch to make little circle versions). Kids can also color the circles with crayons or washable markers. For a hands-on activity, add washable finger paint and let kids make fingerprints inside the circles.
Christmas Dot Marker Pages
Decorate a classic Christmas tree covered with dot marker circles from top to bottom. Kids can use a mix of bright colors to make the dots look like ornaments or Christmas lights.
This round Christmas ornament has plenty of spaces to fill, making it one of the more detailed pages in the set. Try traditional red and green or a fun rainbow ornament.
Turn this wrapped present into a colorful Christmas package using dot markers. There are circles throughout the box, ribbon, and large bow, so this page provides plenty of dotting practice.
This cheerful snowman is bundled up with a top hat, scarf, and mittens. Kids can decorate his winter accessories and body with colorful dots. Pair it with these snowman coloring pages for extra wintertime fun.
Add colorful candy-inspired details to this smiling gingerbread man. The large body, arms, and legs give kids lots of detail to color in.
This classic Santa sleigh is one of the simpler designs in the collection. With fewer circles than some of the more detailed pages, it works well when you need a quick Christmas activity.
Fill this Santa hat with red dots and leave the fluffy trim white for a traditional look, or use any combination of colors. The simple shape makes this an easy Santa craft for younger children.
Decorate the loops and tails of this large Christmas bow with festive colors. It is a fun option to pair with the Christmas coloring page.
Create a cozy Christmas scene with this fireplace dot marker printable. Kids can use dot markers around the mantel, fireplace, logs, and flames for plenty of color variety.
This gingerbread house has candy-inspired details, windows, a door, and plenty of spaces to decorate. With more dots and small sections than some of the other pages, it is a great choice when you want a longer activity.
Decorate this classic candy cane with red and white stripes or create a candy cane in unique colors. It’s an easy Christmas do-a-dot page.
This snowflake works for both Christmas and winter crafts for kids. You can use blues, traditional Christmas colors, or turn every dot into a different color.
Gold and red would give this traditional Christmas bell and bow a classic holiday look, but kids can choose any colors they like.
This wreath features a large bow and circles arranged around the greenery. Kids can use green dot markers for the wreath and add red, gold, or other bright colors for the bow.
Decorate the reindeer’s antlers, face, ears, and nose with colorful dots. This cute Christmas character is also a fun choice for a Rudolph-themed activity. Pair it with one of these reindeer crafts for kids.
Fill this classic Christmas stocking with festive dots. Its large, open shape makes it easy for kids to create their own colorful stocking color palette.
This cheerful Santa face features his familiar hat, beard, mustache, and friendly expression. The large beard and hat provide lots of room for dot marker circles while keeping the overall picture easy to recognize.
Turn this oversized Christmas light dot marker printable into a bright holiday decoration. The large, simple shape gives kids plenty of room to make colorful dots and is another good choice for a quicker activity.
Decorate this classic Christmas greenery with red and green dots. This one is a fast and easy activity, great for little ones.
Finish the collection with a large five-point Christmas star. Kids can cover it with yellow or gold dots for a traditional look or make a bright multicolored star.
Fun Ways to Use These Christmas Do a Dot Pages
There are lots of easy ways to turn the printables into more than a simple coloring activity.
For color practice, name a color and have kids find several circles to fill with that color. You can also encourage them to decorate familiar Christmas objects using traditional colors, such as green for the wreath, red for Santa’s hat, or yellow for the star.
Use two or three dot marker colors to practice simple patterns. Try red-green-red-green or red-red-green and repeat the pattern across the circles.
The pages can also become a basic counting activity. Have children count the circles before they begin, count each dot as they fill it, or count how many dots of each color they used when they finish.
For a classroom or homeschool, print several different designs and set them out with assorted dot marker colors. Kids can choose their favorite page and work independently or rotate through several designs.
Easy and More Detailed Christmas Dot Marker Pages
The designs have different numbers of circles, so you can choose one based on how long you want the activity to last.
For a simpler or quicker activity, try the sleigh, snowflake, wreath, holly, candy cane, Santa hat, or stocking. These have easy-to-recognize shapes and fewer areas to complete.
For kids who want a more detailed dot marker activity, the Christmas ornament, present, gingerbread house, Christmas tree, star, and Christmas light provide more spaces to fill.
Why Use Dot Marker Activities?
Dot marker pages are simple to set up, but they also give young children opportunities to practice several early learning skills while they play.
Holding and pressing a dot marker can help children practice fine motor control and hand strength, while aiming for each circle encourages hand-eye coordination and visual attention. Using different colors can also reinforce color recognition and give kids a chance to make their own creative choices.
Most importantly, these pages turn that practice into a festive activity that feels more like decorating than completing a worksheet.
Christmas Dot Marker Printable FAQ
Dot marker printables are activity pages featuring open circles that children can fill with dot markers or bingo daubers. The circles can also be covered with stickers, pom-poms, counters, fingerprints, or other craft supplies.
The circles are approximately ¾ inch. They are sized to work with many standard dot markers. Print the PDF at 100% or Actual Size to keep the circles at their intended dimensions.
These activities are especially well suited to preschool, Pre-K, and kindergarten ages, but there is no strict age requirement. Younger children may prefer pages with fewer circles, while more detailed designs can provide a longer activity.
Yes. Bingo daubers work well with these Christmas printables as long as the dauber tip is close to the size of the circles.
Absolutely. Try round stickers, pom-poms, buttons, bingo chips, crayons, washable markers, play dough, tissue paper, or fingerprints instead.
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