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    Free Printable Nutcracker Ballet Christmas Coloring Pages

    Published: Nov 26, 2021 · Modified: Dec 23, 2023

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    Celebrate a Christmas tradition with these free printable Nutcracker ballet coloring pages!

    Five printable Nutcracker ballet Christmas coloring pages showing Clara, the Nutcracker, and the Sugar Plum Fairy.

    This set of 11 free Christmas ballet coloring sheets feature popular characters including Clara, the Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy, Mother Ginger, and a Snowflake.

    If you love Christmas, you've come to the right place. Make sure to stop by this page of free Christmas printables for party games, templates, additional coloring pages, and more.

    For even more holiday coloring, grab these tropical Santa coloring pages, easy coloring Christmas coloring pages, and Christmas tree coloring pages.

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    Printable coloring pages are so much fun. I think they're even better than buying a printed coloring book.

    You don't have to buy a whole new book (or wait out a meltdown) when your child decides they wanted to color the page a different way or wants to color their favorite page again. Just print a new copy!

    It's also easy to make your own Christmas cards with printable coloring pages.

    Print them four up (four to a page) for postcard style cards or print them as a "booklet," trim, and fold. This is simple to do in Acrobat Reader, which is a free download if you don't have it already. Just make sure your settings look like what your see below with "binding: left" selected so the cards print correctly.

    A print preview dialogue box from Acrobat Readers showing the print booklet feature to turn a Nutcracker coloring page into a Christmas card.

    For professional-feeling coloring pages that are fun to color, make sure to use a nicer paper (not whatever cheap feeling paper is in the printer at work).

    Remember that rough, yellow paper in your coloring books as a kid? It wasn't much fun to color on, was it?

    Cardstock is a good choice for making your own Christmas cards, but I use and recommend HP 32# paper for coloring pages. It's the opposite of that yellow, see-through paper you didn't like as a kid. It's thicker and brighter than "regular" copy paper, which helps keep markers from feathering.

    The paper also feels smoother, so pencils and crayons glide and color smoothly on it. For a side-by-side comparison of printables on various papers, please see this post looking at the best paper for printables.

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    Our family's favorite budget markers (that actually work) are Crayola Supertips. They’re a bargain and fun for adults and children.

    The fine tip makes them better than many other markers for coloring details. Because there are dozens of shades, they're great for colorful Christmas pages.

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    Prismacolors are my top choice for colored pencils. 

    Even the more budget lines of Prismacolor colored pencils are softer and creamier than brands like Crayola. Prismacolors color easily and are great for blending.

    A colorless Prismacolor blending pencil is the perfect tool for the job if you want to start blending colored pencils.

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    Gel pens are a fun way to add sparkle to these holiday coloring pages. The "juicier" pens, like Gelly Roll, are perfect for blending to create stunning designs. Discover the best gel pens for coloring in this post.

    If you don't have time to read the whole post about gel pens, the short version is Sakura Gelly roll pens are great for coloring. The Tanmit pens shown below are a solid budget pick that actually colors fairly well. (Many cheaper gel pens are scratchy and difficult/annoying to color with.)

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    A preview of two Nutcracker themed Christmas coloring pages. One shows Clara holding her new toy nutcracker, the other shows the Nutcracker at human size.

    Nutcracker Christmas coloring pages for kids

    The coloring page printables are shown in sets to help this page load more quickly.

    Each sheet has its own page in your printable PDF.

    Download information and license terms are located below the previews. Any blurriness or pixilation in the previews is because of image compression for the web. The printable PDF is high resolution.

    Two Nutcracker ballet coloring pages showing scenes from the beginning of the Christmas party.
    Two Nutcracker Ballet coloring pages. The page on the left has the Nutcracker at human size when he first appears in Clara's home. The page on the right shows the Sugar Plum Fairy.
    Two Nutcracker Ballet coloring pages. The page on the left has the Nutcracker at human size with a drum the page on the right has Mother Ginger
    Two Nutcracker Ballet coloring pages. The page on the left has the Nutcracker at human size, the page on the right shows a dancing Snowflake
    Three Nutcracker ballet Christmas coloring pages showing Clara and the Nutcracker

    Like all printable coloring pages on The Artisan Life, these sheets are available for personal and classroom use. You are welcome to use them in your own personal classroom, with your Scout troop, your own therapy clients, etc. as long as you are organizing the activity.

    You are not licensed to alter, sell, or redistribute the files (digital or printed) to others for their use. You absolutely are not licensed to post them for sale or download on any website. Please send your friends and family to this page to download their own copies.

    If you agree to this license, you may click below:

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    I hope you enjoy coloring these Nutcracker Christmas coloring pages! Be sure to check out these additional Christmas printables while you're here:

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