Free Christmas Coloring Pages for Kids: Meet Birdie the Cardinal

Looking for a quiet, screen-free activity for the holidays? These free Christmas coloring pages star Birdie, a cheerful little cardinal from our Birdie's Cozy Cottage books. They're drawn with thick, bold lines and big open spaces, so toddlers and young kids can color them without getting frustrated by tiny details.

Both pages are free PDFs. Print as many as you like for your family, a classroom, or a holiday get-together.

Meet Birdie

Start with Birdie herself. This page is a simple portrait of Birdie the cardinal, a great first page for little ones meeting her for the first time. Red is the obvious choice, but there are no wrong colors here. A purple cardinal is a perfectly good cardinal.

Download the free Meet Birdie page

Birdie's Christmas Tree

Next, help Birdie decorate her Christmas tree. She's holding an ornament beside a decorated tree with a present waiting underneath. There's plenty of room to fill the ornaments with every color in the box.

Download the free Birdie's Christmas Tree page

Printing tips

• Plain printer paper works fine for crayons and colored pencils.
• Use heavier paper for markers. Cardstock holds up better to markers and makes finished pages sturdy enough to hang or give as gifts. See white cardstock on Amazon
• Print a few extra copies. Siblings, cousins, and grown-ups who "just want to try one" will ask.

Not sure which crayons or markers to use? See our guide to the best crayons and markers for toddlers, by age.

Ways to use finished pages

• Mail one to a grandparent. A colored page tucked into a Christmas card means more than anything store-bought.
• Make a fridge gallery. Hang every finished page and let kids give the "tour" to holiday guests.
• Color together. Print two copies and color side by side. Comparing how you each colored the same page is half the fun.

Want more Birdie?

These two pages come from Birdie's Christmas Coloring Book: 52 bold and easy cozy cottage pages where Birdie and her woodland friends, Lyle the hedgehog, Clover the bunny, and Hazel the fox, get ready for Christmas. It makes an easy stocking stuffer for toddlers and young kids.

Prefer to print at home? Our Birdie Christmas printable packs let you print pages as many times as you need.

For more free holiday pages, including large print pages for grown-ups and our December coloring calendars, visit our Christmas coloring pages hub.