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These free Christmas colour by number sheets give children aged 4 to 6 a set of 12 Christmas pictures to reveal square by square: find the number, then colour each square to match the key. Every sheet is a Word document with an answer page, on US Letter and A4, ready to print. Every template is human-made by a teacher: I’m Patrick Elliott, a teacher and Inclusion Lead, and I designed and built each one myself in Microsoft Word, then printed them to check they line up and fill the page as they should.

In this guide, you’ll find what is in the set, how colour by number works, and how to use the sheets with a class or at home.

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What’s in the Christmas Colour by Number

Paper	What you get	Best for
US Letter	12 pictures, numbers 1 to 10, each with an answer page (US wording: color), in color	Ages 4 to 6
A4	12 pictures, numbers 1 to 10, each with an answer page (UK wording: colour), in colour	Ages 4 to 6

👉 The grid and the colour key are Word tables, so you can change any number or swap a colour in seconds.

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What Is Colour by Number?

Colour by number is a picture hidden in a grid. Every square holds a number or a sum, and the key at the top gives one colour for each answer. Children work out each square and colour it, and the picture appears as they go, so the maths checks itself: a wrong answer shows up as a square that does not fit the picture.

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What Is in the Set?

• 12 Christmas pictures: a Christmas tree, a present, a gingerbread house, a Santa hat, a stocking, a candy cane, a reindeer, a star, a snowman, a bell, a wreath and a gingerbread man.
• Numbers 1 to 10: one number in each square, printed large, for number recognition with up to eight colours.
• Big squares: a 12 by 14 grid that fills the page, so small hands can colour inside the lines.
• An answer page for every picture: the finished picture with the same key, for marking or self-checking.
• US and UK wording: the US Letter files say color, and the A4 files say colour.
• Works on any printer: each colour is named under its swatch in the key, so the sheets work in black and white too.

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How to Use the Colour by Number Sheets

1. Read the key together first: point to each number and say its colour.
2. Point to each colour name under the key, so children who cannot read yet know which crayon to use.
3. Find every square with the first number and colour them all, then move on to the next number.
4. Check with the answer page, and talk about the picture that appeared.

Start with the colour that covers the most squares, usually the sky, so the picture appears quickly and keeps children going. For children still learning their numbers, colour one number at a time and cross it off the key when it is done.

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How to Print at the Right Size

1. Open the template in Word and press Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on a Mac).
2. Choose the paper size in the file name: A4 for UK and Australian sheets, US Letter for US sheets.
3. Set scaling to 100% or Actual size, not Fit to page.
4. Print one sheet and measure a row with a ruler before you print a class set.

Every sheet keeps a 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) margin on all sides, so nothing is cut off on home inkjets, school laser printers or older printers with a wide edge.

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FAQs

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Conclusion

These Christmas colour by number sheets turn find the number practice into a picture children want to finish, made by a teacher and ready to print from Word.

Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP, and for more practice try the Christmas coordinate graphing mystery pictures.

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Related Tutorials

• Free Christmas Coordinate Graphing Mystery Pictures for Word
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• Free Christmas Colour by Number for Word: Multiplication and Division