It’s Jingle Bells and Holly Season! For creatives, that means it’s time to draw every Christmas thing imaginable. But what should you draw? Literally everything on this list of 79 X Mas Drawing Prompts!
So let’s get started!
The X Mas Drawing Prompts List
But before we start, snag the free printable of all of these X Mas Drawing Prompts! Trust me, 79 Christmas drawing ideas is a lot to keep track of so you’ll want a little pocket PDF.
But I put my back and soul into this post so please read <3.
X Mas Drawing Prompts: beautiful Christmas drawing ideas
Christmas Drawing Ideas Aesthetic
1. A Candy Cane Village
So picture this: The sky turns a dark blue, the crickets start chirping, and you’re lulled to sleep.
The next day, you wake to a sweet scent and open your eyes to see massive red and white-striped columns.
Overnight, your neighborhood turned into a candy cane paradise.
Draw the scene, your shock, or a candy cane house.
2. A Cozy Gingerbread Couple by a Fireplace
It’s Christmas. You and your rich family head over to your winter cabin in the woods for some wholesome family bonding.
You enter the house, but you can already hear the fireplace crackling and the soft sounds of laughter.
Spooked, your family slowly inches to the living area where you see an innocent gingerbread couple crocheting and gently rocking on their chairs.
So how would you draw it?
3. Animal Crossing Style: Winter Scenery
Animal Crossing is the epitome of aesthetic game scenery.
So why not make your own Animal Crossing-inspired winter scene?
You can draw your character or favorite villager in a Christmas costume, or even your village layout!
P.S. Here are some super easy & cute X Mas drawing tutorials that’ll help your Jingle Season pop off like it should:
4. A Sassy Gingerbread House
So one day, you & your friends are feeling silly, goofy, and Christmas-y. So you build a gingerbread house.
But the next day, your gingerbread house is alive, and it’s sassing you for not giving it the premium decorations it deserves.
Draw the gingerbread house, you kneeling for forgiveness at its feet, or anything else that comes to mind!
5. A Christmas Kitty Snow Globe
So snow globes are a Christmas classic. Yet I’m not seeing a ton of them cat-themed.
It’s a crisis, and it needs to be fixed immediately. Luckily, you can draw this snow globe cat step-by-step tutorial here!
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6. Gay Santa Claus
Now, is it Christmas without spooky gay Claus couple to scare homophobic people? I don’t think so. So let’s draw them.
So this idea can be literal – you can recreate the Claus couple as a painting gift or card for your parents or partner.
But you can also draw a gay Claus couple minding their business and a homophobic Karen screaming in the distance. It’s your choice <3.
7. Reindeer in an Icy Flower Field
So the weather has taken a turn for the worse. The snow is doing the most and so is the rain.
The result is an icy ground treacherous for pedestrians.
Yet miraculously, a flower field freezes beautifully, and reindeer are found prancing through the flowers.
So draw a landscape piece, focus on a single reindeer (made of ice or otherwise), or just the flowers!
8. Snowmen Séance
So it’s late at night on Christmas Eve. The reindeer and Santa are out making deliveries while the elves are asleep.
The snowmen meet deep in the woods for their annual witchy séance. Draw your impression.
9. Ice Elemental Elves
Since we’re on the theme of Christmas beauty, nothing can top ice-carved elves.
Imagine that Santa’s workers’ elves aren’t tiny and gnome-like. But instead, they’re tall, lean, and elegant.
So how would you draw them?
Now it may not be icy elves, but these drawing tutorials are equally as Christmas-y and aesthetic!
10. The North Pole as a Snowy Castle
So this prompt is super simple. It’s just a castle base carved from snow or with snow decorating it.
It can also be an ice castle or whatever else comes to mind!
11. Santa Cat Stuck in a Chimney
So, in another world, Santa is actually a chunky cat who eats his weight in Christmas cookies but insists he’s a skinny queen.
So he goes through the chimney as a skinny queen should. Yet that last cookie took him over the edge, and now he’s stuck.
Draw the scene.
Christmas Drawing Ideas Anime
12. Studio Ghibli Christmas Background
Studio Ghibli can be applied to anything, and people will still eat it up. So draw Howl with a bad Christmas hair color and crying about it. Or draw a Christmas version of Calcifer cooking.
13. Lucy Heartfilia: Christmas-Themed Spirits
Redesign each of Lucy’s spirits as if they were all Christmas-themed. You can change their armor, powers, or temperaments as well!
But you can also draw them the same but in Christmas colors or hats.
14. A Christmas Father of 5: Nanami
So it’s Christmas morning, and a single father of all the JJK kids is tiredly cooking for his massive and chaotic family.
Draw Gojo tormenting him or any other chaotic interactions that you can think of!
15. Santa Totoro (Studio Ghibli)
So this is Totoro in a Santa costume. That’s it. That’s the prompt.
16. Avatar Secret Santa
So this prompt is if the older, settled versions of Avatar characters are trading Secret Santa gifts.
Draw the interactions, them shopping for each others’ gifts, or picking the Secret Santa raffle!
17. Demon Slayer Gift-Giving Scene
So this is similar to the last prompt but with Demon Slayer characters.
If you want to metaphorically pull some heart strings, draw some of them that die in the end giving gifts as ghosts or overlooking the gift exchange.
18. Christmas Sonic Thirst trap
So take a famous character like Sonic then draw them as a hot person. This is what TikTok people live for.
Christmas Drawing Ideas Easy and Cute
19. A Kawaii Cat in a Gift Box
So a cat in a gift box is a bit basic. But it’s also very cute so no one will complain. I think it’d also be cute to make a cat wearing a gift box as a hat.
20. A Gingerbread Cat Cookie
Then another basic but needed add-on is a gingerbread cookie cat. So you can draw a munched on cookie, a cat character with gingerbread cookie texture, or a gingerbread baking scene.
21. A Reindeer Hiding in a Christmas Tree
So Rudolf is shirking his duties this Christmas. He’s sick of the long hours and minimal cookie rewards. So he hides in a Christmas tree.
Draw what you think that looks like!
22. A Snow Globe Party
So take your favorite Christmas characters (a snowman, reindeer, Santa etc.) and draw them mid-rave.
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23. Shy, Blushing Elf
Then you can also draw a blushing elf. Because he’s just a shy, soft boy.
24. Frog in a Reindeer Costume
So a special frog is a businesswoman by day and a reindeer stand-in by night. She’s a proud frog but she’ll do what it takes for her vacation money.
25. An Elf ‘Mean Girls’ Dance
So a new segment has been added to the elf promotion process. All the elves are competing and this year’s theme is a talent show. You and your elf friends decide to recreate a classic movie moment. So draw it out.
26. Cute Bear Building a Snowman
So there’s no shame in just drawing a cute scene of a chunky baby bear making his first snowman.
27. A Cozy Crocheting Reindeer
So a certain reindeer doesn’t like the manual labor of hauling a sleigh, underpaid, and underappreciated. She’s a girlypop and she wants to sit in her room and crochet.
Working isn’t for hot girls like her and she’s sick of that life.
28. The Pig that Stole Christmas
Oh no, somebody got their story wrong and the Grinch is actually a cute and cuddly pig! He still wants to steal Christmas and he still has unresolved childhood trauma.
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29. A Kawaii Christmas Hot Chocolate
So hot chocolate in Rudolf season has whipped cream, Candy canes, and in this case, a cat taking a chocolate sauna bath. So draw it with the body towel, face mask, and whipped cream body wash.
30. A Christmas Tree Hat
So a Santa hat drawing is a classic must-have for Jingle Bell Season. But why not mix it up and draw a reindeer costume hood, a Christmas tree party hat, as well as their matching costumes.
31. Fake Santa Cats Eating His Cookies
So Santa Claus has been knocked unconscious in the North Pole by a bandit of cats that want a piece of the Xmas cookie pie. They steal his clothes, list of deliveries, and set off to deliver everyone’s gifts.
But more importantly, they take the cookies meant for Santa himself. Draw the attack, cookie munching, a kid’s reaction to multiple Santa cats, or Mrs. Claus finding Santa unconscious.
So here are some more drawing tutorials & FREE coloring pages to get you started on your Bells and Holly escapades <3:
X Mas Drawing Prompts: Drawn Christmas Card Drawing Ideas
Christmas Drawing Card Ideas
32. Christmas Baubles Puns
So it’s Christmas season and your funds are running a little low but you still need to make some cards. Try drawing 2 baubles and adding a funny pun to it.
33. Snow Penguin
But maybe puns aren’t your thing yet you still want to impress your family and friends with your art skills. So you can try drawing a snow penguin with a wholesome quote attached.
34. Snowman Greeting Card
So draw a cute snowman scene on the front and skip the quotes and puns. Instead, write a heartfelt message on the inside of the card or add money to it. Whatever floats your boat.
X mas Drawing Prompts: good Christmas drawing ideas
Christmas Drawing Ideas for Adults
35. Family Christmas Scene
So you can draw your family realistically as if you drew a real life scene. Or you can draw them as cute characters with their likeness such as their zodiac animals or cartoon versions of themselves.
36. A Memory Snow Globe
So if you want to show your friends, family, or partners a special moment you had with them that you treasure, why not draw it within a snow globe?
37. A Realistic Mistletoe Drawing
But you could also draw you and your partner under a mistletoe or you and yourself because self-love is super important and slay.
40. Rabid Gingerbread Cookie
A random grandma is feeling the Christmas spirit and decides to bake cookies for herself and her neighbors. But after baking, one cookie in particular is acting up.
In fact, it’s rabid and coming for everyone’s necks.
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38. Your Pet Stuck in Christmas Lights
So your pet, a cat, a dog, or even a porcupine was playing with your leftover Christmas lights. But somehow, they ended up tangled and unable to get out. Draw their self-enacted paralysis!
39. A Candy Cane Sword/Armor
So if you have an OC especially in the gaming or fantasy niche, you may enjoy this twist on your typical armor and weapons.
But I also think it’d be cute & funny to have a small nugget in candy cane armor as well.
41. A Christmas City
So you can draw Christmas houses based on everything under the Christmas sun – snowmen malls, x mas candy houses, and Christmas tree towers.
Christmas Easy Drawing Ideas
42. Christmas Tree
So a Christmas tree drawing is super easy and very classic. But here are some other ideas:
- Your pet wearing a Christmas tree costume or hat
- A Christmas tree outline with your favorite things inside (ex. Cats)
43. Santa Hat
So you want to draw something easy & quick. A basic Santa hat drawing is a must.
But to make it a more complete drawing or card, you can also add:
- The full Santa costume
- A Scrooge personality to the hat (as if it’s enchanted).
44. Christmas Bells
So the Christmas bell chimes are ricocheting in your mind and you need to draw it now. Here’s how I drew them as a part of a:
- Cat wreath drawing with Christmas bell decorations
- Sweet self-love mistletoe kiss drawing with X-mas bells above to echo the Christmas love in the air
45. A Gift Box
So you can draw a gift box with a Christmas tree drawing. Or you can also draw:
- A cute animal popping up from the box especially if that’s your gift!
- Two gift boxes with puns or a cute quote on the card cover
Coming up with personalized heartfelt messages for each of your family and friends is a huge task on its own. To think of drawings on top of that is crazy. So just follow these tutorials instead <3
46. Candy Canes
So candy canes are just a simple cane shape with stripes. That means it’s super easy for all ages and skillsets.
But you can also draw:
- A drawing of a cute cat eating a candy cane
- Or a candy cane army
47. ‘Merry Christmas’ in Bubble Letters
Although this isn’t exactly drawing, it’s more like graphic design or calligraphy, it’s still a must-have for your cards, wallpapers, and Instagram posts!
48. A Snowman
So drawing a snowman is also super easy. It’s a two circles and some other simple shapes at a minimum.
But if you want to impress your card recipients, try drawing this beginner-friendly cat snowman drawing!
49. Christmas Angels
A Christmas angel can also be a super quick drawing if you make it a simple outline!
50. Christmas Cookies
Christmas cookie drawings can also be super simple – a circular bauble, a tree outline, or a gingerbread cat drawing!
Christmas Drawing Ideas for Beginners
51. Wreaths
A Christmas wreath is basically a donut ring with some curves and ribbons. So any beginner can easily follow this cat wreath step-by-step drawing tutorial no problem!
52. Mistletoe
But if you’re in a pinch and need something quickly, drawing a few leaves and circles for berries is well within a beginner’s skill set!
53. Christmas Pudding
I personally love pudding and if you do too, you may enjoy adding it to a clip art set, sticker sheet, or Christmas card along with a pun or cute face.
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54. Snow Globes
So Snow Globe drawings are peak Christmas Aesthetic. This could also be an easy, beginner-friendly addition to a wallpaper or Christmas calendar!
55. Christmas Lights
But if you want super easy, a literal line and some circles for lights is calling your name. To add a little more pizzazz, you can add an animal Tangled in lights or even lights hanging above a tree.
56. A Christmas Gnome
So you can try drawing a small gnome in typical Christmas colors. As long as you keep the shapes super simple, it’ll be very beginner-friendly!
57. Stocking Treats
So stocking treats can include:
- A Candy Cane Drawing or other Christmas candy
- Overflowing gift boxes
- Or even Christmas cookies and cute animals popping out the stocking
58. Christmas Cats
So take any of these prompts – a gnome, pudding, Santa, or anything else – and draw them as cats. But you can also draw popular animals like capybaras or frogs as well.
59. Snowmen
Snowmen are a classic, easy Christmas addition to your next sticker sheet, art print, or Instagram Christmas series!
But you can mix it up by drawing your family portrait as Snowmen or an Animal Crossing theme as well.
60. Christmas Bows
Drawing a Christmas bow can be super easy but also have its own fancy pizazz. In this gift box tutorial, I show you how to draw both a standard and fancy bow step-by-step!
But if that’s not your thing, I also have this super cute reindeer cat costume drawing with an adorable bow collar.
So here are some more easy Christmas drawing tutorials perfect for Jingle Bell madness <3:
X Mas Drawing Prompts: Christmas art ideas for 3-year-olds
Christmas Drawing Ideas for Primary School
61. Your Favorite Animal Covered in Snow
So tell the kids to draw their favorite animal with a Christmas twist like being covered in snow. You can also make them research key animal facts and present it for science classes.
Or even randomly assign certain techniques like pointillism for the entire piece if it’s an art class.
62. A Raffle of Christmas Things
But in general, a raffle is a very easy-to-put-together but an exciting idea for kids! So why not add a bunch of these prompts into a random draw and let the kids pick one each?
You can even give prizes to the top 3 best drawings for even more fun.
63. An Ugly Santa
So the theme of this blog is very cute art. But sometimes, it’s super cathartic to draw imperfections or raw expressions that may not be the most aesthetically-pleasing. So give it a try with Santa <3.
64. Your Christmas Wish List
So this idea is perfect for a sketchbook doodle page! You can think about what gifts or experiences you want to receive or try this Holiday Season. But also, you can sketch your Xmas décor Wishlist too.
65. Secret Santa Hints
So let’s say you’re a part of a Secret Sant gift exchange. But you and your friends can’t wait to open the gifts and find out what you got.
As a compromise, you decide to host a teaser drawing night where you each sketch the gifts out. This can be literal or you can pretend your OCs are presenting hints to the audience as a Xmas Special!
66. Your Favorite X-Mas Cookies
So this can be a cute paired activity where you have a free drawing session of different Christmas cookie designs. Then after, you bake your design!
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67. Dad in a Funny Santa Costume
If your dad isn’t super sensitive about his dad bod, you can draw him as Santa Claus for his Christmas card or gift if you’re committing fully to the idea.
68. Mom as a Christmas Angel
So I framed this around moms for a graceful image that’s the perfect set-up for a heartfelt message.
But drawing your dad in a funny Cupid-style Christmas angel would be genuinely hilarious and perfect as a gift or card!
69. The ‘Shrek’ Gingerbread Man
So if you want to reference a funny but Christmas-core memory, look no further than the ‘Shrek’ Gingerbread man! You can make a super funny Christmas card using any scene with him in it.
70. A Christmas Cat Gift Coloring Page
If you want to be a little artsy but you need to ease into it, a coloring page is the perfect start to your Christmas drawing era! But you can also make a coloring page yourself.
It’d be super cute to personalize this to your loved ones too based on your memories together or their favorite things so they can reminisce on them as they color the pages <3.
71. Gingerbread House Drawing Competition
So this is another drawing activity where you can get the kids to draw gingerbread houses for prizes or bonus marks! You can even make it a prequel to a building competition.
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More (Feral) Funny Christmas Art Prompts
72. Gym Santa Thirst Trap
So it’s Christmas night. You hide behind the couch at midnight, expecting to see a cute old man Santa and instead, you get gym bro Santa chugging protein powder.
Draw your reaction, the scene, or gym Santa himself.
73. Buff Elves Fighting for Fair Working Rights
So things have gotten out of control in the North Pole. Santa is a tyrant and the elves have beefed up from all the extra manual labor and long hours. But it’s time they demand fair pay and employee benefits.
How would you draw that?
74. A Christmas Gnome Bride
So every 20 years, the Christmas gnomes need to collect a bride for their village. They set their sights on their bride (victim) and successfully attained (kidnapped) her. But her brother won’t let that happen.
Draw the kidnapping, the fight with the brother, or just straight-up draw Christmas Gravity Falls <3.
75. Muscle Mom Mrs. Claus
So Mrs. Claus is actually a buff girlypop with a huge TikTok following from her gym clips and thirst traps. Draw her livestreams, Thirst traps, Santa in the background, or just a portrait of her.
Although it’s not Muscle Mom Claus, I hope these tutorials still satisfy your Christmas drawing cravings:
76. Mrs. Claus Rizz
So Mrs. Claus is actually a rizzler. Draw you or your OC getting rizzed up by her and post it on TikTok because those are your people.
77. Christmas Coal but Make it a Baddie
So it’s the most unlikely candidate for a baddie – a literal piece of coal.
But she’s an Instagram influencer and gets paid for her fashion and beauty content. Draw whatever comes to mind!
78. A Tootin’ Snowman
So a snowman farts in private. Or so he thought because you’re actually there drawing the whole thing.
79. A Fed-Up Rudolph
So Rudolph has been working hard as the North Pole’s spokesperson. But he’s fed up. Draw what you think he looks like!
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