Fun Fact!
The poinsettia became associated with Christmas because of a Mexican legend about a poor girl who had no gift for the baby Jesus and brought a bouquet of weeds that miraculously bloomed into beautiful red flowers.
Image Details
Coloring page of a Christmas mouse wearing a Santa hat eating a cookie with crumbs, under a pine branch with a hanging round ornament.
Coloring Tips
- 1 Color the Santa hat bright red with fluffy white trim; shade the fold with light gray.
- 2 Blend two greens on the pine needles: darker near the branch, lighter at the tips.
- 3 Make the ornament shiny with a pale base color and two tiny white highlights; add stripes or dots.
- 4 Use warm browns for the cookie and speckle chocolate chips; dab tiny tan crumbs around his paws.
Suggested Colors
Holly Red
Pine Green
Soft Gray
Cookie Brown
Golden Yellow
