Jar of Christmas Cookies

A glass jar with a round-knobbed lid and a twine band is packed with star and heart cookies, each outlined with icing and decorated with dots or tiny stars. A big bow hangs from the neck, and three more cookies and a sprig of holly rest at the base. Large cookie shapes with simple decorations, ideal from age 6.

Level

Medium

Areas to color

167

Ages

Ages 6+

Time to color (estimate)

40–60 minutes

Paper

A4 or US Letter, standard printer paper

Color the cookies in golden and darker gingerbread browns, then the icing borders in white, pink or pale blue. To make the jar look like glass, leave it mostly white and add a few pale blue or gray strokes along the reflection lines on the lid and sides.

Use a light gray or pale blue for snow shadows: it makes white areas look three-dimensional.

Red and green side by side can look flat; add gold or a warm yellow to lights and stars to make the page glow.