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Free printableChristmas paper chains PDF.

Strips to cut, loop and glue, with December drawings we made by hand. Pick the red and yellow ones, color your own, or make the 24-link countdown.

  • A4 and Letter pages in one PDF
  • Ready strips and strips to color in
  • A countdown with something small to do each day
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Christmas countdown chain page, A4 size: numbered links with a drawing to color in and a small thing to do, with dashed cut lines
Christmas paper chains page, A4 size: red strips with snowflakes and stars and yellow strips with December drawings, with dashed cut lines

What is in the download

  • Ready strips: one page of red and yellow strips, eight to a page.
  • Strips to color in: one page of the same size with line drawings only.
  • A countdown chain: three pages with links 1 to 24, each with a drawing and one small thing to do.
  • One how-to page: five short steps and print tips.

Every strip page comes in A4 and in Letter. Each strip is 170 mm long and 22 mm wide, with a marked end for the glue.

How to make the chain

  1. Print the pages on plain paper or light card.
  2. Color the drawings in if you like, then cut along the dashed lines.
  3. Bend a strip into a ring and glue the marked end under the other end, with the drawings outside.
  4. Thread the next strip through the ring and glue it the same way.

Ideas for the season

  • A countdown to Christmas. Hang the chain on December 1 and tear off a link each morning.
  • A rainy afternoon. Print the strips to color in and let the kids fill them before cutting.
  • The tree or the mantel. Print a page a few times and join the strips into one long chain.

Questions

Are these paper chains free?

Yes. The PDF is a direct download, with no email address and no sign-up.

What paper should I use?

Plain paper works, and light card holds its shape better. Print on A4 or Letter at Actual size or 100% so the strips keep their length.

How long is one chain?

One page gives you eight strips, so eight links. Print a page as many times as you like to make the chain as long as you want.

How does the countdown chain work?

Glue the links from 24 down to 1, so that 1 hangs at the free end. From December 1, tear off one link each morning and do the small thing written on it.

Do they print in black and white?

Yes. The strips to color in have no color at all. The red and yellow strips use plenty of ink, so they are better on a color printer.

More free pages

The December 2026 calendar has these same little drawings, the Christmas stickers go well with them, and the December calendar ideas teach you to draw them on a whiteboard. All our free pages are on the printables page.