When you need to keep the kids busy over the holidays, give the gift of quiet time with a unique Christmas kangaroos coloring page
Happy holidays! Today as part of our Christmas coloring page collection, Melanie Hope Greenberg has designed this sweet illustration of a pair of gift-giving kangaroos! If you think kangaroos are an unusual choice for Christmas, banish such thinking! After all, they come with built in gift-pouches!
Print out this darling Christmas kangaroo coloring page for you children, hand them a box of crayons and let them color at will. No need to stay within the lines or use realistic colors.
Download and print: (by clicking on the following link you agree to our terms of service* see below) Kangaroo gift coloring page
How can you make this coloring page extra special?
- Cut out the border and turn it into a frame.
- Write a holiday message in the space under the kangaroos.
- Have the coloring page, plus our other holiday coloring pages (see below) available as boredom busters for children during holiday gatherings. (Perhaps it will even keep them from eating too much holiday fudge. Dare to dream.)
Meet Melanie Hope Greenberg:
Melanie Hope Greenberg is an award winning author and illustrator of more than 15 children’s books. Find her cheerful, vibrant illustrations in books such as Good Morning, Digger, Down in the Subway and the poetry collection, A City Is. Her popular, iconic picture book Mermaids on Parade was selected as a Bank Street Best Book, and for the Texas Reading Club and PBS Kids Summer Reading Lists.
*Terms of Service: this coloring page is used with permission from Melanie Hope Greenberg and is for non-commercial use ONLY. You many print out as many copies as you like for personal, library or classroom use. If you would like to share this coloring page, you MUST link to this blog page. It is expressly forbidden to link directly to the coloring page pdf file.
Maryanne says
From an Australian reader of your blog, Christmas and Kangaroos are a beautiful combination! Wombat Divine by Mem Fox is a wonderful Australian Christmas picture book that complements this colouring sheet perfectly if you can track it down.
melanie hope greenberg says
This comment makes me happy xoxo the illustrator of the coloring page XOX
Angie Center says
I miss your posts. Hope all is well...