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This hand drawn, free printable Nativity Coloring Page is inspired by my lifelong love for the beauty of Christmas. Follow the tutorial to learn a unique oil technique to create a stained glass look as light shines through the colored page!

Decades of sketching experience are poured into each and every one of these hand drawn coloring pages. May this nativity coloring page bring you joy in this Christmas season!

Stained Glass Nativity Coloring Page

Isn’t this stained glass looking Free Silent Night Christmas Coloring Page so sweet? I love the way the light shines through it as it hangs in the window. Find out how you can have fun coloring with your kids and achieve this lovely effect.

Nativity Coloring Page

Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.

This Christmas carol always pulls at my heart, but this year it pulls even harder. This has been a challenging year and many seek this calm earnestly each day, I certainly do. 

History of Silent Night

The song, sung by many each Christmas, was written to bring this calm to a small village in Austria. The priest had a friend compose a tune for his poem in the early 1800s. Silent Night was then sung as a carol for the Christmas Eve service. It was accompanied by guitar because the church organ was damaged. The listeners loved it and the carol spread quickly.

Free Christmas Nativity Coloring Page

This Free Silent Night Christmas Coloring Page was designed to help bring the calm of Silent Night to your home.

Make copies of the Free Silent Night Christmas Coloring Page by clicking here. The kids will enjoy coloring this with you so be sure to print one off for you too. 

Crayons Only for this Simple Nativity Coloring Page

Be sure to use crayons because the stained glass effect depends on a media that will not smear and bleed. 
When you are finished coloring, cut the picture out on the outside line. Use a hole punch to punch a hole in the top of the drawing so it may be hung up once finished.

A bit of oil on a cotton ball magic

Place the drawing face down on a plate or cookie sheet. Pour a bit of cooking oil in a shallow dish. Dip a cotton ball in the oil and gently rub it on the drawing till completely covered. You will immediately see the paper turn more translucent. There is no need to keep rubbing once the paper has been touched by the oil. This doesn’t take a lot of oil.

Gently dab any excess oil off the drawing with a paper towel.

Hang the Simple Nativity Coloring Page Up in a Window

Place a ribbon, string or thread through the hold at the top.

Tape the drawing up on a window using the thread at the top. 

Cool, huh?

Doesn’t the finished picture look so nice with the light shining through it? You can use this technique on any coloring project on paper. Cool, huh?

Christmas carol, color and hot chocolate- great combo

Coloring is so fun, don’t you think? Heat up some hot chocolate with marshmallows and make a date of it. Of course, doing some Christmas caroling would be a great lead in to this coloring project.

Be sure to send us pictures of your stained glass masterpieces!

Supplies for the Nativity Scene Coloring Page

Enjoy this (Preschool) Easy Nativity Coloring Page

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Nativity Scene Coloring Page

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Isn’t this stained glass looking Free Silent Night Christmas Coloring Page so sweet? Find out how to achieve this lovely effect with your Nativity Scene Coloring Page.

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Type Art Project, Christmas craft, coloring page, Paper Craft

Cuisine Christmas Craft

Yield 1 Nativity Scene Coloring Page

Instructions 

• Make copies of the Free Silent Night Christmas Coloring Page by clicking here.

• Be sure to use crayons to color your page because the stained glass effect depends on a wax media that will not smear and bleed. 

• When you are finished coloring, cut the picture out on the outside line. Use a hole punch to punch a hole in the top of the drawing so it may be hung up once finished.

• Place the drawing face down on a plate or cookie sheet. Pour a bit of cooking oil in a shallow dish. Dip a cotton ball in the oil and gently rub it on the drawing till completely covered. You will immediately see the paper turn more translucent. There is no need to keep rubbing once the paper has been touched by the oil. This doesn’t take a lot of oil. Gently dab any excess oil off the drawing with a paper towel.
• Place a ribbon, string or thread through the hold at the top.Tape the drawing up on a window using the thread at the top. 

Notes

More tips and other coloring pages found on the website.
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