Connect the Dots: Christmas Tree
30 dots, 1 to 30
Start at the circled 1 and join the dots in order to 30, then join 30 back to 1 to finish the picture.
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Christmas connect the dots
A tree, a star, a snowman and a mitten, numbered for joining, each with the finished picture on page two.
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Each is a two-page PDF on US Letter: the dots, then the finished picture as the answer key.
Christmas tree connect the dots, 1 to 3030 dots · 1 to 30 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Star connect the dots, 1 to 2020 dots · 1 to 20 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Snowman connect the dots, 1 to 4040 dots · 1 to 40 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Mitten connect the dots, counting by 2s30 dots · 2 to 60 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Christmas tree connect the dots, large print 1 to 1515 dots · 1 to 15 · large print · answer keyDownload PDF ↓Every sheet here is free to print as often as you like. If one saved you time, the tip jar is on Ko-fi.
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Connect the Dots: Christmas Tree, Answer Key
30 dots, 1 to 30
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These Christmas connect the dots sheets are four simple pictures: a Christmas tree, a star, a snowman and a mitten. Each is one closed outline of numbered dots, with the finished picture on the second page of the PDF as the answer key. They are made for young children, roughly three to seven, and they are plain shapes rather than detailed scenes, which is what makes them quick to finish and easy to color afterward.
The five sheets go from the fewest dots to the most. The large print Christmas tree has 15 big dots with bold numbers. The star has 20, its five points and five inner corners with one more dot along each edge. The Christmas tree in standard print has 30, with a square trunk. The mitten counts by 2s from 2 to 60, and the snowman has 40 dots, enough for both sides of the brim of its hat.
Every sheet starts at a circled dot and says in one line what to do, including joining the last dot back to the first. The snowman’s stick arms and the line across the mitten’s cuff are printed for the child, since dots cannot draw a line that thin. The maker above opens on the Christmas tree at 30 dots and can number any of the four pictures in more or fewer dots, by 2s, 5s or 10s, from A to Z, or in large print.
Choosing a Christmas dot to dot by age
For a preschooler counting to ten or a little beyond, the large print Christmas tree is the sheet: 15 dots about 2.5 mm across, bold 15 point numbers, and gaps of 26 to 43 mm between the dots, so a wobbly line still reaches the next one. The star at 20 dots suits a child counting to twenty, and its straight edges are the easiest lines on the page to draw.
The Christmas tree at 30 and the snowman at 40 ask for counting into the thirties and forties, and their dots sit closer together, down to about 9 mm apart on the snowman. The mitten counting by 2s is skip counting practice for older children: every dot is an even number, so a child who says 2, 4, 5 looks for a 5 that is not there and knows to start that stretch again.
What the Christmas sheets print and what the child draws
On the tree and the star the dots draw everything: the branches of the tree meet a square trunk at the bottom, and the star’s line runs out to each point and back. The snowman’s dots draw its three balls and its top hat, and its two stick arms are printed, each starting on a dot at the side of the middle ball, because an arm drawn with dots down both sides would come out as a thin loop with its numbers crowded together.
The mitten’s dots draw the hand, the thumb and the cuff, and one printed line across the top of the cuff joins the two corners where the cuff meets the wrist, so the finished mitten has a band at the bottom. The answer keys show each picture joined, with the printed parts in place, so it takes one glance to check that the line went the right way round.
Common questions
Is there a Christmas connect the dots with only ten dots?
Not among the ready-made sheets, where the fewest is the large print tree at 15. In the maker on this page, choose the Christmas tree or the star and set 10 dots, in large print if you like. The tree keeps its square trunk at 10, and the star’s ten dots are exactly its points and inner corners.
Can the Christmas pictures be colored after they are joined?
Yes. Each is a plain outline with nothing inside it but the few printed lines, so once the dots are joined there is a whole tree, star, snowman or mitten to color. The sheets print in black and white, and most of the numbers sit just outside the line, so coloring inside it covers few of them.
Why are the snowman’s arms already drawn on the sheet?
Because they are too thin to draw with dots. Each arm is a stick about a centimeter and a half wide on the sheet, and dots down both sides of it would crowd their numbers into the gap and draw a thin loop rather than a stick. So the arms are printed, each starting on a dot at the side of the middle ball, and the dots draw the rest of the snowman.
Want to know when new printables go up?
New printables when they go up, mostly seasonal, a few times a year.