Nutcracker Coloring Page

About this coloring page

Standing straight as a toy soldier, this nutcracker wears a tall hat with a badge, a curled mustache, shoulder pads, two round buttons and a buckled belt. All those uniform parts make it one of the detailed Christmas pages.

Start at the top and work down, the way a soldier gets dressed: hat, hair, face, jacket, belt, trousers and boots. Naming each part out loud builds clothing words along the way. Colored pencils are handy for the mustache, the two buttons and the buckle, and the tall hat is a good place for a bold color.

Fun fact

Wooden nutcracker soldiers have been carved in Germany for hundreds of years.

• Color ideaGive him a red jacket, blue trousers, black boots and a gold belt buckle.
• After coloringStand tall and march around the room like a nutcracker soldier.

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