Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw Christmas Lights Tutorial and Christmas Lights Coloring Page. It’s great practice for making a balanced composition.

Christmas Lights Drawing

A drawing of Christmas Lights, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.

How to Draw Christmas Lights in 1 Minute

Why draw a string of Christmas Lights?

Students can practice their shading and graphic design skills when they learn how to draw Christmas lights. The simple shape of the bulb and a graceful curve of the wire make for a nice composition that can fill a paper.

Did you know that Christmas lights actually started out just as candles? These candles were attached to the tree using wax or pins. The practice began in Germany during the 17th century and over the next 200 or so years; it became an established practice in Germany and began to spread out into other countries of Eastern Europe.

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Materials for Christmas Lights Drawing

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Drawing Paper. Don’t substitute it with copy paper or construction paper. The surface will get fuzzy, erasing might cause holes, and the colors will generally not look as bright. *affiliate link

Stabilo Markers. The large pack provides lots of fun color choices, several shades of each color, including a few choices for skin. The tips are perfect for coloring, and there’s even a promise that they will work after being uncapped for 8 weeks! *affiliate link

Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. *affiliate link

Black Sharpie Marker. Great for making a crisp outline to your drawing. Use them when you want your outline show up, but not be so heavy that it detracts from other things. *affiliate link