This Naughty or Nice List reading page with Santa in the middle gets the fun and playful aspect of Christmas Eve. The drawing depicts a jolly looking Santa Claus seated or standing and holding a long scroll keeping a close look at the names of children. His Old fashioned suit, shaggy beard and smiling face are enhanced with bits of the holiday like a decorated background, stockings, presents or gently descending snow. The graphic, sharp edges enable kids to easily mark it out during the journey in certain details such as the face and clothing of Santa and the detailed scroll. An ideal page to use at home as a craft or in a classroom to make holidays magical merging imagination and holidays and excitement of gift-giving during the Christmas holiday.
How to Color
Start by painting the suit of Santa with bright red, darker red on the folds and edges will make them look three dimensional. The beard, hat trim and cuffs are to be applied with white or the light grey color and shade this slightly towards becoming fluffy. Warm peach or tan over the face, with the cheeks flushed with pink to make him look merry. The scroll may be light beige or parchment brown with more color intensity added towards edge and folds to give depth. The text details can be black or dark brown. Gifts round about may be bright and coloured, green, blue, yellow, and purple, to create a contrasting effect with ribbons. Background images such as stockings, stars or snow may be darkened with light blue, red, or gold to provide cosiness and sparkle of a holiday. The slight shadows under Santa and the scroll are added to make the image more realistic and provide the holiday atmosphere.