Two cat drawings, one to a sheet. The first is a sitting cat in a Santa hat with a bell collar, six whiskers, two front paws and a ringed tail curled round to one side. The second is the same sitting shape without the hat, drawn from fewer and larger pieces, with a striped bauble sitting on the ground beside it.
Which of the two to print
The cat in the Santa hat is the one for a child of about six upwards. The hat brim, the bobble, the two ears, the muzzle, the collar, the bell and the rings on the tail are all separate enclosed areas, so a decision about colour has to be made eight or nine times rather than once.
The simpler cat is the one for a nursery or a toddler. It is a rounded body, a head, two ears, two eyes, a collar and a bauble on the floor, and nothing on it is narrow enough to be a problem. The sheet opens at Standard weight, so move the control along to Chunky and it holds up to a crayon.
No breed and no name
Neither drawing is a particular breed. The ears are plain triangles, the muzzle is two curves and the body is left completely empty, so a child colouring a cat can make it their own cat. The only markings anywhere are the three rings on the tail of the hatted version, and they are wide enough to take a second colour rather than being fur detail.
There is no name on either sheet and no licensed character anywhere in the drawing, so the pages are safe to use in a school that avoids branded printables.
Cutting one out
The simple cat printed on 160gsm card at the Chunky weight cuts out in one pass, because the body, head and ears are one continuous line and the tail curls back against the body rather than sticking out into thin air. The bauble beside it cuts out separately. That makes the pair usable as a gift tag, a place card topper or a shape for a paper tree.
Questions
- How many Christmas cat colouring pages are there?
- Two drawings: a sitting cat in a Santa hat with the whiskers and paws picked out, and a much simpler sitting cat with a bauble next to it. Each prints at any of the three line weights.
- Which cat sheet suits a three year old?
- The simpler one, with the line weight set to Chunky. The body, head and ears are large rounded shapes with no narrow gaps, so a crayon held in a fist still produces a result the child recognises.
- Is the cat a particular breed?
- No. The ears, muzzle and coat are drawn plainly with no markings and no breed features, partly so a child can colour it as their own cat and partly so nothing on the sheet is a trademarked character.
- Can I print the cat sheet bigger than A4?
- Yes. The drawing is vector rather than a photograph of a drawing, so sending the A4 PDF to A3 from your print dialogue scales the outlines up cleanly instead of softening them.