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How each night works
Read
Read the night's short story aloud together.
Try a tradition
Each night suggests a simple family tradition idea.
Color
Little ones color the Little Hands page, older kids and grown-ups the Big Hands page, or both.
Light a window
Color that night's window on the Juniper Lane tracker. When all 25 glow, it's Christmas morning.
Then jot down what you did in the This year we… box, so the book becomes a keepsake of your own family's December.
Meet the family on Juniper Lane
The story follows Mom, Dad, Wren (8), Pip (5) and Biscuit the cat as they get ready for Christmas in their four-window cottage at the end of Juniper Lane. The family and their village are fictional. The Meet the Family page has a box where your kids can draw your own family too.
Along the way: the boxes come down, a trip to the snowy tree farm, trimming the tree, letters to the North Pole, the first big snow, a gingerbread cottage, cocoa by the fire, a popcorn garland, skating on the pond, caroling with lanterns, a blanket fort movie night, treats for the birds, a kitchen dance party, Christmas Eve and, at last, Christmas morning. All 25 scenes are shown in the gallery above.
What's inside the printable
| Story pages | 25 read-aloud stories, one per night, each with a tradition idea and a This year we… memory box |
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| Coloring pages | 50: every night's scene as a Little Hands page (extra-bold lines, big spaces) and a Big Hands page (more detail) |
| Window tracker | A 2-page Juniper Lane tracker: color one window after each night's story |
| Extras | Meet the Family, a Christmas Memories page, color, cut & tie gift tags, a color cover page, printing tips + license page and a how-to-use page with a color-test strip |
| Total | 83 pages per file |
| Files | 2 PDFs, about 11.5 MB each: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) and A4 (210 × 297 mm) |
| Dates | Undated: the nights aren't tied to calendar dates |
| Style | Black-and-white line art on a white background |
The paperback
| Format | Paperback, 8.5 × 11 in, 110 pages, printed and shipped by Amazon |
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| Pages | The same 25 nights, tracker and extras, and coloring pages are never printed on the back of another picture |
| Price | $9.99 USD |
| Status | Coming soon on Amazon |
Who it's for
Families with kids of different ages, Advent and December evenings, a gentle bedtime routine, and grown-ups who want to color along.
Printing tips
- Print single-sided at Actual size or Fit to page. Print the tracker first.
- Landscape scenes are rotated to fill a portrait page.
- Smooth 65–110 lb cardstock is great for markers; regular copy paper works well for crayons and colored pencils.
- Print extra copies of the coloring pages so every child gets their own.
A note for grown-ups
Some tradition ideas involve the kitchen, needles and thread, scissors, snow play or a walk after dark. Please supervise children and adapt the ideas to your family.
How these pages were made
License
For personal use. Print the pages as often as you like for your own family and color them with family and friends at home. Please don't resell, share or redistribute the files or printed pages. Classroom or library use? Ask us. Full details are in our terms of use.