This free printable winter garland brings the winter garden indoors: a snowman beside the kale, a cardinal on holly, a snowy greenhouse, a red tractor, and more. Print it in watercolor or in black and white for children to color, then cut, punch, and string it across a classroom, a mantel, or a window.
There are two sets: in color, ready to hang, and color your own, in black and white for children to color. Click any pieces you like from either set. You can even mix them.
Use white 65 lb cardstock. Choose Actual size or Scale 100%, and turn off headers and footers. Cut on the gray lines, punch the two circles with a ¼ inch hole punch, and string the pieces on twine or ribbon.
Choose "Color your own" to print the same pieces as black and white outlines. Children color them with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, then cut them out.
Teachers: give each child one piece to color. String them all together, and the whole class has made one long winter garland for the room. It makes a cheerful project for the last week before winter break, or for a snowy day in January.
A winter garden isn't empty. The snowman on this garland stands beside a row of kale, and that's no accident: kale, Brussels sprouts, and parsnips taste sweeter after a frost. See our winter vegetable gardening guide for vegetables that keep growing in the cold.
Winter is planning time. The cup of cocoa and the stack of seed catalogs are what gardeners love most in January. Sketch next year's beds with our free vegetable garden planner, and keep track of the months ahead with a free printable garden calendar.
Bring a little garden indoors. An amaryllis bulb planted in a pot in early winter usually blooms in six to ten weeks, and children love measuring how much it grows each day. And don't forget the birds: a feeder near the garden brings chickadees and cardinals all winter, and they'll help eat garden pests come spring.