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This vibrant collection of Christmas calligraphy and art tutorials will help to jumpstart your creativity this holiday season! Every tutorial on the list will offer you an artistic respite, and any loved one will be delighted by the fruits of your labor.
The holiday season gives calligraphers a time to shine! You can use your pointed pen (and the occasional paintbrush) to create wondrous things that will light up any recipient’s mailbox. Today, I’ve rounded up all of TPK’s Christmas calligraphy and art tutorials to compile an inspirational list.
The design on this card has a fresh, festive look, with plenty of beautiful greenery and shiny gold dots.
The most unique aspect of this card is the fact that it doubles as an ornament! The recipient can pop the middle out of the card and hang it on his or her holiday tree.
Calligrapher Maureen Vickery of PenDance Studio popped by the TPK blog to show us how to create this fabulous reindeer! You can switch up the message on his belly to reflect whatever will resonate best with your recipient.
I love wrapping gifts with a creative flourish. However, with a toddler running around, it can be difficult to put in the time to make my gifts pretty. That’s why I made these printables for you — and for me!
A unique presentation can make a gift that much sweeter! In the How to Wrap a Gift with Artistic Flair article, you’ll find a tutorial video and suggestions for creating memorable wrapped gifts.
Artist and calligrapher Phyllis Macaluso came up with this pocket-sized holiday card concept. The card doubles as an ornament when it’s neatly folded up!
Use watercolor paper, waterproof ink, and green watercolor to create this earthy and elegant gift tag.
If you find yourself pressed for time, you can use this printable holiday envelope to send holiday greetings. It features a 1920s era Mrs. Claus and “HAPPY HOLIDAYS” lettering!
The secret behind this unique-looking card? Your breath! While the watercolor is still wet, you blow on it to create artistic spatters.
This card has a cool 3D component because of the banner. I love how it stands out from the vibrant red roses!
This tutorial teaches you how to paint a simple holiday wreath. The tutorial also features printable gift tags that enjoy ample seasonal popularity on Pinterest.
These printable snowman gift tags turned nine years old last month — I can’t believe it’s been that long since I first made them! They feature a basic acrylic illustration that pairs well with almost any wrapping paper.
Rarely do we see circular cards, and the flourished “Happy Holidays” script and the sparkling gold watercolor add to the card’s sophistication.
If you enjoy midcentury modern motifs, then you’ll appreciate the DIY Holiday Gift Tags Tutorial! The ornament-themed gift tag even includes a little bit of aluminum foil at the top to represent a cap and hook.
If you’re looking for a greeting card motif, you’ll enjoy this tutorial! It combines gold and green watercolors to make a shimmery card that is so wintery you can almost smell pine tree in the air.
I love the way that snowy white ink makes the address stand out from the metallic tree in this holiday mail art! You can add vintage Christmas-themed postage stamps to amp up the magic. (Learn about where to find vintage postage stamps here.)
Elegant white flourishes, a Christmas tree cutout, and glittering stars take this card to the next level! (This is my current favorite holiday card on the site … sooo pretty.)
I love using watercolor paper to make Christmas ornaments! Just use the cutout provided in the tutorial to make an ornament shape, then decorate the paper ornament in your own signature style.
Modern Calligraphy author Molly Suber Thorpe wrote this simple, fun tutorial for the TPK blog. It relies on handmade paper and metallic watercolor to make a festive Christmas calligraphy greeting!
This card combines matte black cardstock and sparkling gold watercolor to make a classy, irresistible holiday card.
This one-page worksheet offers a basic alternative to TPK’s holiday calligraphy worksheets. Use it to practice writing out four popular holiday greetings!
This tutorial is the perfect kid-friendly project that will produce heirloom DIY paper ornaments! Make it with your littles or enjoy a relaxing evening making ornaments yourself.
This Christmas card features the flourished ornament elements from the TPK Holiday Calligraphy Worksheet 2022 Edition. Enjoy the video tutorial below!
Phyllis Macaluso is known for her beautiful flourishes and embellishments. In her Festive Bough Calligraphy Flourish Tutorial, she walks us through exactly how to make delicate flourishes ourselves! The tutorial includes a very helpful free PDF that will come in handy every holiday season!
A watercolor fir wreath is a quick motif that never fails to look festive! Put it on an envelope, and you’ve got one gorgeous piece of mail art.
‘Tis the season to adorn your paper goods with festive motifs like flourished Christmas trees! In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through six different ways to draw a simple calligraphy Christmas tree.
You can always count on Nico Ng for a polished hand-lettering design, and he doesn’t disappoint in this Christmas card tutorial!
So, there you have it! These Christmas calligraphy tutorials can help to boost your creativity this season, as well as make for some very happy recipients. I hope that you enjoyed this list and that you feel inspired to make at least one of these beauties. Thanks so much for reading TPK, and have a great weekend!
Warmly,
This article was first published in November of 2017. It has been updated to reflect all the fresh holiday tutorials on the site.
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