A Christmas tree is one of the most iconic holiday drawings, and Parikshet's version goes beyond the basic triangle — adding layered branches, decorations, star topper, and wrapped gifts underneath for a complete festive scene.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Green marker (two shades if possible)
  • Star colour — gold or yellow
  • Red, blue, and silver for baubles
  • Brown for the trunk

How to Draw a Christmas Tree Step by Step

  1. Draw the trunk — a short, wide rectangle at the bottom centre.
  2. Draw the bottom tier — a wide triangle resting on top of the trunk. This is the lowest and widest section.
  3. Add the middle tier — a narrower triangle sitting above the first, overlapping slightly.
  4. Add the top tier — the narrowest triangle at the top, coming to a sharp point.
  5. Draw the star topper — a five-pointed star at the very top of the tree.
  6. Add baubles — round ornaments hanging from branches, in different colours. Add a small cap and loop at the top of each.
  7. Draw lights — small oval shapes strung in a zigzag pattern across the tree.
  8. Add presents — two or three wrapped gift boxes with ribbons and bows underneath the tree.
  9. Colour and shade — darker green on the underside of each branch tier, lighter green on top.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: Drawing the tree in three separate triangular tiers (instead of one big triangle) immediately makes it look more like a real layered Christmas tree. The overlapping tiers are what creates that fluffy, multi-branch look.

How to Draw a Christmas Tree: Step-by-Step for Kids

A Christmas tree is a stack of three triangles on a small trunk, decorated with a star, baubles and lights.

What You'll Need

  • Pencil (HB or 2B)
  • Eraser
  • White drawing paper
  • Black marker for the outline
  • Green, red and yellow pencils
  • Coloured pencils or crayons

Step-by-Step: Drawing a Christmas Tree

Step 1: Draw the top triangle

Draw a small triangle with the point at the top.

Step 2: Add the middle layer

Below it, draw a wider triangle that overlaps the first one.

Step 3: Add the bottom layer

Draw an even wider triangle at the bottom. The three layers should get wider as they go down.

Step 4: Draw the trunk

Under the tree, draw a small brown rectangle.

Step 5: Add the star

At the very top, draw a five-pointed star.

Step 6: Add the decorations

Scatter round baubles across the tree. Add a wavy garland of small dots from top to bottom.

Step 7: Draw the presents

At the bottom, draw two or three boxes with ribbons and bows.

Step 8: Outline and erase

Trace with a marker and erase the pencil.

Colouring Your Christmas Tree

Use green for the tree with a lighter and darker shade in each layer. Colour the baubles red, blue and gold, the star yellow and the presents in bright colours.

Tips for Drawing a Christmas Tree

  • Make each layer wider than the one above. That creates the tree shape.
  • Draw wavy edges on the triangles to look like branches.

Try This With ChatGPT

With a grown-up, open a new ChatGPT chat and paste this prompt, changing [my age] to your age:

I am [my age] years old and I want to draw Christmas Tree. Give me 6 steps using only simple shapes like circles, ovals and lines. Give one step at a time and wait until I type “next” before giving the following step.

Exact steps, follow-up prompts and safety rules are in our parent-guided ChatGPT guide. More ideas: creative AI activities for kids.