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Christmas & winter · Grades 6–8 · 15 steps

How to Draw Christmas Light Letters

String-Light Lettering from The Drawing Fix™. An easy step-by-step drawing for Grades 6–8. Draw it with your class in about 20 minutes, one step at a time. Free to use and print. No sign-up.

By Christopher Allen · Ontario elementary educator15 stepsAbout 20 minutesUpdated Nov 5, 2026
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A challenge drawing for older students. Structure first, detail last. Good practice for line control, proportion and slowing down.

Before you start: a pencil, an eraser, a sheet of paper and something to colour with.

Draw lightly at first. Dark lines come at the end, once the shapes look right.

Step-by-step: how to draw christmas light letters

  1. Step 1. Guide lines

    Draw two guide lines for the letters.

  2. Step 2. J

    Draw the block letter J.

  3. Step 3. O outside

    Draw the outside of the O.

  4. Step 4. O inside

    Draw the inside of the O.

  5. Step 5. Y

    Draw the block letter Y.

  6. Step 6. Wire

    Draw the light wire looping across.

  7. Step 7. Bulbs

    Hang eight bulbs on the wire.

  8. Step 8. Glow

    Add glow lines around four bulbs.

  9. Step 9. Star

    Draw a star above the O.

  10. Step 10. J stripes

    Add candy stripes on the J.

  11. Step 11. Snow caps

    Add snow on top of the letters.

  12. Step 12. Banner

    Draw a ribbon banner underneath.

  13. Step 13. Holly

    Add holly at both ends of the banner.

  14. Step 14. Sparkles

    Add sparkles around the word.

  15. Step 15. Create

    Make one part completely yours.

The pink line is the new part in each step.

Make it theirs

  • Add falling snow with dots or tiny stars.
  • Draw a second, smaller one beside it.
  • Fold the paper and turn it into a card for someone at home.
  • Colour last. There is no wrong colour for christmas light letters.

Teaching it with the projector

The projector version draws each step slowly on the board, pauses while students copy it, then checks in before the next step. Nobody has to talk, so you are free to walk around and help.

Quick Fix: 10 steps, about 10 minutes. Good for a brain break or the last few minutes before recess. Full Focus: all 15 steps, about 20 minutes, with the extra detail.

Open String-Light Lettering on the projector → It works on any classroom screen. No accounts, no student names, no ads.

Curriculum connections

Visual arts: the elements of design (line, shape, space and proportion) and creating art for a purpose. Language: listening to and following multi-step directions. Directed drawing also builds fine motor control and focus.

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