Aesthetic Christmas Doodles: Easy Tutorials To Try This Year
Learning how to doodle doesn’t need to be complicated, especially when it comes to the holidays, when you are already overwhelmed with all the preparations.
This post is all about aesthetic Christmas doodles — the cute, minimalist kind with simple shapes and clean lines that anyone can draw, even if you’ve never picked up a pen for art before.
I’ve been doodling in my Bullet Journal since 2018, and I promise these are some of the easiest holiday doodles I’ve ever put together for the blog. No fancy shading or tiny details here, just simple little designs that still look adorable on the page.
Grab your favorite pen, because by the end of this post you’ll have a whole set of cute, minimalist doodles ready for your dot journal spreads this Christmas.
I started learning to doodle on my own when I started my first Bullet Journal, with no artistic skills or formal training. Since then, I’ve hosted hundreds of workshops and created several books and courses to help others do the same — so trust me when I say anyone can draw. If I could learn, so can you.
The biggest secret to doodling? It’s all about basic shapes. Take anything you want to draw and break it down into rectangles, circles, and triangles. Once you’ve got those basic shapes in place, all that’s left is stylizing them a bit to create your final doodle.
That’s exactly what you’ll find in this post: simple, cute step-by-step tutorials anyone can follow to bring a little holiday mood to your journal pages.
And if you want even more help getting started, be sure to check the end of the post for my FREE doodling course — it walks you through all the tips and tricks you need to master doodling, even if you’ve never drawn a thing before.
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Doodling Supplies
But supplies can make doodling easier, so I thought I’d share some of my favorites.
- Pilot Dr. Grip Mechanical Pencil – it’s important when you doodle to have a comfortable pencil grip, and the one on this Pilot pencil is probably the best I’ve ever had.
- Sakura Foam Eraser – you want a quality eraser that won’t leave any color behind; my choice is foam erasers. Just always make sure you take some time before erasing so your pen doesn’t smudge.
- Faber Castell Pigment Pen – there are plenty of great fineliners on the market (Sakura Pigma Micron and Unipin are among my favorites), but at the moment, I’m doing all the doodles with this pen.
There are, of course, many more pens and other supplies you can get to help you with your doodling, but then this post would be just about supplies.
Aesthetic But Simple Christmas Doodles
This list has 9 different doodles, but each doodle includes several tutorials showing different ways to draw it.
This will not just teach you how to doodle, but also show you how a few different elements and extra lines can change the look of your doodles.
And one more thing – these tutorials were generated by AI. But they were based on my own doodles and tutorials that I uploaded, and I spent a lot of time prompting and refining them to help you doodle. Plus, I redrew and edited some elements myself once they were done.
Now that this is out of the way, let’s dive in and start drawing.
Gift Doodle
Christmas is about a lot of things, but a little child in me thinks about gifts right away, so this is the first set of doodles we’ll be sharing on this list.
Gifts are easy to draw; it’s just a set of rectangles together. Play around with the size, bows, and box designs to create a wide variety.
Ornament Doodles
Ornaments are a must-have for the holiday season – you can’t have the festive mood without some decorations.
Similar to the gifts, these are very simple to draw – you can play around with the main shape (circle, oval, teardrop) and then try out different colors and designs to create a unique look that would fit your specific aesthetic.
A good trick to make them stand out a bit more is to add little white ovals on the side that can look almost like a light glare.
Christmas Tree Doodle
Of course, the most obvious symbol for Christmas is a Christmas tree, so here are a few different ways you can draw it.
Even though this is a simple doodle, there are still different ways you can draw it and plenty of styles to explore. Here, I tried different approaches, but you can make it even more unique by playing around with colors.
Gingerbread Doodles
Gingerbread cookies aren’t just delicious and cute; they also come in a wide variety of shapes. Pretty much anything can be a gingerbread cookie – from a Christmas tree to a snowman or a house.
All you need to turn your doodle into a gingerbread cookie is to make it brown and thick, so it holds its shape.
Here are a few ideas for the shapes you can make for your gingerbread cookies.
Christmas Stockings Doodles
Christmas stockings are a very simple doodle, and I don’t think there are many different ways to draw them. But even if you keep the same main structure, you can add variety by using different colors or adding extra elements like bows or holly.
Here are a few different ideas; one detail might not be very clear, but I think it adds something to the doodle. You can add little dashed lines to symbolize that these parts are hand-sewn.
If the color is lighter, you can use a black fineliner for the dashed line, but if the color is too dark, you can use a white gel pen. I would definitely recommend Sakura Gelly Roll for that.
Christmas Cake Doodle
Christmas cake is a pretty new concept to me, but I learned to love it, and it quickly became an important part of my celebration (my sweet tooth welcomes any extra desserts I can get).
Here are a few different ways you can draw a Christmas cake. I also think these are great cake doodles in general. The colors and decorations make it specifically Christmas-themed. But you can use the same tutorial and concept to draw a cake for any other occasion.
Christmas Wreath Doodle
Wreaths are fun to draw and are pretty simple – you always start from a circle (or half circle), and then you just build any other designs and styles around it.
For a Christmas wreath, it’s all about green leaves or pine branches and red holly, so even the decorations are easy to draw.
Reindeer Doodle
Reindeer might seem like a very complicated doodle, but there are plenty of simple ways to make it work.
You can play around with the angles and poses of the reindeer, and you can also add little decorations to it, like a hat, a scarf, maybe some bells.
Below are just a few examples.
Santa Doodle
Last but not least is, of course, the big symbol of the season – Santa! And if you’ve never drawn people, don’t be afraid. Santa is a jolly fellow, and he is very easy to doodle.
The main concept, as you’ll see in the tutorial below, is the same for each Santa doodle. The difference comes in his shape and pose. Plus, of course, if you want a different aesthetic, you can dress up Santa in different colors.
And there you go: these are just 9 doodles, but you have plenty of examples and ideas to make them look different and unique, depending on the look you want.
Free Doodling Course
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More Resources
Looking for more doodles and tutorials? I’ve got you covered; there is much more you can learn here.
Check out these blog posts next:
- Festive Christmas Doodle Ideas
- 13+ Easy Christmas Doodles Anyone Can Draw
- Easy & Cute Winter Doodles You’ll Want To Draw Right Now
>>> What kind of doodles do you want to learn next? Share with us in the comments!
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