Seasonal Activities

Christmas Subtraction Coloring Worksheets

Give your students a fun activity this Christmas with these mystery picture coloring pages. These worksheets include problems to help them practice subtracting numbers.

How to Use

This is a no-prep packet. All you have to do is print the coloring worksheets, and you're ready to go. 

To solve the mystery picture, your students must answer all subtraction problems correctly. Then, they match their answers to a letter and color the squares to see the hidden picture.

*** These are for Grades 2-4. For K-2, click here.

What You'll Get

You can download all printable worksheets. There are three versions of this packet, each with a different set of addition problems.

  1. Subtraction of 2-digit and 1-digit numbers
  2. Subtraction of two 2-digit numbers
  3. Subtraction of two 3-digit numbers

    The types of problem include:

    • Find the difference of two numbers
    • Finding the missing subtrahend or minuend
    • Finding the missing difference, subtrahend or minuend

    There are seven images in each version. Just choose and print the right type of problem that you want your students to work on.

    If your kids answered all subtraction problems correctly, they would uncover these pictures related to Christmas:

    • Santa Claus
    • Candy Cane
    • Christmas Tree
    • Gifts
    • Gingerbread Man
    • Snowman
    • Socks

    If you also need other skills (for differentiation) such as addition, multiplication, division, place value, fractions, and decimals, check out the Christmas Math coloring worksheets bundle.