Christmas gift guide: a custom coloring book starring them

For kids: they are the hero

Kids color what they love, and nothing beats seeing themselves on the page. Start with one photo and the pages put them in a treehouse, on a beach day, at a birthday party and on a trip to space. Their name goes on the cover.

It keeps them busy on Christmas afternoon, and it is the one gift that is unmistakably theirs.

For grandparents: their favorite things

Choose a photo of Grandma or Grandpa and pick Grandparent. The pages are drawn around their favorite things: the garden, a fishing dock, baking day, storytime in the armchair.

Or flip it: a coloring book starring the grandkids, for grandparents who would rather color them. Either way the grandkids can color it with them.

For pet lovers: their dog or cat, starring

Every pet owner has a camera roll full of one animal. Pick the clearest face and their dog or cat becomes an explorer, an astronaut or a caped hero across every page.

For a couple or a best friend

A photo of the two of you becomes your story: a road trip, game night, a holiday morning around the tree. It is a funny, warm gift for a partner, and an easy one for a best friend who has everything.

Running late?

A gift voucher covers creation, printing and shipping, and the person picks their own photo when they redeem it. Purchased vouchers never expire.

For something to color on Christmas Eve, our free printable coloring book is 10 pages in one PDF, no email asked.

How to make it in time

Make it tonight: the first page takes about 20 seconds and the coloring book is free to make. Order the printed copy by the order-by date at the top of this guide; printing and delivery take about 2 to 3 weeks with standard shipping. When no date shows there, the dates have passed and a gift voucher is the way to go.

Gifting more than one? Order matching copies of the same coloring book for siblings or cousins: extra copies cost less than the first.