11 Adorable Toddler Christmas Photo Ideas to Try for 2025 Holiday

Christmas is the best moment to capture the bright smiles and wide eyes of your toddler. Such moments are not permanent, but photos will keep you cherishing them many years to come. With the setup you can make ordinary holiday pictures into gorgeous mementos that look like ones out of a studio.

In this guide, you’ll find 11 easy and creative toddler Christmas photo ideas to try for the 2025 holiday season.

1. Rust Barn Door Sled Sit

Create a warm winter Christmas atmosphere with your toddler sitting on an old sled with lit lights and gifts. Throw in some soft evergreens, a wreath, the coziness of rustic barn doors and the essence of that old, good old holiday.
The Christmas White Shabby Barn Door Backdrop is the perfect selection that brings it all together, the warm farmhouse look to your photo. It is simple, festive and perfect for capturing natural toddler giggles that turn into treasured family souvenirs.

❄️ Bring farmhouse Christmas warmth to your studio ➜

2. Starry Christmas Eve Window Scene

Imagine your toddler purchased a giant gift box, surrounded by sparkling ornaments, glowing trees and classic toys. The deep red curtains and moonlit view from the Christmas Red Curtain Window Backdrop bring instant storybook depth to the setup.

Add layers of wrapped presents for extra cheer and you’ll capture those wide-eyed holiday expressions that feel straight from a Christmas Eve tale. It’s a joyful and heartwarming way to freeze time.

🎁 Capture pure joy under twinkling holiday lights ➜

3. First Christmas Visit With Santa

Nothing beats the memory of your toddler’s first Santa meet and greet. Capture the moment as Santa shares a gentle handshake or offers a tiny gift.

The warm fireplace glow, twinkling tree, and vintage wood tones in the Christmas Flame Bookstore Backdrop create that cozy, old world charm. It feels like you are stepping into a holiday where you are experiencing the wonder of the first big Christmas moment of your toddler.

🔥 Bring vintage warmth and wonder to every holiday portrait ➜

4. Little Chef in Christmas Kitchen

Bring out your toddler’s playful side with a holiday baking setup. A tiny chef’s hat, wooden spoons, and mixing bowl turn the kitchen into a Christmas bakery scene. Add sweet details like frosted cookies, festive wreaths, and cozy counter decor.

The Christmas Kitchen White Cabinets Backdrop pulls the look together, creating that warm holiday vibe. It’s the perfect way to capture messy hands, flour-dusted cheeks, and giggles you’ll treasure for years.

🎄 Turn your studio into a cozy holiday bakery ➜

5. Magical Christmas Eve Sky Watch

Create a mood of the dreamy Christmas Eve with your toddler, in their festive pajamas, wrapped in a warm blanket. Just think of how marvelous their expressions were when the sleigh of Santa flew in the dark sky.

Include glittering trees and present boxes. With the Christmas Windows Sleigh Backdrop, one can easily take the starry sighting in the house and photo will look like a page in a holiday storybook.

✨ Bring starry-night sparkle to your holiday photos ➜

6. Cozy Christmas Morning by Fireplace

Experience what the Christmas morning is like when your toddler is playing with the gifts and ornaments by the fireplace. Then add shimmering stockings, rustic baskets and the Christmas tree that glimmers and shines to make the holiday warm.

The Christmas White Brick Fireplace Backdrop holds it all together and it gives the photos the old-fashioned warm look. Every giggle, stretch or curious glance at fire will create an image of your memories that you will be glad to visit on a number of holidays in the future.

📸 Make every smile shine with a warm festive charm ➜

7. Little Explorer in Winter Wonderland

Capture a photo of your toddler playing in the snow with a jolly Santa sweater. Snow-white evergreen, twinkling trees, lantern arches, all make a cosy storybook setting.

Using the Winter Retro Christmas Arch Hallway Backdrop instantly brings the winter wonderland indoors, making each curious step and wide-eyed look frameworthy. It’s perfect for creating playful, adventurous memories that feel warm and festive.

❄️ Step into a magical indoor winter wonderland ➜

8. Cozy Cocoa Christmas Baby

Take your toddler into a dream of candy cane with a large cup of cocoa.This is accomplished by the incorporation of fluffy evergreens, happy lanterns and huge peppermint decorations to create a festive ambience of the north pole.

The Christmas Courtyard Brick Wall Backdrop creates such a wonderful setting that took no time to take warm, fantasy shots. Each bite and laugh becomes a cute souvenir that is going to make you smile every Christmas.

☕ Turn your photo into a sweet Christmas cocoa dream ➜

9. Sweet Christmas Baking Moment

Create a photo memory of a party with your toddler and Santa baking cookies together. Surround them with gingerbread accents, trays of fresh cookies and poinsettias because the kitchen is such a warm, pretty place to be.

The Red and Green Christmas Kitchen Backdrop brings tha cozy bakery charm indoors, letting you capture joyful smiles, messy hands and classic holiday cheer in every shot. Perfect for sweet, lasting memories.

🍪 Turn your kitchen setup into a festive photo wonderland ➜

10. Golden Candlelight Christmas Joy

Flashback to the Christmas morning when your toddler is thanking you as he unwraps the presents among baiting candles and shimmering decorations. The Setting is warm and celebratory in rich crimson tones, golden ornaments and a tree with lights on it.

The Christmas Tree Arched Window Red Retro Wall Backdrop adds a beautiful background and pre-presents a perfect background of the bright holiday photos. And get the cute appearance and the happy surprise in every shot as a memory that you could never forget.

✨ Turn every giggle and gift into a heartwarming holiday memory ➜

11. Pajama Christmas Cookie Joy

Transform an ordinary bedroom to a small holiday home with your toddler in pajamas having cookies on the bed. There are playful soft wreaths which are luminous with fairy lights and candy cane pillows.

Using the Warm Christmas Headboard Tree Backdrop instantly transforms the scene, giving it professional holiday vibes. These jinglingly cuddly shots are heartwarming toddler Christmas portraits that look great on albums or holiday cards.

📸 Bring playful Christmas charm straight to your bedroom setup ➜

Capturing Joy That Shines Year After Year

Toddler Christmas photos freeze milestones that pass in a flash. With creative installations and a sense of vacation fun will provide you with moments of happiness and memories that will illuminate albums and holiday cards years to come.

To create an atmosphere of the season, Kate Christmas Backdrop is a good option to make the scenes more festive with all their details. All you need is simple props, cozy setups and toddlers who are cheerful and you will make each shot shine.