![]() ![]() Or leave one on the driver’s seat of Mom’s car for her to find when she leaves for work! Maybe fold one and put it between the pages of the book Dad’s currently reading. Yes, it’s a bummer, but you can put a smile on their face by putting your finished summer coloring pages somewhere special for them to find. Most moms and dads don’t get a summer vacation. Fancy up the inside by pinning those finished coloring pages to the “walls” with springy clothes pins. It’s too hot to build a fort outside? Well, thank goodness for blanket forts! Get some chairs, sheets, blankets and cushions and construct a sprawling fort. Send a little sunshine (the not hot kind) to someone you know by putting a finished coloring page in a sweet card and sending it to whoever you feel like could use a smile, lik Grandpa, a favorite aunt or a friend they don’t get to see as much when school is out. What to do with summer coloring pages when they’re doneĮveryone’s done coloring their masterpiece…now what? Here are some ideas for how to make the fun last or brighten someone’s day. Use markers to make dots of a darker color (orange) to create shading on a lighter color (yellow). Use different amounts of pressure to create darker areas, lighter areas and blend different colors. ![]() Pick three colors that are next to each other in the rainbow, like green, blue and purple. Pick a few shades of the same color (example: pink, dark pink and light pink). ![]() Keep things from getting visually overwhelming by limiting colors to just two or three options. Want to try your hand at shading? We’ve got pretty great artists here at Hallmark, and they’ve got some pretty awesome advice to take your coloring game to the next level. You know we had to go with sweet summer treats and fun fish for kids in summer, right? We threw in a few more challenging designs for older kids, too-they’ll act like they’re not excited as they oh-so-casually grab a crayon, but. Now it’s time to pick out a coloring page! Okay, everyone’s got their cold treat and their crayons. Just be sure to rinse the blender between colors, so your milkshakes don’t turn out muddy looking. You can add colorful toppings or mix-ins like coated chocolate candies, gummy worms, or rainbow sprinkles. Let everyone pick their color of choice, then mix up some magic milkshakes in a blender! Use 1/2 pint of ice cream with 1/3 cup milk for one small milkshake. Get some vanilla ice cream, some whole milk, and some food coloring. Color some ice cream before you open the crayons.See what kind of finished product everyone ends up with! For each crayon you choose, check the color wheel and find that color’s exact opposite (known as its “complementary color”), then color with that crayon instead. See who can produce the most complete coloring page by the end of the session. Add a little friendly competition by setting a timer for 10 minutes and give everyone a coloring page. Find more tips and free printables for clues here. Make the hunt as hard (or easy) as you want. Hide coloring pages in one place, crayons and a special treat in others. Make it part of an indoor scavenger hunt.That said, there are always ways to make coloring even more fun. Inspired? Create and share by tagging coloring funĬoloring is one of those rare activities that’s a good idea any time of year-it’s why we offer free coloring pages for just about every season or holiday! But those blazing summer days where there’s a heat advisory in effect and no way to get to the local pool are a particularly good time for it. (Yes, there’s ice cream involved.) So let’s dive in already! Yes, there are numerous streaming movie and video game options these days, but sometimes it’s nice to do something creative-to wake up the part of your brain that goes all sluggish when things start to get sweaty.Įnter: These free printable summer coloring pages! We’ve got 12 different designs for kids and adults, plus some fun ideas for making your summertime coloring sessions extra cool. ![]() In summer, when it’s impossibly hot outside and all you wanna do is stay inside, it can be hard to find things to do. ![]()
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