Homemade Gift Ideas Blog
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Free Printable Deer Coloring Pages
For most kids, September is analogous with one thing: back to school. September coloring pages are our way of easing the transition, because everything about september is gorgeous and worthy of coloring, from the leaves to the slightly cooler days, to the breezes of the fresh fall. These free, printable September coloring pages show kids having fun getting ready for school, as well as happy fall critters and cozy September scenes.
150 Interesting Fun Facts
Some of the best conversations start with a simple “Did you know…?” As a teacher, I’ve always loved those little moments when one interesting fact sparks a great conversation or makes everyone in the room smile. If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking “What are some fun facts?”, this collection has you covered with hundreds of interesting facts to discover and share.
Thanksgiving Bingo
Thanksgiving is full of busy moments, from cooking and decorating to gathering around the table, so it’s nice to have an activity that gives kids something to look forward to. Thanksgiving Bingo brings playful competition to the holiday with colorful cards featuring turkeys, pumpkins, pie, leaves, and other familiar Thanksgiving images. Kids can play with siblings, friends, classmates, or grown-ups, and you don’t need much more than the printable cards and something to cover the spaces.
Minute to Win It Games
Minute to win it games never fail to get my family and friends gathered ‘round for a fun time. Wait, you haven’t tried this before? It’s my go-to for any gathering. Minute to win it games help break the ice, whether I’m hosting for the holidays or having a few friends over. Plus, they’re just plain fun.
Scary Coloring Pages for Adults
Scary coloring pages are a terrifyingly challenge for when you want to have some fun with horror elements and your own creativity. I love coloring spooky clowns, witches, and black cats when watching horror movies. (If I'm looking at my coloring page, then I won't have to see what scary things are happening on the screen.) Every spooky season, I sit down with a bowl of popcorn, a blanket, light the fireplace, and settle in for a horror coloring marathon.
Halloween Bingo
Halloween Bingo is a classic party game that kids of all ages enjoy playing, and these printable game boards make it easy to bring the fun to any celebration. I love playing Halloween Bingo with my class each October. This activity is perfect for classroom celebrations, family game nights and neighborhood parties.
Free Printable Comic Strip Template
Comic strip templates are the perfect way to tap into one of the biggest reading trends among kids. These printable pages give students an easy starting point for turning big ideas into exciting stories while practicing writing, sequencing, creativity and don’t forget the artistic flair!
Free Letter Tracing Worksheets
Letter tracing worksheets are a staple of early childhood development. They’re one of the best ways to create muscle memory while improving reading, writing, and handwriting. Whenever I'm tutoring toddlers and kindergartners, I use ABC tracing worksheets to teach them how to hold a pencil comfortably and figure out what works for them, all while building fine motor skills.
Free Printable Baby Word Scrambles for Your Baby Shower
We've put together free printable baby word scramble games to get the fun rolling at your next baby shower. Each baby word scramble has a different list of words, keeping your friends and family babbling with excitement as they unscramble. Why not make it a race to finish?
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Nature Coloring Pages for Kids & Adults
Nature coloring pages are one of my favorite resources to use in the classroom, because they foster curiosity while supporting meaningful learning. Whether students are coloring a realistic oak tree, a ladybug crawling on a leaf, or the moon, each page becomes an opportunity to learn. Students will begin to explore scientific vocabulary, observe what they are coloring in their own lives, and have conversations about what they notice in their own natural world.
Dress Coloring Pages
Dress coloring pages are all the fashion in the court this season! Historical dramas and fantasy tales are on the rise, which means that the royal ballgown, fae princess, elven chic, greek goddess, and so much more are back in style. If you love your fantasy stories or amazing fashion, these dress coloring pages are perfect to get creative with colors and patterns!
Messi Coloring Pages
Messi coloring pages are the perfect way to get hyped about the World Cup! When Messi isn’t scoring goals for Argentina’s national team, he’s dominating the field for Inter Miami CF in the MLS. This year marks his 6th World Cup! Let’s celebrate Messi’s achievements with some awesome coloring pages.
Ronaldo Coloring Pages
Download your favorite Ronaldo coloring pages to celebrate the World Cup! As Portugal’s forward and captain, he is on track to score his 1000th goal, the first footballer (soccer player here in the US) to ever achieve such a feat. When Ronaldo isn’t kickin’ his way through his sixth World Cup, he plays for the Saudi Pro League Club, Al-Nassr. To celebrate his achievements, we’ve gathered our favorite Ronaldo images for you to color!
Free Printable Chicken Coloring Pages
Get ready for some egg-cellent chicken coloring pages; they’re worth crossing the road for! These coloring pages are great to get the conversation going about everyday farm life and the importance of chickens to our lives and the environment. Although, we may never agree on which came first: these awesome chicken coloring pages or the egg?
August Coloring Pages
August was always a bittersweet month for me, what with summer vacation winding down and school and work gearing back up into full swing. That doesn’t mean I won’t celebrate the last gasp of summer fun with August coloring pages like the ones here. I’ll live my summer dreams to the fullest with these free, printable August coloring pages that celebrate the beach, camping, and yes, even back to school.
Free Printable Rabbit Coloring Pages
I always kind of wanted a rabbit as a pet as a kid, but with two cats in the house, I had to settle for the ones hopping around outside in the yard. Now, I can collect rabbit coloring pages and live my dreams nonetheless. Plus, these rabbits don't need their cages cleaned out. Instead, they will just keep on looking adorable when you hang them up on your refrigerator, in a child's bedroom, or maybe even around a classroom.
Free Printable Octopus Coloring Pages
Octopus coloring pages bring one of Earth's most intelligent biological wonders home for your creativity. A couple months back, I bundled up late at night and squished over wet, exposed beach in the cold and dark. It was all worth it when I discovered that the exceptional low tide exposed an octopus right there on the beach! These creatures are just so cool, and seeing one in person is something I can only match by collecting all the octopus coloring pages I can get my hands on.
Free Earth Coloring Pages and Worksheets
Earth coloring pages are perfect for those kids (or kids at heart) who are drawn to globes and can't stay away from the natural sciences. When I was a kid, you couldn't keep me out of the woods near my house. I loved getting dirty, collecting rocks, and exploring natural spaces. So when I was in school, I also loved activities like earth coloring pages. They help bring the great outdoors inside (and prevent tracking mud across the carpet). They can also serve as earth science coloring pages, especially if you pair them with a science lesson or activity.
Free Printable Baby Coloring Pages
A new baby is such an exciting time, whether it's your baby or a friend's. Baby coloring pages can not only help you celebrate this special event, but also might inspire some gifts for that baby shower you have coming up. Embrace all the joy and change that comes with a newborn baby with baby coloring pages that are so cute they'll melt your heart.
Plant Coloring Pages for Kids and Adults
Plant coloring pages are for anyone like me who keeps a garden going year round. Plants make my morning brighter, even in the dark of winter, and I love not only caring for my plants but also sitting down with plant coloring pages when most of my garden is sleeping through the winter. So I hope that whether you have a flourishing backyard jungle or a couple succulents on your windowsill, these plant coloring pages can add a bit more green to your life.
