Homemade Gift Ideas Blog
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Math Coloring Pages for Kids
After kids have already worked through a page of math problems, who really wants to hand them another worksheet of the same thing? Math coloring pages give kids a chance to keep practicing the skills they’re learning without making it feel like a bore. They solve each problem, use their answer to choose the correct color, and still have room to add a little artistic flair as the picture comes together in color.
Printable Number Line to 20
Kids love to count–how old they are, how many toys they have, the coins in their piggy bank, or even how many days until their birthday. As a teacher, I love using that natural curiosity to help kids understand what those numbers actually mean and how they relate to one another. A number line to 20 gives early learners a visual way to explore counting, number order, addition, subtraction, and more.
Printable Number Line To 100
Visualizing what counting to one hundred looks like is part of building strong number sense. This is one of those early math skills that kids will need again and again as they learn. As a teacher, I’ve seen how much easier kids adapt to concepts like addition, subtraction, comparing numbers, and place value when they understand how numbers relate to one another. A printable number line to 100 gives them a visual way to see those relationships instead of relying on memorization alone.
Feelings Chart and List of Emotions
A feelings chart offers a visual way to explore emotions, especially at those times when it's the most difficult to communicate what's going on. Tracking and checking in on feelings builds emotional intelligence for kids and adults.
Printable Potluck Sign Up SHeet Template
Potlucks are all about good food, good company, and hoping someone remembers to bring dessert! A pot luck sign up sheet takes the guesswork out of planning and gives everyone a chance to claim their favorite dish. Whether you’re organizing a family get-together, office party, holiday celebration, or neighborhood gathering, it’s a fun way to see what’s headed for the table. Plus, it’s nice to know ahead of time that you won’t end up with six bowls of potato salad and nothing else.
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.
