What is on these winter coloring pages
A garden shed on a cold morning, a lantern glowing in the snow and a village square at night, where a whole crowd of neighbors in hats and scarves has come out. In every scene there is a little dragon who can only puff smoke. The pictures come from the illustrations in our sample books, redrawn as black outlines.
Winter pages leave a lot of white space, and that is part of the fun: a child can decide whether the snow stays white or turns blue in the evening light, and whether the windows glow yellow.
How to print them
A few things that make printing easier:
- Click PDF to open one page sized for A4 paper. On US Letter paper, choose Fit to page in the print window.
- Print in black and white: the pages have no gray, so they use very little ink.
- Regular printer paper is fine for crayons and colored pencils. For markers or watercolor, thicker paper keeps the color from bleeding through.
- Save the PNG if your child colors on a tablet.
Ideas for winter coloring time
Start with the sky. A dark blue sky around the moon makes the white snow and the yellow windows stand out, and young children love watching the picture change as they go.
Count the people in the village square together, then give each one a hat in a different color. Ask who they are and why they all came out on such a cold night.
A colored page makes a good winter card. Fold it in half, write a few words inside and send it to grandparents or a friend who lives far away.
A winter story with your child as the hero
The children and the dragon on these pages come from sample books made with minibooks. You can make a story like that with your own child in every picture: type their name, age and a few words about how they look, pick a style and say what the story is about, maybe the first snow of the year.
The cover and first pages are free, usually in 2–3 minutes. If you like them, the whole book is $14.99, paid once: the cover and 12 illustrated pages to read online and as a PDF to print.
