If your kids are off to camp this summer, or if you enjoy camping as a family, pack a printout of this month's campfire coloring page to keep little hands busy. Children's book author and illustrator, Melanie Hope Greenberg, created this coloring page as part of our summer coloring page collection.
As with all the coloring sheet posts, I like to offer up a suggestion that makes a black and white printout more than just a busy work activity (although there is nothing wrong with that!). Sometimes the coloring page doubles as a pretend play prompt as is the case with the school and pizza parlor page, sometimes it can be turned into a father's day card, or an emotions learning exercise.
This month I'd like to suggest that you sit down with your own coloring page and work alongside your child. I often do this when Melanie sends over the new design each month.
Yesterday my 6-yearold and I did this as an after school activity and it sparked a wonderful conversation. Among the things we talked about:
- Whether or not art has to be realistic because he asked if he could color his page with whatever colors he wanted.
- How the color of flames indicate temperature because he asked if there is such a thing as blue fire.
- Ethnicity and race because he noticed the different colored skin of the children on my page.
- Vitamin D and sunburns because
- How sun different parts of the world get in the winter
- What songs the children might be singing in the picture. (He said definitely NOT "Let it Go")
Science, geography, social studies, art.... The only subject we didn't get to was math!
Who knew doing a coloring page could be a mother-son bonding experience? Quality family time my friends, quality family time.
Download and print --> (By clicking on link you agree to our terms of service, *see below) CAMPFIRE COLORING PAGE
Meet the illustrator:
Melanie Hope Greenberg loves to sing along at campfires and has many interesting conversations with kids when she gives workshops on the art of creating children's books at schools and libraries!
She is an award winning author and illustrator of more than 15 children’s books. Her cheerful, vibrant illustrations can be found in books such as Good Morning, Digger, Down in the Subway and A City Is. Her very popular Mermaids on Parade was selected as a Bank Street Best Book, and for the Texas Reading Club and PBS Kids Summer Reading Lists.
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melanie hope greenberg says
This is my most favorite post. Sweet! xxox