Celebrate good times with these festive, celebration-themed and parade coloring pages from our extensive coloring page collection designed and created by children's book author and illustrator, Melanie Hope Greenberg!

These coloring sheets make great boredom busters for holiday parties and get-togethers with families. Add them to take-along busy bags for your kids when you know they might need a quick distraction or quiet time activity amidst all the festivities.
Fireworks Coloring Page

This illustration features boats in a harbor setting off fireworks for the Fourth of July (or any other summer holiday!) against the background of a city skyline and line of transportation.
Find it: Fireworks Coloring Page
Carnival Coloring Page

Dancing musicians in costumes celebrate in front of an outdoor stage for Carnival or Mardi Gras.
Find it: Carnival Celebration Coloring page
Joyous Children Celebrating

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Smiling children hold hands, celebrate and dance amid sparkles and stars on this printable suitable for all manner of celebrations from birthdays to block parties.
Mermaid Parade

A crowd of onlookers watch the Mermaid Day parade of costumed men, women and children at Coney Island.
Find it: Mermaid Parade Day Coloring Page
Circus Parade

The circus has come to town and clowns, acrobats and animals parade through the street, waving to onlookers in this detailed coloring page.
Find it: Circus Parade Coloring Page
Marching Band Parade

A marching band, dancers and clowns wave flags and celebrate in a parade, surrounded by musical notes and sparkles.
Find it: Marching Band Coloring Page
Lunar New Year Parade

Three children hold up a dragon puppet while another looks on, holding a sparkler. Print it out for Lunar New Year or for any child who loves dragons.
Find it: Lunar New Year Coloring Page
Musical Celebration

Children celebrate and dance to their hearts' content while a pianist plays a lively tune to celebrate Musical Appreciation Day!
Find it: Music Appreciation Coloring Page
Peace Parade

Celebrate peace and the value of inclusion with a coloring page featuring people of all ages participating in a peace parade. This is a good printable for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations.
Find it: Peace Parade Coloring Page
Birthday Party Train

What better way to celebrate birthdays than with a party train filled with toys and surrounded by balloons, candy and confetti.
Find it: Birthday Party Train Coloring Page
About the Illustrator:
Melanie Hope Greenberg loves to celebrate and is an enthusiastic parade watcher! She is skilled at school visits where she teaches kids about the process of writing and illustrating children's visits. Learn more at her website.
Melanie 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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