Are you ready for the summer solstice? How about a summer solstice coloring page as part of our monthly coloring page series?
The very famous Coney Island Mermaid Day Parade is the subject of Melanie Hope Greenberg's award winning book, Mermaids on Parade and this month's summer solstice coloring page is a scene from that book.
Melanie explains,
At the Mermaid Parade the chosen King and Queen of that year are given a basket of fruit to throw to the Sea Gods and Goddess and open the ocean for the summer with a good season of swimming.
Sounds like a crazy fun time, right? Well, if you can't make it to Coney Island this year, you CAN experience the fun vicariously with Melanie's fruit in the waves summer solstice coloring page.
Get the Coloring Page:
Download and print (By clicking on link you agree to our terms of service, *see below): Solstice coloring page
Pretend Play Idea:
Print out the ocean coloring page and stack this solstice coloring page on top so that you create an ocean backdrop (under and over the waves). Just follow the instructions for creating an easy theater backdrop in the ocean coloring page post.
Then use the fish puppets that come with the ocean page and the Melanie's mermaid paper dolls and our printable ocean creatures finger puppets coloring page for awesome summer beach themed pretend play.
MORE:
- All our summer-themed coloring pages
- All our mermaid-themed coloring pages
Meet the Illustrator:
Melanie Hope Greenberg loves summer! 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.
Melanie conducts sought after author-illustrator visits and workshops in schools or via Skype. You can learn more on her website.
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