Free Coloring Page – California Poppy

I chatted with my friend the other day over text and she mentioned that she started up coloring to pass the time. Coincidentally, I started up drawing again and have been taking a few Skill Share courses to improve my skills. So, I decided to turn one of my most recent projects into a free coloring page for you to download and print so that you can color like my friend too! This is a page filled with my California Poppy in different angles and has a frame around each drawing. Once you download and color, you can use it as a note card or even frame it!

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The Benefits of Coloring

Aside from being a fun activity for all ages, coloring can have many benefits.

For kids, coloring can:

1. Improve motor skills – coloring can help to improve fine motor skills, especially for young kids. The actions, motions and precise grip involved in coloring can help develop muscles in the fingers, hands and wrist
2. Stimulate creativity – coloring helps build the imagination and gives kids the opportunity to play with new colors and inspire them to think of new and creative ideas for their coloring sheets
3. Develop spatial awareness – coloring can also help develop visual perception in kids. The act of coloring within boundaries and margins strengthens this type of developmental awareness

For adults, they can:

1. Help us relax – after a stressful day of work or homeschooling, it’s nice to just grab a page or coloring book and destress with some music in the background. Wine is optional, of course
2. Exercise the mind – logic and creativity can be jump started when we color. We need to choose colors and plan the way our picture will look at the end. A nice mix of both sides of our brains is working here!
3. Bond with our kids – now that we have a lot of time to spend with our families, why not print out copies of the same coloring sheet and color together? It’s a shared activity everyone will enjoy with opportunity to catch up at the end of the day

Now that we know how amazing coloring is, let’s download, print and color!

Free Coloring Page – California Poppy: Materials

• Printer
• Scissors (optional)
• White Cardstock (optional)
• Printer paper
• Coloring pencils or markers

Free Coloring Page – California Poppy: Instructions

Download and print your free coloring page:

Click —> this link <— to go to the download page, then click the link to download the PDF file. Now print the file on white cardstock or printer paper

Color your California Poppy images:

Color your California Poppy images with your coloring pencils or markers

Cut out your California Poppy images:

For each square cut along the black border. Once your images are cut out, you can use them as artwork for your wall art in a lovely frame or use them as mini note cards to send to loved ones!

I love how they turned out and can’t wait to hear how you colored them!

Looking for some more crafty inspiration? Take a look at these tutorials on How To Make Your Own Stationery!