Looking for an easy activity for your preschooler to do for dad this Father’s Day? Print out this 5×7″ foldable Father’s Day coloring card for preschoolers to color in.
While this coloring activity looks like just a fun activity for kids to do for dad, it offers many benefits for preschoolers.
BENEFITS OF COLORING FOR PRESCHOOLERS
1. Helps develop hand strength – Preschoolers are just beginning to build their muscles, so coloring helps them strengthen their hand muscles. Hand strength is essential for numerous activities, particularly handwriting. It will also help them develop a proper pencil grip.
2. Encourages creativity – Coloring offers kids a creative outlet. Even if you give 10 kids the same coloring pages, each one will look different in the end. One child can color the sun purple, while another colors it yellow. Some might color everything in black. Another child might want to draw something new and color it in. Coloring allows kids to be in control of what their art looks like.
3. Helps with early writing skills – Eye-hand coordination and pencil grip are important aspects of handwriting. With coloring, a preschooler practices control of the crayon (how much pressure is exerted on the crayon to make a darker color or a lighter color), the speed, and the direction. Not only does coloring prepare preschoolers for writing, but it also prepares them for the use of other utensils, such as scissors, grooming tools, and hygiene tools.
4. Promote patience and focus – Coloring for preschoolers as well as for older kids and adults is a great activity to slow down and focus on one task. It takes patience to color within the line and focus to bring the final result from the child’s mind onto paper.
5. Language development – Coloring and discussing their final result helps the child use descriptive words to describe and rationalize why they chose a particular color. When you look at your child’s finished art piece, instead of saying how nice it is, say, ” I see you colored this in purple. Why did you pick that color?” Or you can say, “Can you tell me a little bit about your art?” and see what your child says. It might surprise you as to why they do things.
6. Self-expression – Drawing and coloring are forms of self-expression. This is their way of expressing how they feel when they can’t find the right words. My friend’s kid was sad when she saw all the animals at the shelter not getting adopted, so she drew a picture and colored it in. This helped her mom understand how she had been feeling, and thus led to a discussion on feelings, animal adoption, and other topics.
7. Color recognition – Coloring helps them understand what primary colors are and explore color combinations.
8. Bilateral Coordination – Coloring promotes the use of both hands, a necessary skill for writing, cutting, and daily activities. When coloring, a child holds the paper with one hand while the other hand is used for coloring.
This Father’s Day coloring card is 5×7″ when folded. I’ve also included the same design in 8.5×11″ size in PDF and PNG files. You can digitally color the PNG files in Procreate.
Supplies and Instructions
Creating the card is pretty simple.
1. Print it out on cardstock either at home or at a printing shop. 2. Cut out the card with a paper trimmer or scissors. 3. Fold it in half. 4. Have your child color it in using crayons, colored pencils, or markers. 5. Write inside the card. 6. Give to Dad! 7. If you want to put it inside an envelope, I recommend these. You can also make your own envelope.
More Father’s Day Coloring Cards
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Celebrate Father’s Day with this blue and white Father’s Day card and matching cupcake toppers/gift tags.
Supplies & Instructions
1. Print it out on cardstock either at home or at a printing shop. 2. Cut out the card with a paper trimmer or scissors. 3. Fold it half. 4. Write inside card. 6. If you want to put it inside an envelope, I recommend these. You can also make your own envelope.
Tell dad how much you love him with one of these printable Father’s Day cards.
There are three flat 5×7 Father’s Day cards.
Supplies & Instructions
1. Print it out on cardstock either at home or at a printing shop. 2. Cut out the card with a paper trimmer or scissors. 3. Fold it in half. 4. Write inside the card. 6. If you want to put it inside an envelope, I recommend these. You can also make your own envelope.
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Celebrate the love and warmth of Mother’s Day with these beautiful Mother’s Day bookmarks. These printable bookmarks feature soft flowers. They’re a heartfelt and straightforward way to show appreciation, whether you tuck them inside a book, pair them with a card, or gift them on their own.
Just print, cut, and share the love! They’re easy to make, and your mom will surely appreciate the gesture. Plus, she can use them to mark her place in her favorite book.
If your mom loves flowers, these botanical books would make wonderful gifts paired with the printable bookmarks. You can also include these with a lovely reading journal. Mom can keep track of all the books she’s read while using the bookmarks to hold the place of her current book.
Personalize the bookmarks
You can personalize these bookmarks using a free online editing program called Canva. Canva doesn’t accept PDFs, which is the format of my downloads. You can convert the PDF to a JPG using I LOVE PDF. I love this free site. You can do so many things to your PDF files—merge them, split them, compress them, etc.
UPDATED 5/22: You can now download PDFs onto Canva. On the home page, select Create A Design, then the Import File icon. Select your PDF to open it.
To personalize your bookmarks, open Canva. If you don’t already have an account, simply sign up—it’s free!
Follow the video below to personalize your Mother’s Day bookmarks.
Then you need to create a new design that is 10×8″, which is the size of the bookmark freebie. Follow the steps in the video to do that.
Once the white design is open, you must upload the Mother’s Day floral bookmarks file converted from PDF to JPG.
Scale it to fit the 10×8 white canvas.
Click on the text icon in the left-hand menu. Type your wording. You can change font type, size, colors, spacing between letters, spacing between lines, and do special effects.
Once you have personalized your bookmarks, download them as a PDF print for the best printing quality.
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