Art With Kids: Coloring Pages

 

Some of Dover's recent samplers featured some more free coloring pages that would be great for teaching kids about art.  These samples are only up for a limited time, so you may want to save them for later ( You can right click to save the images).

• There are two coloring pages here of famous artowork including American Gothic and the piece above by Asher B. Durand..    I love the idea of letting them color it before they see the original, so they can see what different color choices bring out in a picture.

• There are several coloring pages featuring Art Nouveau patterns and would be a fun way to expose kids to the Art Nouveau movement.  

• This beutiful artwork by Golden Age of Illustration artist Helen Stratton is not technically a coloring page, but being black and white could certainly work as one.  They also have several coloring pages based off the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, another Golden Age illustrator (and one of my favorite artists).

• This website, which is NOT part of Dover, has tons of coloring pages based on famous artworks.  The only things is you have to wait through a lot of ads (yep, so if all you see is an add at first, just wait for it to time through and you'll see coloring pages.)

• These Mosaic Coloring pages help kids explore the art of mosaics.

30% Off Teapots!

Use coupon code TEANPITCHERS for 30% off teapots and pitchers!

Ends June 30. Only at my Zazzle.com shops...not in other shops or international stores.

"Stolen" Giveaways in May

The giveaways below aren't technically "mine," but since I sell through CafePress  and Zazzle anyone who won these could use their winnings to buy Scribbleprints (they could...of course they wouldn't have to).  



$30 CafePress GC at Kate and Kabodle (5/17)

$25 CafePress GC at Quick Tattletails (5/19)

$25 CafePress GC at J's Reviews and Giveaways (5/19)

$25 CafePress GC at All in a Day's Work (5/19) 

$25 CafePress GC at My Springfield Mommy (5/19)

$25 CafePress GC at J's Reviews and Giveaways (5/19)

$25 CafePress GC at Saving Said Simply (5/20)

$25 CafePress GC at Perry Moppins (5/20)

$30 CafePress GC at Baby Loving Mamma (5/21)

$25 CafePress GC at Three Different Directions (5/21)

$25 CafePress GC at Minding My Matters (5/22)

$25 CafePress GC at It All Happens in a Blink (5/23)

Various Cool Items Including a Zazzle Gift Card (5/23)

$25 CafePress GC at Minding My Matters (5/23)

$25 CafePress GC at Real Reviews by Savvy K (5/23)

$25 CafePress GC at Sew Can Do (5/24)

$20 CafePress GC at Books and More (5/26)

$25 CafePress GC at Life is a Sandcastle (5/26)

West Texas

30 minutes from where I live a huge explosion happened killing many and damaging buildings and homes in West, TX.  I will be doing something (auction, selling stuffetc.) to raise funds to help.  I will be join in with a auction that is forming on a Texas bloggers group I belong to, and will be posting more when I have info.

Maternity Shirts Have Three New Colors!

There are three new colors for my maternity shirts at CafePress! Navy, orange and blue!  When you click on a black maternity shirt (or one in these colors) you can switch the color to whichever one you want!

These colors already existed at my Zazzle shop (which added a LOT of new colors), but this is still exciting since belly printing isn't available yet at Zazzle, and because CafePress often has some really great sales on maternity shirts.