Free Printables for Kids: Coloring Pages, Paper Dolls, Bookmarks and More

There are so many free printables offered on the Internet these days. Lately, I've discovered some really neat sites that offer some great printables. The following article shares some of my favorite printables for coloring pages, paper dolls, door hangers, bookmarks and bookplates.

Before printing the paper dolls and bookmarks, you may want to consider printing those on card stock. They'll be more durable and last longer. You can find card stock at Wal-Mart or an office supply store. For the bookplates, you can also print them on stick-on labels.

Please note that these free printables are for your personal use only. Be sure to check out each site's terms and conditions if you have any questions.

Coloring Pages

PrincessCastleParty.com - Nice selection of Disney Princess coloring pages offered here. Coloring pages include Ariel, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Little Mermaid.

Printables 4 Kids - This site has a great selection of printables for girls. Printables featuring Princess and the Frog, Fancy Nancy, American Girl, Little Pet Shop, Groovy Girlfriends, and lots of princess printables are offered. Be sure to check out their other activities including mazes, math worksheets and word games.

FamilyEducation.com - This site offers a handy search feature where you can search based on age (0-3, 4-6, 7-11, 12-18) and category. Coloring pages based on popular books such as "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and "Lily's Purple Plastic Purse". Site registration is required to print any of the free printables.

Paper Dolls

Betsy McCall - The First Ten Years - Very extensive collection of paper dolls from the '50's to the 90's. Other paper dolls include paper dolls from the TV show "That Girl", Strawberry Shortcake, and a lot of others that are before my time. Nonetheless, lots of designs to choose from.

Irene's Paper Dolls - This site offers a Barbie paper doll with a variety of fashionable clothes.

Coloring Universe - Fantastic site offering a large selection of paper dolls. Select from Barbie, Berenstain Bears, Caillou, Disney's Ariel, Holly Hobbie, Strawberry Shortcake and more. They also have a large variety of coloring pages as well.

MakingFriends.com - This site offers both color and print-and-color paper dolls. Boy and girl paper dolls are offered. Large variety of themes and hair styles offered.

Funorama - Print-and-color paper dolls offered.

FamilyFun.com - This site offers a good variety of print-and-color paper dolls. If you want to be little more creative, they also have 4 different textures to print for the clothes. Be sure to also check out their "Paper Bag Magazine Dolls" and "Princess Paper Dolls to Color" .

Door Hangers

KidPrintables.com - Good variety of fun printable door hangers for boys and girls and even moms.

Bookplates

My Home Library - A beautiful collection of 200 black-and-white and color bookplates are offered at this site from a variety of artists and illustrators.

Bridget MacKeith - This talented book illustrator offers 4 free and colorful bookplates.

Activity Village.co.uk - Nice selection of bookplates for boys and girls. Small and large bookplates are available. Variety of themes such as princess, dinosaurs, knights and castles, monsters and spaceships.

Bookmarks

DLTK.com - Great selection of both customizable and standard bookmarks. For the customizable bookmarks, you can choose from popular cartoon characters or seasonal themes. Standard bookmarks offer lots of choices such as Arthur, Veggie Tales, Raggedy Ann and Andy, bible-based, seasonal, and more. Choose from black-and-white or color.

PrincessCrafts.com - Lots of different themed bookmarks for boys and girls. 5 bookmarks print per page. Each PDF file prints 2 pages of bookmarks.

MochaBayDesign.com - These whimsical and colorful bookmarks each have a clever saying. Choose from 21 designs.

ActivityVillage.co.uk - Lots and lots of different themed bookmarks. Choose from monsters, dinosaurs, inspirational, seasonal, holiday, and more.

PBS Kids - Arthur bookmarks are offered in black-and-white. Choose from a variety of characters from the show.

Finding just the right printable can be a time consuming process. I hope you found some printables that you can start using today. And, maybe saved some time too!