Free Winter Coloring Pages for Kids

There are lots of great winter coloring and craft activities you can find online to entertain your kids over the holiday period. All you need is a black and white printer, some printing paper and something for your kids to color with to get started.Children love coloring activities and it's a great way to get your kids creative and away from the television and computer over the winter holidays.

When young children are coloring it is always good to protect the surface they are working on. Put down a large piece of protective paper, an old large plastic placemat or old tablecloth that you don't mind getting colored and stained to protect your table or bench. That way your kids can express themselves without re-coloring the furniture as well.

The website ABC teach (www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalseasons/winter) has lots of great free winter themed printable sheets to download and color. They also have winter themed coloring books, a coloring winter calendar for the month of December and "draw and write" sheets as well.

The website DLTK's Holiday Activities has lots of winter color sheet activities at www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/index.html. They also have winter games and puzzles, winter worksheets and great winter recipes for you to print out and cook with your kids.

The site http://www.coloring.ws/winter.htm has a huge selection of full-page winter color sheets to print out. Follow their directions on how to print the sheet without any adds or other web information appearing on the page. They have multiple pages with organised winter subject links such as "cartoon characters", "winter sports", " penguins", "snowmen" and "polar bears" just to name a few.

The Crayola website has a number of free coloring pages for children to download at http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/seasons/winter-coloring-pages. They also have other downloadable free craft activities to keep you kids busy over the winter holidays.

The site Pre School Coloring Book is a site dedicated to free coloring sheets for kids. You can find this site at www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/color/cpwinter.shtml. They also host the site Pre School Printables www.preschoolprintables.com which has lots of other free printable games and activates for your kids.

Coloring is a great way to keep your children's imagination stimulated and is great for developing their hand and eye coordination skills. These free color sheet sites should bring hours of entertainment for your children. Once your children have done a few coloring tasks, why not get them to draw their own winter themed pictures as well.