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colouring page of the week

Emma and Thomas decorate the Christmas tree

when it’s nearly Christmas we bring a Christmas tree inside.
Emma and Thomas are decorating the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
who else is helping them?
colour this colouring page using colours that you like.

craftwork of the week

Father Christmas’ hat

make this hat and everyone will think that you are Father Christmas.
print out the colouring page on strong paper.
colour in the picture using pretty colours and cut it out.
staple the long strips to the hat using a stapler.
try Father Christmas’ hat on your head.
staple the two strips together and put the hat on your head.
go outside and look for your sledge with the reindeer.

theme in the picture

ashing through the snow,
on a one-horse open sleigh…
the cosiest time of the year is upon us.
Christmas trees and lights fill the streets.
we sit cosily indoors around the Christmas tree.
and outside the snow is swirling and settling into a beautiful white blanket.
ho ho ho! Father Christmas is calling…

to get into the Christmas mood, print out one of these pictures and start colouring.
decorate your whole house with these drawings.
or email a colouring page to your best friend.
then he or she can get colouring too.

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Christmas craft book

craft ideas for making together over the Christmas period.
get out some glue, a pair of scissors and some coloured pencils.
use your handiwork to decorate the house for the Christmas celebrations…
… or send Christmas cards in the post.
Merry Christmas everyone!

join the objects to the correct clouds

do you know which things fit together?
join the objects to the clouds that fit with them.
then colour in everything in pretty colours.
give the colouring page to your teacher.

autumn with Emma and Thomas

it’s autumn. the leaves on the trees are turning yellow and brown and red.
they’re falling down from the branches.
Emma is hiding behind a tree and Thomas has his boots on and is running through the leaves.
the hedgehog is startled by that unexpected visitor to the woods.
colour in this picture in autumnal colours.
hang the colouring page on the fridge.

sneakers

do you play basketball?
if you do you’re bound to have a pair of cool sports shoes.
what colour are your sneakers?
and are they good for jumping in?
use bold colours to colour in the picture.
give it to someone who likes to play sport.
perhaps that person is you.

birthday place cards

4 place cards for the party table of the birthday boy or girl.
print out the picture with the place cards on strong paper (bvb 185g).
colour the cards in celebratory colours and cut them out.
write everyone’s names on them.
fold the cards and put them on the party table.

radio

with a radio you can listen to guitar music.
or to an opera singer.
but you can also listen to a football match.
and if the radio is playing cheerful music then you feel like dancing.
use beautiful colours to colour in the picture.
put the picture next to a radio.

backpack

what’s in this backpack?
a packet of biscuits?
or a cap and an apple?
perhaps there’s a book in it.
colour the colouring page using colours that you like.
put the picture in someone’s backpack.

find the right houses

Emma and Thomas have drawn houses.
Emma drew a house with a pointed roof, a chimney and a door.
Thomas drew a house with a flat roof, three windows and a garage door.
Colour the house that Emma has drawn in red and colour the house that Thomas has drawn in yellow.
give the colouring page to someone at your school.

where does each piece of fruit need to go?

you need to really concentrate for this game.
draw a line from each piece of fruit to the grid where it belongs.
watch out: each piece of fruit can only appear once in a grid.
then colour in all the pieces of fruit in bold colours.
click here for more fun games.

packet of muffin mix

a packet to put in your play shop: muffin mix to make your own.
print out the picture on strong paper.
colour it in using pretty colours.
cut out the packaging neatly around the edges.
fold up into a neat box.
put glue on strip ‘a’ and fold the box shut.
put the packet in your shop.
you’ll find more packets here.

Emma and Thomas do crafts together

Emma and Thomas are doing crafts together in their room.
this is a page from the colour-in story ‘a strange dragon’.
a short story about Emma and Thomas for you to colour in.
you can download the whole story here FOR FREE .
use bright colours to colour in the pictures and create your very first book.

hula-hooping with Thomas

Lowie is turning the hula hoop round and round.
wow! he’s really good at it.
can you do that too?
or do you prefer playing football?
use pretty colours to colour in the picture.
give the colouring page to a friend.

rubbish bin

you sometimes see rubbish bins standing in the street or in the park.
you can throw empty bottles into them.
or an applecore.
or a chewing gum wrapper.
use bright colours to colour in the picture.
don’t throw the colouring page in the rubbish bin…

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