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Free, Printable Summer Coloring Pages

Two Children Coloring
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Printable summer coloring pages are an excellent activity the kids can do this summer when it's too hot or rainy to play outside. On these coloring pages, kids will love the fun images of beaches, parks, flowers, animals, ice cream, and summertime fun.

Keep older kids occupied with fun summer-themed word searches or create summer crafts with the help of free clip art. These online sites have coloring and activity pages that can occupy children of all ages, including adult coloring pages. Some games included on the sites are connect the dots, scavenger hunts, and tracing pages for children learning to write. The best part, all of the sites offer these pages for free. They do not require an email address or any information to print these pages out. You can print them out in minutes.

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    Holiday Crafts and Creations

    A beach scene coloring page

    Holiday Crafts and Creations

    A small handful of summer coloring pages like seashells, a beach, a bumblebee, and a butterfly can be printed by Holiday Crafts and Creations. These fun coloring pages will get all the kids ready for summer fun. These are bold, thick-lined coloring pages that make it easy for beginner colorers to stay in the lines.

    These free summer coloring pages are PDF files that you can print directly from your browser. And, if the child chooses to move on from coloring, follow a tutorial to build a teacup birdfeeder or make a summer banner.

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    DLTK Coloring Pages

    A beach umbrella, towel, and toys

    Coloring.ws

    There are hundreds of free summer coloring pages offered by DLTK Crafts for Kids, a children's content site hosted by a Canadian mom. DLTK offers fun summer activities like color by numbers and teaching tools. You'll also find some more advanced coloring pages that are perfect for teens and adults. Besides the coloring pages, there are tons of related content, including summer-related topics like birds, bumblebees, flowers, and sports. Just scroll down the page to see all the summer-related categories. DLTK's site can keep a child busy throughout the summer!

    To print, simply click on the thumbnail of the coloring page you like, and then follow the online "Print" links to print the largest image available. It will print full-sized with the URL at the bottom of the page.

  • 03 of 09

    Raising Our Kids

    Raising Our Kids

    Raising Our Kids' charming summer coloring pages include their Summer Coloring collection. These free pages show kids having summer fun both inside and out. Besides their summer-themed sections, they have more than 100 pages featuring animals, cartoon characters, fun places to visit, transportation and vehicles, and more. You can find more summer-related options on their Memorial Day and Fourth of July pages.

  • 04 of 09

    DLTK Posters and Tracing Pages

    DLTK

    DLTK Crafts for Kids offers color posters for those who want to decorate with pre-tinted summer images or print the same image out as a blank palette. They recommend printing out the colored printing pages to create a themed binder for the summer. The tracing pages are perfect for helping children strengthen their writing skills. The site suggests related crafts that can accompany a coloring or tracing page.

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  • 05 of 09

    Coloring Pages for Kids

    A happy sun

    Coloring Pages for Kids

    This free, easy-to-use site makes printing coloring pages a breeze. Coloring Pages for Kids offers two dozen summer coloring pages featuring fun in the sun, beach scenes, and animals. A second section, "July 4th," has 12 more images, including the American flag, Uncle Sam, fireworks, and more.

  • 06 of 09

    Primary Games

    A flower pot

    Primary Games

    These summer coloring pages for kids come in various designs—and for different age levels—that kids will adore. You can find more than 48 images from Primary Games. The simpler pages include beach balls, sunglasses, and month pages, while the pages for older children feature zen coloring designs for more intricate detailed coloring.

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    All Kids Network

    A boy and his mom swimming

    All Kids Network

    Grab 15 free summer coloring pages from All Kids Network. Their coloring pages highlight all things summer, like a whale, beaches, the sun, outdoor cooking, and water. You can also select "Summer Worksheets," which has another 80 activity sheets with a summer theme reinforcing counting and writing, including color by number sheets.

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    Crayola

    "Enjoy Your Summer" coloring page with flowers

    Crayola

    Crayola has almost 50 free summer coloring pages featuring flowers, animals, and games that children will enjoy coloring. Themes include graduations and Independence Day. Games like "What's Wrong with this Picture" and car scavenger hunt are included. If you explore the Crayola site, you'll find coloring pages for adults and can select pages based on different media, such as markers, pencils, paint, and crayons.

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    Doodle Art Alley

    A coloring page with a tent, trees, moon, stars, and camp fire

    Doodle Art Alley

    Doodle Art Alley has a handful of summer coloring pages of flip-flops, ice cream, fishing, a tire swing, a treehouse, camping, and sports. These are high-quality coloring pages that you won't find anywhere else. You can also select other collections of coloring pages by month; for example, June features Father's Day, and July has Independence Day images.