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July 4th Freebies: Coloring Pages, Music, and More

Need to entertain the kids on July 4th?  As usual I have pored through the chaff and separated out the wheat for you.

Free Patriotic Music from Amazon.  Download America the Beautiful, The Star Spangled Banner, and God Bless America on MP3 format for free.

George Washington Connect the Dot from .calvarywilliamsport.com.

Cute and nice 4th of July Coloring Page from LeeHansen.com

July 4th Capitol and Flag Coloring Page from Crayola.com.

4th of July Wordsearch from kidsdomain.com

Hidden Pictures 4th of July Parade from Highlights for Children (fun - find the hidden stuff and color too)

*** Also see my Memorial Day Coloring Pages post for more patriotic coloring pages.

Father's Day Coloring Pages and Projects

Help the kids honor Dad with these great coloring pages.  As always, I wade through the junk to focus in one good quality free coloring pages.

 

Dad is King Father's Day Crown Coloring Page from leehansen.com

#1 Dad Coloring Page from akidsheart.com

Cute and Simple Father's Day Tie to Color via coloringsheets.blogspot.com 

Crazy Father's Day Bunny from Crayola

Father's Day WordSearch from sunniebunniezz.com

Father's Day Dot to Dot Connect the Dots page from schoolfamily.com

Valentines Day Coloring Pages and Activities

Updated for 2011: Time for another installment of Marianne's Coloring pages for kids, Valentines Day edition.  I always scour the web for QUALITY coloring pages so you don't have to wade through the yucky ones.

New From ToysRUs - here is a Valentines day activity pack including cute coloring pages, word search, and a maze.  My kids love Mazes!


Valentines Day Coloring Pages

Beautiful Be My Valentine Coloring Page with Heart designs from ColoringCastle.com  and there is also a blank version of the same

Heart and Love Mandela from Milliande.com

Funny Fish in Love from PreschoolColoringbook.com

Fuzzy Kitty with Hearts and Roses from allkidsnetwork.com

Bee My Honey page from PrintActivities.com

Hugging Kitty and Doggie from PreschoolColoringbook.com

Other Printable Activities for Preschoolers and Elementary

 

Valentines Day Word Search and Easy Word Search from Qualint.com

Heart with Arrow Dot To Dot Connect the Dots from Printactivities.com

 

Happy New Year Coloring Pages

Updated for 2011!

Let's review some great New Years theme coloring pages for the kids.  This will give them an activity for New Years Eve.  As always I pick out the super nice free coloring pages out for you so you don't have to wade through the junky ones.

New Year 2011 coloring page from Activity Village.  Really pretty!

Here is a beautiful Happy New Year Coloring page from dulemba.com. 

Snowflakes and ribbons adorn this pretty printable Happy New Year page from Kaboose.

Crayola Party Horns and Favors Coloring page from Edupics.com.

Happy New Year Connect the Dots from The Ideadoor.

Really cute New Year Train coloring page from colormegood.com.

Hanukkah Coloring Pages

This year Hanukkah (Chanuka) starts on Dec 12th, so we will light the first candles on Friday night the 11th.

Here are some of the best Hanukkah Coloring pages out there.  All free!

Menorah Coloring Page from Elizabeth Dulemba

One Jug of Oil Lasted for 8 Days - from Torah Tots.   Also see their pages featuring each Hebrew letter on the dreidel.

Happy Hanukkah Coloring Page from primarygames.com.

Dreidle Coloring page from Classbrain.com.

Pretty Oil jug coloring page from aish.com.

And don't forget your dreidel game!

Make and Play Dreidel printable  from teachervision.fen.com.  Also check out their printable dreidel rules.

Or try this printable dreidel from NickJr.com.

Thanksgiving Coloring Pages

While we are on the subject of Thanksgiving (See previous post for Scholastic Thanksgiving) let me list some really nice Thanksgiving Coloring Pages for you as well as other Thanksgiving printables for kids.  There were a lot to chose from across the net but I have done the work for you and found the best!

Free Thanksgiving Printable Activity Booklet from Education.com.

Here is a cool Turkey in Pilgrim hat that has nice feathers from Coloringpages.net.

This one aslo from Coloringpages.net  has a Pilgrim and American Indian.

Wampanoag Indian Girl coloring page from ABCTeach.

Turkey word worksheet from Teach-nology.

FamilyFun has this great Thanksgiving activity page with a maze and connect the dots all on one page.

Color the Mayflower from ABCTeach.

Turkey shaped book for kids to make from ABCTeach.  (Very cool)

For those looking for online coloring try this online color the turkey page from Kaboose.

Columbus Day Coloring Pages

I like to find two or three really nice free coloring pages with you for special holidays.  Today lets do some for Columbus Day.

Christopher Coumbus with spyglass from ABCTeach.com

Beautiful Caravel Sailing Ship to color from Enchanted Learning

Detailed drawings of each of Columbus' three ships from Ushistoryimages.com These would be nice for older kids and adults who like to color or watercolor over the etchings.

Labor Day Coloring Pages, Printables, and Activities for Kids

Here are some free printable Labor Day activity pages, coloring pages, word searches, and goodies to keep the kids busy over Labor Day Weekend.

Labor Day Word Search from About.com

Labor Day Coloring Pages (All sorts of Different Jobs) from apples4theteacher.com

Cute School Bus Driver Coloring Page from primarygames.com

Workshop Tools Labeling Worksheet from Enchanted Learning.

Shavuot (Shavuos) Coloring Pages and Activities for Kids

Shavuot is the Jewish celebration for when God gave us the 10 Commandments and Torah (which are the first 5 books of not only the Jewish but also the Christian bible)

It is also a celebration of the Summer harvest and the good things of the earth that God has given us!

Here are some links for kids for Shavuot Coloring pages, and printable activities.

Chabad's Kids Shavuot Page

Coloring Page of the Torah, Flowers, and Mt. Sinai

Torah Tots Shavuot Coloring pages

Tu B'Shevat Coloring Booklet from Chinuch.org

Memorial Day Free Coloring Pages and Worksheets

It's that time again - Memorial Day!

Also see my 4th of July Coloring Pages Area.

Here are some free Memorial Day worksheets, coloring pages, and printable activity pages for the young kids amongst us!  Gotta keep them busy on Memorial Day weekend and we all need a Flag Coloring page to color.   Especially check out the super cute kitty heart I Love the USA Coloring Page listed last.  It is seriously adorable - and a step above the average free clip art.

Memorial Day worksheets from Teach-nology.com

Memorial Day Word Search from ABC Teach

US Flag Coloring Page from About.com (with place to write the word flag) and another Accurate US flag coloring page  great for older kids from SherriAllen.com.

Super Cute Kitty Heart "I Love the USA" Coloring Page!

Here is a link to one of my previous posts about a Free US Map Puzzle.