Bakery Coloring Page

This bakery coloring page shows a charming little shop on a brick street. A striped awning hangs above two big windows, and the sign over the door reads BAKERY. One window holds loaves, buns and a ring cake on wooden shelves. The other has a tall frosted cake and a row of cupcakes. Outside, a chalk sign stands on the sidewalk beside a basket of fresh bread.

The many small treats make this a detailed page, so it fits teens and adults best. Plan on 40 to 50 minutes. Kids of ten and up can enjoy it if they work slowly.

A bakery coloring page for people who love small shops

Anyone who slows down when they smell bread will like this one, since the whole page is built around that happy moment when you stop on the sidewalk and look in at a window full of warm loaves. Home bakers can print it for the kitchen, and a colored copy makes a sweet thank you for a neighbor who brought you cookies. Two friends can also split it, each taking one window.

It is easy to begin. Pick the awning first and everything else follows.

Sweet color ideas for the shop front

Red and white stripes give the awning a classic look. Mint green and cream look just as good, and they feel more modern. Keep the door a bold color so your eye goes straight to it.

Use warm browns and golds in the bread window. Dark orange on the top of each loaf, with a lighter gold near the bottom, will make it look freshly baked. Pink, lilac and pale yellow frosting will brighten up the cake window across the way.

Do the bricks in two reds, with a soft gray or tan for the gaps. Sidewalk stones can be pale gray with a few cool blue ones mixed in.

How to handle all the tiny treats

• Start at the top of the page and work down, so your hand does not smudge the finished parts.
• Do all the cupcake wrappers in one color, then give each top a different flavor.
• Leave small white dots on the cherries to make them shine.
• Press harder on the shadow side of each loaf for a round look.

The two flower boxes under the windows hold small white daisies with yellow centers. Use a sharp pencil there and keep a sharpener close by.

A short slice of baking history

People have baked bread for thousands of years. Ancient Egypt had large bakeries that fed workers, and some tombs show scenes of bread being made. The Romans had baking down to a real trade, with shops across their cities.

Have you heard of a baker's dozen? It means 13, not 12. One common story says bakers in old England added an extra loaf to each order, since they could be punished for selling short weight. For more on how shops like this began, see the bakery article on Wikipedia.

Yeast is alive. Really. These tiny living things eat sugar in the dough and give off gas, and those bubbles make bread rise.

Fun ways to use the finished page

Rename the shop after your family. Cover the word with a small strip of paper and write your own name on it. The sidewalk sign is blank apart from its heart, so you can add a daily special there, like cinnamon rolls or fresh rye.

Tape the page inside a recipe binder as a cover. If you bake for a school sale or a church event, a colored copy makes a sweet poster for the table.

Better still, bake something simple while the pencils are out. Banana bread is hard to get wrong, and the smell will suit your afternoon perfectly.

Other tasty pages

You can find more detailed scenes in our free coloring pages for adults. If you want something quick and sweet, try the cute cupcake coloring page or the donut coloring page.

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