Save Water Coloring Page

This save water coloring page starts with a simple scene from every morning. A boy stands at the bathroom sink with a toothbrush in his mouth, and he reaches out to turn off the tap. Sitting on the edge of the sink is a round water drop with a big smile and one thumb up. A sign on the mirror reads SAVE WATER.

There are towels on a rail, a cup with a toothbrush in it and a rubber duck waiting on the shelf. Shapes are large and clear, so this is an easy page for ages 3 to 8. It takes about 15 minutes.

A save water coloring page with one easy habit

Big ideas about the planet can sail right over a four year old's head. Turning off a tap does not. This is a job your child can do tonight, with no help. Show them the picture, then ask what the boy is doing with his hand.

Next, walk over to your real sink and try it. Wet the brush, turn off the tap, brush, then turn it back on to rinse. Kids get a real sense of pride from small grown up jobs like this one.

Cool blues for a cheerful bathroom

Any save water coloring page should use a lot of blue, and this one has room for it. The drop can be a bright sky blue with a white spot to make it shine. Tiles on the wall look nice in pale blue or mint, and you may want every other tile in a second color, like a checkerboard.

Warm up the room with a yellow duck, a pink towel and a red stripe on the boy's pajamas. The mirror works best with a pale gray or a pale blue, with some white lines to show the shine. Give the toothbrush a color that your child's real brush has. It helps them see themselves in the picture.

Little helpers for little hands

• Use chunky crayons for the tiles, and a thin one for the toothbrush.
• Do the water drop first, while your child still has lots of energy.
• Read the sign aloud together and trace each letter with a finger.
• Have them draw a face on the rubber duck if they want one.

Where water goes in a home

More than half of the water used inside a home is used in the bathroom. That comes from the EPA WaterSense program, and its first tip is the very thing in this drawing: turn off the tap while shaving or brushing teeth. Their site has plenty of other simple ideas for families.

Kids may be surprised to hear that water is a loop. It falls as rain, runs into rivers, and rises into clouds. Still, only a small part of all Earth's water is fresh and easy to use. That is the reason people work so hard not to waste it.

The cup test

This small experiment makes the lesson stick. Put a big bowl in the sink, then let the tap run for one brushing. Measure what ends up in the bowl with a cup. Do it again with the tap off while brushing. Your child will see the two amounts side by side, and no speech is needed.

Reuse that bowl of water on a house plant, which turns a science test into one more good deed. Older kids can make a tally chart for a week and color one water drop for each time they remember to turn off the tap.

Tape the finished save water coloring page up near your bathroom mirror. A picture your child made works much better than a reminder from you, and it makes a good morning chat starter.

Pages that care for the planet

Follow all this water out to sea with our clean ocean page. Plants need water too, so try the planting a tree scene. See all of them in our Earth Day coloring set.

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