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Three dates and a lot of snow
February comes with built-in reasons to color. The month opens with Groundhog Day, so the first page shows a chubby groundhog beside a Feb 2 sign with his long shadow on the snow. Small flowers are poking up nearby, which gives you a good question for kids. Will spring come early or not?
Valentine's Day fills the middle of the month. For the smallest kids, the simple heart is one huge shape with seven little hearts around it. The kawaii heart waves one arm and has three heart friends sitting in the clouds. A bunny holds seven patterned heart balloons over a row of tiny houses, and a teddy bear in a bow tie hugs a big heart. The lace edged heart has a LOVE banner and two letters, while the heart with flowers climbs with roses and daisies.
The Presidents' Day page is the serious one. The White House stands behind a desk with two old style hats, a scroll and a feather quill. It suits a history lesson, and its rows of windows and columns take some care.
Plain old winter is here too. Two friends pop up behind a snow fort with towers, a flag and a pile of snowballs. A red cardinal sits on a snowy branch, and a snowy owl watches from under a big moon. The sweet treats counter, with cupcakes, donuts and a gumball machine, makes a good reward for a long month.
Reds, pinks and a little shine
Hearts do not all have to be red. Try a heart in one color with a border in another, and use the pale inner line on the simple heart as your guide. A heart filled with light pink and edged in dark red will look like it has a frame.
The balloons are made for pattern practice. Every one has its own dots, stripes or zigzags. Choose two colors for each balloon and switch them back and forth. Kids who like order can match pairs, so that two balloons share a set of colors.
Shine makes a heart look puffy. On the simple heart and the kawaii heart, a curved mark near the top shows where light hits. Leave it white. The cardinal needs a different touch. Use a bright red for the body and a darker red along the wing, then keep the face around the beak dark. The layered feathers give you a guide, so color one row at a time.
For the White House, stay light. Pale gray in the shade under the roof and between the columns will make the building stand out, while the walls stay close to white. Save the strong colors for the flags, the fountain and the two hats. The owl is the same kind of job, as it is mostly pale feathers against a dark sky.
The sweet treats counter can go as wild as you like. Give every gumball its own color, and try a different frosting on each cupcake.
February coloring pages by age
- Ages 2 to 5: The simple heart comes first. The teddy bear and the groundhog have a few more parts but stay easy.
- Ages 5 to 8: The balloons, the kawaii heart and the snow fort are a good fit. The love letter adds some writing.
- Ages 7 to 11: Try the lace heart or the sweet treats counter. Both have many small shapes close together.
- Ages 8 to 14: The Presidents' Day page, the heart with flowers and the cardinal call for sharp pencils and more time.
Print it for a monthly classroom plan
The set works well for a monthly classroom plan, since the dates give you a ready schedule. Use the groundhog in the first days of the month, the snow pages next, the hearts in the week of Valentine's Day and the White House near Presidents' Day.
Press Download all at the top of the page for one file with every drawing, or press PDF on a card for one sheet. Pages fit US Letter paper. On A4, choose Fit to page. Press Color to fill in a drawing on a phone, tablet or computer. Printing a heart for a whole class? Make one clean copy and use the school copier.
Short month facts for curious kids
February has plenty of facts that kids can repeat at dinner. It is the shortest month, with 28 days, or 29 in a leap year. Have your child count the squares on a calendar, then color that many small hearts along the edge of the simple heart page.
The famous groundhog lives in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and his name is Phil. Crowds gather there each year on February 2 to see what he does. Tell this story before you color the Groundhog Day page, then ask what your child would do if a whole town came to watch them wake up.
Presidents' Day falls on the third Monday of the month, near George Washington's birthday on February 22. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12. The two old style hats on the Presidents' Day page make a nice small lesson. Ask students to guess who might wear each one, and look at pictures of both men.
A valentine box for the whole class
Many classes ask kids to bring a card for every student, and that can get costly. Print the love letter or the teddy bear with a heart and make the cards at home. Do two or three a night so nobody ends up in tears the evening before. A young writer can do just the names, and you can help with the rest.
The lace edged heart suits older kids who want one special card. Have them color it slowly and leave the LOVE banner bright.
A folder for the next snow day
School can close with very little warning this time of year. Keep a small folder ready with the snow fort, the snowy owl and the sweet treats counter. When the call comes, you have a calm hour set for the morning. Kids can design their own fort after they color this one, then go out and try to build it.
Things to do this month
Run a class guess on Groundhog Day. Each student colors the page and writes down shadow or no shadow, then you make a simple chart of the votes. Check the weather in six weeks and see who was right.
The love letter has lines on its note, so a child can write to a grandparent, a teacher or a friend. Cut the heart pages out and you have a quick set of cards. Older kids can write one kind thing about each classmate on a small heart and tape them to the door.
For Presidents' Day, ask students what they would do on their first day in the White House. Put the answers next to the colored pages for a nice hallway display.
Bird lovers can hang the cardinal by a window and keep a list of what they see outside this month. Then count the treats on the sweet treats page and write a fun math problem about them.
All pages are free for home and class use under our free use license. We keep more on our Valentine's Day coloring pages, and the March coloring pages are ready when the month ends.
Questions
Are these February coloring pages free?
Yes. You can print them or color them online for free at home, at school or in a library.
Can I download all the February coloring pages at once?
Yes. Press Download all at the top of the page to get every drawing in one PDF, with one drawing on each sheet.
Can I use this set for a classroom plan?
Yes. It works well for a monthly plan. Follow the dates, with the groundhog first, then snow, hearts and the White House.
Which page is best for a toddler?
The simple heart. It is one huge shape, so a 2 year old can scribble inside it.
Which page can my child write on?
The love letter has lines on its note, so a child can write a short message.
