Sweet Treats Day Coloring Page

Everything in this little shop is good enough to eat. The sweet treats day coloring page shows a bakery counter with a striped awning and a sign on top, and a tall three tier stand takes up the middle. Cupcakes sit on the top plate. Donuts and a small cupcake share the next one, and three heart cookies fill the bottom plate.

A gumball machine stands at the left end of the counter. On the right, a scoop of ice cream with a tiny face leans beside two swirly lollipops. Up on the shelves you'll see two jars packed with round candies, and five wrapped sweets are scattered along the front. The hearts make it a good fit for a February class party.

Skill level

This is a medium page, and ages 5 to 11 can handle it. No single part is hard, but there are many of them. Allow 30 minutes for the whole sheet. Younger kids can pick their favorite treat on each plate and leave the rest.

Sweet treats day coloring page color ideas

Think like a baker. Icing comes in soft colors, and cake, cookie and donut dough are warm tan shades. Keep those warm tones in place, then go wild with the toppings. A pink donut with yellow sprinkles and a chocolate one with white sprinkles look tasty side by side.

• Awning: pink and white stripes, one section at a time
• Heart cookies: tan edge with red or pink icing
• Gumballs: as many colors as your box allows
• Checked floor: pink and cream, or black and white for an old diner look

The candy jars are a great spot for a pattern. Try a repeating row of red, yellow and blue. Pale blue glass over the jar edges makes it look clear, and the framed heart on the wall can match the sign.

Tips for a tasty finish

Round shapes look better with a small white shine. Before you color a gumball, leave a tiny spot bare at the upper left. Do the same on the cherries and the lollipops. Kids are often amazed by how much this helps.

Use a light hand on the icing. Gentle color looks like soft frosting, while a heavy crayon looks like plastic. Save the hard pressing for dark parts such as the counter and the stand.

Felt tip markers work nicely for sprinkles, because a small dot of strong color reads well. For the swirls on the lollipops, go around the line slowly with two colors, and let your child turn the page as they go.

Sweets before there was sugar

Before sugar was easy to get, candy was made with honey. People in ancient China, Egypt, Greece and the Roman Empire used honey to coat fruits and flowers. Sugar itself was made in ancient India by boiling sugarcane juice. The word candy has very old roots as well, and it may trace back to Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit words for sugar. You can follow the trail on the Candy page. Next time your child tastes honey, tell them it was the first candy.

Open your own shop

Cut out the treats after coloring and glue them to small squares of card. Now your child has a pretend bakery. Write a price on each one and take turns playing shopkeeper with a jar of buttons for coins. It's a sneaky way to practice adding.

Teachers can hand out one treat per student and build a class graph. How many picked a donut? How many chose the cone? Tally the votes on the board, then talk about which treat won.

On a real baking day, tape the finished page to the fridge as a menu and let your child choose what you make.

More sweet pages

One big treat waits on the cute cupcake coloring page. For more hearts this month, try the valentines heart coloring page.

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