Kawaii School Supplies Coloring Page

Eight happy classroom tools line up on this kawaii school supplies coloring page. A red spiral notebook stands in the middle with a yellow pencil, a purple crayon and a tall ruler beside it. Down on the desk you will find an eraser, a bottle of glue, a pair of scissors and a pencil sharpener. Every one of them has big shiny eyes and tiny pink cheeks, and the wall behind them is drawn like lined notebook paper.

There are more parts here than on our other kawaii pages, so we rate it medium. Kids from about 5 to 10 will have the most fun with it. Plan on 25 to 35 minutes. The objects are still large, but the small faces and ruler marks ask for a bit of patience.

A good page for the first week of school

Teachers can hand this out on day one, while students get settled. It is quiet, it does not need much help, and each child ends up with something to show at home. You can also use it to go over a class supply list. Ask students to point to each tool as you name it.

Parents might like it for the last night of summer. Lay out the real supplies and let your child color the matching ones. It helps turn nerves into something fun.

Kawaii school supplies coloring page color ideas

A yellow pencil with a pink eraser and silver band looks right at once. The notebook can be any color your child wants for a real one, and it has a white label space for a name. Rings along the spine look best in gray.

Pick a favorite color for the crayon, and make the paper wrapper a lighter shade of it. Orange or wood brown suits the ruler. For the scissors, bright red handles and gray blades are the usual look.

The little eraser has a paper sleeve with a star on it, so go with pink on top and blue below. The glue bottle stays mostly white, with an orange cap and a yellow label. A blue sharpener with a navy base rounds out the row.

Keep the wall simple. Leave it white with the blue lines penciled in, then color the desk a warm tan so the supplies stand out.

Tips for small spaces

Start with the big notebook. It gets you warmed up before the tiny details. Sharpen your colored pencils before you begin the faces, since the cheeks on the ruler and scissors are the smallest parts on the page.

The lines across the wall can be traced with a ruler and a light blue pencil. Using a real ruler on a picture of a ruler makes kids laugh. It is also a neat way to practice a straight line.

Put darker colors down last. Red on the notebook is a big area, so color it in one direction to keep streaks away.

Pencil facts that surprise people

Your pencil has no lead in it. The gray core is graphite, and it only got the name because people once thought graphite was a form of lead. In 1795 a Frenchman named Nicolas-Jacques Conté learned to mix powdered graphite with clay and bake it into rods. The first patent for putting an eraser on a pencil's end went to Hymen Lipman in 1858. All of that is in the pencil article on Wikipedia.

Yellow has a story as well. The color is linked to a fancy pencil brand from 1890, and other makers copied it so their pencils would seem just as good.

Name that tool

Cut the eight friends apart and turn them into a game. One child picks a piece and gives clues, such as "I am long and I help you measure." The others guess the tool. You can also give each one a name and a job, then write a short story about their first day of school.

Small groups can sort the cut outs into two piles, such as tools for writing and tools for making things. Then talk about which pile each piece belongs in, since a few could go in both.

More back to school pages

The backpack coloring page gives these supplies a place to live, and the school bus coloring page gets them to class. For a gift to the teacher, try the apple for teacher coloring page.

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