It is unlikely you will find a child that does not enjoy a coloring activity from time to time. A coloring activity can take on many different forms. It could be just one part of a larger project or as simple as a coloring sheet. With the creation of the internet parents can find many different themes and coloring activities by finding an online coloring site. Here are some of the popular topics to color.

Characters

I am sure we all remember as a child being given a coloring book of our favorite character. Children always find joy in completing coloring projects of their favorite cartoon or cartoon character. Today, parents are able to access many online coloring sites through the internet and supply their children with coloring sheets of all their favorite characters with ease without purchasing multiple coloring books.

Nursery Rhymes and Story Books

Many young children enjoy having a story or nursery rhyme read to them. A popular coloring activity is to have the children complete a coloring sheet associated with the nursery rhyme or story. Parents should try finding a coloring sheet online for their child’s favorite nursery rhyme to get even the youngest child coloring.

Holidays and Special Occasions

Many children when at school complete holiday coloring projects. Children enjoy holiday coloring sheets as it makes them anticipate the upcoming holiday. Parents can also supply their children with holiday coloring sheets by accessing online coloring sites. A great gift for grandparents would be a holiday coloring sheet completed by their grandchild. Some of the most popular holidays for coloring sheets are Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Thanksgiving.

Animals

Most children love animals. Animal pictures are very popular to color. Online coloring sites are a great resource for parents and teachers. Teachers are able to find coloring sheets with the animals that their class may be learning about and parents are able to find coloring sheets of their child's favorite animal. A coloring topic such as the animals in the barnyard helps the children learn about the different animals.

Nature

Another topic that is popular to color is nature themes. Many children like to color flowers, seasons, rainbows and weather related scenes. Introducing coloring sheets that represent the seasons and the many different nature themes help children learn about other parts of the country.

Educational

Teachers and parents both look for coloring projects that can help their children learn lessons such as the alphabet or shapes. Children often learn in many different ways and coloring can reinforce these lessons. As the children are able to recognize their numbers a great activity is a color by number project.

Puzzles

As children get older their coloring projects can gradually become more advanced. A popular way to increase the child's attention span and difficulty level of the color project is to introduce some puzzles that can be colored after completion. These puzzles are things like connect the dots or printable jigsaw puzzles that need to be colored then cut out.