Storybook Playtime Page for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Coloring guide
Four kids are playing together on top of a giant open book. At the top, a boy and a girl with a ponytail pass a little toy car back and forth. Below them, a girl in a headband kneels and holds hands with a curly-haired boy in a hoodie, who leans back with a big smile. Around them you'll spot a teddy bear in a bow tie, a striped ball, a toy block and a pyramid-shaped toy, with a few leafy plants at the edges. Outside the book, a table lamp stands on the left and a mug decorated with a heart sits on the right, all on a wooden floor. The sharing and hand-holding fit a Martin Luther King Jr. Day theme of friendship. Bright red for the toy car and warm brown for the teddy bear are a good start. Print or download it free for a quick coloring break. Looking for more? Our Christmas and Halloween coloring pages pair nicely with this Martin Luther King Jr. Day page.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- warm tan
- grass green
- leaf green
- cream
- soft yellow
- marigold yellow
- skin peach
- lime green
- brown
- royal blue
- lavender purple
- bright red
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Start with the big wooden table and the lamp: fill the table floor areas with warm tan and the lampshade with soft yellow, leaving the lamp cord and background wall white.
- 2Color the bushes and the grassy pages of the open book with grass green, leaf green and lime green, keeping the book pages cream.
- 3Fill the kids' clothes: royal blue for the boy's jeans and the girl's pants, sky blue for the boy's shirt, bright red for the boy's hoodie, lavender purple and hot pink for the girls' tops, and rose pink for the left girl's pants.
- 4Color the skin areas in skin peach, the hair in brown for the boys and marigold yellow for the left girl, and the right girl's ponytail in tangerine orange.
- 5Add the teddy bear in honey orange, the mug in cream with a bright red heart, and the toy car and blocks in bright red, marigold yellow and royal blue.
- 6Optional: Add a little shading on the lampshade and the book pages with a slightly darker tone, and leave small highlights on the eyes and the mug white.
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