Mother's Day Bouquet Coloring Page

About this coloring page

A bouquet tied with a ribbon bow, standing in a simple vase, with a heart shape beside it. This is a page with a job: it is meant to be given away, which changes how children approach it. A child coloring something for someone else concentrates differently from one coloring for themselves, and it is worth saying out loud who it is for before they start. The flowers are drawn as a handful of large blooms rather than a dense arrangement, so each one can take its own color without any care being needed. The heart gives somewhere to write a name or a short message, which is what turns the page into an actual card. Printed at A4 there is room to fold the sheet in half if you want it to stand up, and printing on card rather than paper makes it survive being handled. It also works for birthdays and Father's Day with nothing changed except what gets written in the heart. Printed on card, a mothers day coloring sheet folds into a card that survives being posted, which ordinary paper does not.

Color suggestions

• Every flower a different color
• Pink and yellow for spring
• Green stems and leaves
• Leave the heart white to write in

Did you know?

• Anna Jarvis campaigned for years to establish Mother's Day in America, then spent much of the rest of her life trying to have it abolished because she was appalled by how thoroughly florists and card companies had commercialised it.
• Mother's Day falls on different dates around the world. The United States and much of Europe use a Sunday in spring, while in Britain it is tied to Lent and moves with Easter.