20 Summer Coloring Pages: Easy Motifs and Beach Scenes Free printable PDF · color online

Start with one cheerful object

The round beach ball has wide curved panels and almost no background. The smiling watermelon slice, coconut drink and watermelon ice pop are similarly open, so a child can finish one without planning a whole landscape. Let them pick a color for the main fruit or ball first, then choose a second shade for the rind, straw or panel edge. The sunflower has broad petals that invite a repeating color pattern. These are the bold easy pictures in the set. For another snack-focused choice, see the ice cream coloring pages.

Follow a day at the shore

The beach umbrella stands over an empty striped towel; nearby pages show a sandcastle with a bucket, a crab wearing sunglasses and an inflatable ring on a curling wave. A small sailboat crosses broad bands of water. These are separate scenes, so children can put them in an order to tell their own beach day. Color the umbrella panels in alternating shades, or use a darker color on the sailboat hull to keep it visible against the water. The sandcastle has little tower windows and a sign on the bucket, making it slower than the beach ball.

Color the summer snacks and stops

Three frozen pops each have a different surface pattern. The lemonade stand has a striped awning and a printed sign reading “LEMONADE 5¢”; the ice cream truck has an ICE CREAM sign above the roof. Those words are part of the art, and the letters can be colored as shapes. At the park picnic, a basket, watermelon slices and drink carton sit on a patterned blanket under a large tree. Try assigning one bright accent color to the drink or fruit, then use quieter shades on the blanket and grass. There is enough detail in the picnic scene for a slower session.

Move from sunshine to campfire

A smiling sun rises above a rainbow, and another shines beside a sailboat. The final outdoor scene swaps the beach for a tent and small fire among trees. Color the tent fabric in two sections, then use warm orange and yellow for the flames. The sun collection has more weather and sky pictures if that is the favorite element here: visit the sun coloring pages. A child can pair the camping sheet with a beach picture and say where the same summer day might begin and end.