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Code and Color Easter Bunny Coloring Pages

March 22, 2023 By Deirdre

This set of Easter Bunny coloring pages focuses on following coding directions to color a super cute bunny. There are two pages for each type of coloring page. The first style features an assigned color. The second style page invites children to select their own colors for each section.

Two different math skills are focused on the pages in this coloring set. Children can work on shape recognition on a set of pages. The second skill that can be explored is number recognition.

Getting the Easter Bunny Coloring Pages

The Easter Bunny coloring pages are a PDF. Once you have downloaded, the set you will need to open it with a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader.

First, you will need to download the set.

Code and Color Easter Bunny Coloring Pages Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Building Background

If your children don’t know a lot about Easter, you may want to read a book or do an activity that features them before you start these pages.

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How to Catch the Easter Bunny includes STEM activity directions for making bunny traps.

The Easter Bunny Bandit takes Pete the Cat’s Easter basket and Pete has to find it.

The Berenstain Bears Easter Story explores the Easter story and Easter traditions.

Exploring the Color By Code Easter Bunny Coloring Pages

Deciding What Style of Page to Explore

You can decide if you want your children to work on the page or pages that feature assigned colors or choose their colors. While choosing your own opens the door for children to be creative, it can lead to very unique colored flowers. However, that may be what you enjoy and want to encourage. You also may just want your children to use the colors you have available at home or in class.

Understanding the Directions on the Code and Color Easter Bunny Coloring Pages

If you are having a non-reader work on the color-by-code Easter bunny pages, you may want to help them highlight what they need to do. First, you can have them underline the number they are focusing on for each step. Next, children will need to place a line that matches the color mentioned in that step over or under that number. That is what I have done with my children.

Some children will be fine with just highlighting the directions. However, there will be some that need to draw a dot near the number in each section that matches the assigned color. They can go back later and color in the whole section.

Following the Directions in Order

While there are children who like to follow directions in order, others will want to start at the top of the picture and work their way down. The idea of including the directions in algorithm blocks was to have them follow them from top to bottom the way a computer would. It will be up to you to decide what you think is best.

More Code and Color Pages

Decorating an Umbrella Based on an Algorithm

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Algorithm Page

Party Hat Tessellation Coloring Pages

December 17, 2021 By Deirdre

This set of tessellation coloring pages features party hats. There are coloring pages that can be used with younger children and older ones too. The party hat-themed would be great to explore on New Year’s Eve or at a birthday party.

What is a Tessellation?

A tessellation is a pattern of shapes that fit perfectly together. The pattern creates a tiling effect.

Learn More About Tessellations

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Getting the Tessellation Coloring Pages

The tessellation coloring pages are in a PDF. When you download one or both of them, you will need to open them with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.

Party Hat Tessellation Coloring Pages Download

Exploring Coloring Pages

After selecting the coloring page you want to work on, you will need to decide how they might color it. Here are some suggestions I have shared with my students:

Color all the hats facing up one way and the hats facing down another
Color all the hats in each row the same way.
Each of the hats can be colored uniquely.

More Coloring Pages

Each of the coloring pages below is free to download. They all have a December holiday theme.

STEAM Christmas Coding Drawing a Tree Based on an Algorithm

Drawing a Christmas Tree Based on an Algorithm

New Year’s Traditions from Around the World

Drawing a Countdown Ball

How to Draw a Penguin with an Algorithm Using Looping

January 20, 2020 By Deirdre

Your children will have fun learning how to draw a penguin with an algorithm! They work through the step by step directions that make up the algorithm on this free printable. When they have completed the final step in the algorithm or directions they will have drawn a penguin with a heart-shaped face.

Wait! What is an Algorithm

An algorithm is the series of steps needed to complete a task. Because a computer algorithm is a series of steps, your children can learn how about algorithms how algorithms work as they follow a series of steps.

Getting a Copy of the How to Draw a Penguin Printable

Here is a copy of the How to Draw a Penguin with an Algorithm Using Looping. You can print out a copy of the printable for each of your children.

Getting Started with the How to Draw a Penguin Printable

You may need to explain to your children how to follow the drawing algorithm. They will need to start at the top of the algorithm and draw what the first Blockly block asks them to. Then they will follow each remaining step. The looping blocks will ask your children to draw a part of the penguin two times. That is to say, they will need to add two of something like two eyes.

Some of your children will need you to walk them step by step through the algorithm. However, there will be others that don’t need any help at all. They will be able to follow each of the steps on their own. During the time your children are working on this printable, you may want to double-check to make sure they are completing each step. In other words, they may skip a step.