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Feed the Monster! Food Group Activity

by gabry | Nov 16, 2018 | Learning Activities, Play Ground

For those of you that know my work as an illustrator, I love drawing monsters ! I thought I would put those monsters to work to help you teach your kids about the main food groups with a cute free printable activity!

Here is a preview of the activity which includes:

1 sheet of food items to color and cut out

6 sheets of adorable monsters asking for a specific food group, so the kids can practice dividing the foods in different groups

1 sheet for the kids’ own plate with their favorite foods divided according to the FDA guidelines for healthy eating.

Start teaching your kids about healthy eating today ! Download the Hi-res pdf for this activity here:

Food Groups Activity – printable activity by Print-cut-paste-craft.com

Free Printable Kids Activity: Make a Snowman

by gabry | Jan 27, 2017 | Coloring Activities

Finally a new free printable kids’ activity!! Winter is still long, at least here in the Midwest, but I have to say we are not getting that much snow this year! What is the fun of winter without snow right?

So for all of you who don’t have the chance to build a real one, either because you are lucky enough to live in a warmer climate or because like me are having cold winter with no snow, why not build a paper snowman instead?

I created two free printable templates to use at home or in your classroom: the body of the snowman and the pieces. Of course you can also have the kids create the body out of construction paper or other supports, just make sure to kind of match the size of the pieces.

As usual, all you need is a printer, scissors and glue! Have fun!! If you have pictures of your completed works, please leave some in the comments, I would LOVE to see them!

Free Printable Kids Activity: Build a Snowman Page 1 – Snowman Body. by Print-cut-paste-craft.com not for commercial reuse.

Free Printable Kids Activity: Build a Snowman Page 2 – Snowman Parts. by Print-cut-paste-craft.com not for commercial reuse.

Memory Card Game: Practicing Opposites. A Free Printable Game!

by gabry | Feb 2, 2016 | Learning Activities, Play Ground

This is a very simple memory game whose object is to practice the concept of opposites. It comes with 8 pairs of opposites: Happy/Sad, Out/In, Hot/Cold, Tall/Short, On/Under, Behind/ In Front, Close/Open, On/Off.

As you can see I did not write the words on the bottom because I think these cards could be useful to practice a foreign language and wanted to give teachers and parents the freedom to write their own words on the bottom. Also if you can laminate them, then you can use a dry-erase marker and have your budding writers write the correct words on the bottom themselves!

The images below are only the low-resolution previews, click on the button for the hi-resolution versions. As usual you are free to use these for any non-commercial purpose. If you like them, leave me a comment, I love to receive feedback and know how my things are used and why! What other opposites would you like to see? What other kind of games?

Gabriella

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American Paper Town

by gabry | Dec 31, 2015 | Coloring Activities

From the point of view of someone from Europe, American houses look a lot like doll houses, and everything seems to come out of a movie at first. I find the architectural styles of older American towns fascinating and beautiful and this interest is what inspired me in this project. I designed 7 houses in 7 different styles: Italianate, Tudor revival, Greek revival, Craftsman, Victorian, Colonial and Log Cabin. I looked at pictures of real houses for inspiration although these are not exactly perfect copies in most cases. I also decided to draw four classic cars, although they are not all American in this case: I couldn’t help but add a VW Beetle and a Fiat 500!

You can color them or not, and you can print them on cardstock, cut them out and create your own little town. I think they would be cute even just as wall decorations. Click on the image to get the hi-resolution printable version.

Preview of Free Printable American Paper Town 2/2
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Preview of Free Printable American Paper Town 1/2
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Free Printable Quotes Bookmarks

by gabry | Dec 29, 2015 | Coloring Activities

Today I was doodling while my kids were happily bouncing around in one of those awesome bouncy house places we love to go to in the winter. The doodling resulted in these four bookmarks with quotes by four of my favorite authors: Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Terry Pratchett and Jenny Lawson a.ka. The Bloggess.

I liked them so much that I thought I would share them so you can print them and color them if you like. Click here (not on the image!) for the hi-resolution version of the bookmarks.

Is there any quote you would like to see as a bookmark? Let me know and if I like it enough I might create one and post it!

free printable bookmarks by www.print-cut-paste-craft.com

Preview of the Free printable quote bookmarks with quotes from Gaiman, Rothfuss, Lawson and Pratchett; by www.print-cut-paste-craft.com

Free Printable Whimsical Castle Adult Coloring Page

by gabry | Dec 27, 2015 | Coloring Activities

I am back! I have been gone for a while I know, but I plan on being back with some new exciting projects this year!

My first plan is to make a series of adult coloring pages. I have always loved coloring pages and this year I have noticed I am not the only one since many of my friends got some awesome coloring books for Christmas (me included). So I thought, why not make some nice free ones for my readers? Here is my first one!

It is a whimsical fairy tale castle. Ok maybe it is not so “adult” but the drawing is intricate enough to keep anyone busy for at least a few hours I would say! As I was drawing it I couldn’t help but let my imagination wander into what kind of story could take place in a castle like this, imagining what kind of wizards, knights and princesses would live there…. yeah, I am a child at heart! I have also used some special symbols on the castle doors, can you tell me what they are?

The image below is a low resolution preview, but if you click on the image it should open the link to the high resolution printable version. I recommend using something thicker than normal printer paper, especially if you plan on using markers, but it’s up to you.

I would love to see some finished versions of this! I know I will be working on a couple of mine today, please share yours and I will post them here!

Free Printable Adult Coloring Page of a Whimsical Fairy Tale Castle by www.print-cut-paste-craft.com

EDIT: I spent the rest of the afternoon coloring one of these castles with my 6 years old son and here is the result! It was so much fun, especially hearing the stories he would make up about what is inside each of the towers… Can you guess which one is the princess’ tower and which one is the king’s ?

Colored version of the Free printable whimsical castle coloring page