Let's color

Activity type: crafting, coloring activity
Materials: toilet paper rolls, colored pen
Age group: 2-6
Time: 15 mins
Language: All

Activity description:

• Give each child one paper cup or toilet paper role and tell them which color to color it. Parents can help with younger children.  
• Give each child a coloring sheet to continue coloring with once they have colored their cup/toilet paper roll.  
• Place colors red, blue, green, yellow and orange in the middle 
• Instruct children to color the pictures in the colors they want, however that they must always ask for the color they want.  
• Do a practice round: 

1. ASK - What color do you want? 
2. CAN I HAVE Yellow?  ​​

• MODEL THIS BEHAVIOUR A FEW TIMES and then let children color in their own time, parents should encourage children to change color and ASK the other children for the color they want.  
• Put some music on in the background while children color. 

FOR YOUNGER KIDS:  Encourage parents to actively repeat the colors to their child. You may want to break the group up into a few smaller groups for this activity.  

• When everyone is done coloring, ask children to bring the cup/toilet paper roll to the front and hang up their coloring work together. 
• Tidy the space together.