Friendship Coloring Page with Two Kids Sharing a Big Hug

Two smiling children wrap their arms around each other in a big hug on this friendship coloring page, under the words Friends Forever in puffy bubble letters. The girl wears a headband with a bow and lifts one foot behind her, and the two lean in so close that their cheeks touch. Hearts and stars float on both sides of them.

This free printable suits ages 4 to 8, with thick outlines and large open shapes. It fits a February bulletin board, a lesson on friendship with the school counselor, or a card for a friend in the week of Valentine's Day on February 14.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "the words Friends Forever in big bubble letters at the top of the page, above two smiling children giving each other a big hug, with small hearts and stars floating around them, drawn with simple bold outlines for kids, the two children kept small enough to leave a wide white margin below them, with the whole drawing kept above an empty white margin at the bottom of the page".

The words "giving each other a big hug" wrapped both children's arms around each other. The girl's hand rests on the boy's back, and his hand rests on her back. The word "smiling" gave both children open mouths and wide eyes with a white shine in each one, and "floating around them" spread the hearts and stars down both sides of the page.

Details of This Friendship Coloring Page

The hug sits at the center of the page, with the title above it and the hearts on both sides. Their arms cross in the middle of the picture, so a child coloring the sleeves follows each arm from the shoulder to the hand.

A school counselor can use the page with a small group talking about what a good friend does. Each child writes one kind act a friend did for them on the back of the sheet, then colors the page and gives it to that friend.

Friends Forever runs on two lines, with Friends on top. Seven outline hearts and five small stars float around the children, and the largest heart sits beside the boy's back. The girl has long hair, a headband with a bow, a long-sleeved top and a skirt with a scalloped hem. She stands on one foot and lifts the other behind her, and both of her socks have a cuff. The boy has short spiky hair, a long-sleeved top and long pants with rolled cuffs. Each shoe has a strap across the top.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

Give each child a different color for their top, so the crossed arms stay easy to tell apart. Color the hearts in two or three shades of pink and red, and the stars in yellow. A bright color on the bow and the headband makes them match.

Leave the white shine in each eye uncolored, and add a light pink to the cheeks. Before giving the page away, a child can write a friend's name inside the large heart next to the boy.

To put your group's own friendship phrase at the top, create a friendship page with your words and print a copy for each friend.

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