It's Okay Not To Be Okay Rainbow Mental Health Affirmation Coloring Page

A five-band rainbow arches over this mental health affirmation coloring page, with a fluffy cloud at each end. Under it, the words "It's Okay Not To Be Okay" stack in big bubble letters on four lines, and small hearts and stars fill the corners of the page.

This free printable page is easy to color, for ages 6 and up, teens and adults. It fits the wall of a counseling office, an affirmation board in a classroom and a support group meeting.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "the words 'It's Okay Not To Be Okay' in big bubble letters across the middle of the page, with a rainbow arching over them and fluffy clouds at both ends of the rainbow, with the whole drawing kept above an empty white margin at the bottom of the page".

The rainbow, the clouds and the words are the drawing that idea produced. The first word, "It's," sits right under the arch between the two clouds, and the rest of the sentence continues below the rainbow, so the message runs down the center of the page. The apostrophe in "It's" is drawn as its own small outlined shape that can be colored.

What's in This Mental Health Affirmation Coloring Page

The sentence is short and plain, and it tells the reader that a hard day is allowed. The letters are wide enough for markers, so the words can carry most of the color on the page.

A counselor can use it to open a conversation about days that feel heavy. A teacher can post finished pages on an affirmation board, and a teen can color one alone during a quiet moment at home.

The rainbow is made of five curved bands between six arcs, and each of its ends tucks behind a cloud with a scalloped edge. The words run on four lines, with "It's" on the first, "Okay" on the second, "Not To Be" on the third and "Okay" again on the last. Every letter is a hollow outline, and letters such as O, a, B and e have small closed centers.

Five hearts and six five-pointed stars fill the space around the words. There is a heart and a star in each upper corner, and a star sits between the two hearts at the bottom of the page.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

The rainbow can follow the usual order, from red on the outside to purple on the inside, or use five soft pastels. White clouds with a light gray edge stay fluffy against the rainbow. Coloring the outer band first and moving inward keeps the order of the colors clear.

For the words, one dark color makes the message easy to read from a distance. Another option is to color each line of words in the color of one rainbow band. The small hearts and stars are a good place for bright accent colors such as pink and gold.

For a sentence your group chose, write your own affirmation under a rainbow and make a copy for each person.

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