Printable New Year Coloring Pages

Keeping Kids Busy Until Midnight

Waiting for the clock to strike twelve can feel like a long time for younger children. Setting up a coloring station with a variety of easy coloring sheets helps pass the hours during your New Year's Eve party. Provide plenty of bright crayons, markers, and maybe some glitter glue to capture the sparkle of the holiday.

Kids can color their own party hats or decorate pictures of confetti poppers and balloons. You can even use the finished artwork to decorate the snack table or hang them up as a festive banner before the big countdown begins. If you are hosting a family gathering, print out a few resolution checklists so older children can write down their goals for the upcoming months while they color the borders.

Bringing Sparkle to Your Coloring Pages

Capturing the bright lights of a midnight celebration requires a few clever coloring techniques to make the images truly stand out. When working on these pages, you can experiment with different mediums to mimic the look of a real party.

• Use contrasting colors for fireworks: place bright yellows, neon pinks, and vibrant greens against a dark navy blue or black background to make the bursts pop off the page.
• Add metallic gel pens to highlight the intricate gears on clocks, the delicate rims of champagne flutes, and the scattered confetti falling around the cute animals.
• Blend warm oranges and reds around the edges of the stars and the morning sun to create a soft, glowing effect in the night sky.
• Layer white colored pencil over dark backgrounds to create a smoky effect lingering after the firecrackers have gone off.