August is a strange, wonderful little month. The pool is still open, the popsicles are still melting on the porch, but somewhere in the back of every parent’s mind, that familiar countdown has started: school starts soon.
We wanted to capture that in-between feeling with a brand new coloring pack, so we sat down and drew ten pages that live right in the overlap between “last days of summer” and “first days of school.
” You’ll find sunflowers next to backpacks, lemonade stands next to pencil cases, and a couple of cozy camping scenes for good measure. Every page is free to print, every page uses simple bold lines that are easy for little hands to color inside of, and every single one is ready to download as a PDF right now.
Here’s the full lineup.
1. Backpack with Sunflowers & Hello August
This one’s the mascot of the whole collection, honestly. A sweet little backpack sits surrounded by blooming sunflowers, with a cheerful “Hello August” banner tying it all together.
It’s the perfect page for easing kids into the idea that school is coming without making it feel like a chore sunflowers first, backpack second. Great for ages 3-8, and a nice choice if you’re building a first-day-of-school countdown activity at home or in the classroom.
2. School Bus & Pencil Case
A grinning school bus rolls along with an equally happy pencil case waving out the window, sparkle stars scattered around them like confetti.
The lines here are extra thick and forgiving, which makes this page one of our top picks for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 3-6) who are still working on staying inside the lines. If you need a low-pressure, high-cuteness page for a younger colorer, start here.
3. Kids’ Lemonade Stand & Watermelon Customer
This is easily the most imaginative page in the set. Two kids run their own little lemonade stand, complete with a “5¢” bunting banner strung across the top and their very first customer happens to be a smiling watermelon slice.
It’s silly in exactly the way little kids love, and it gives them a fun scene to color rather than a single centered object. Good for sparking a little storytelling too: ask your kid what the watermelon is going to order.
4. Camping Tent & Marshmallow
Cozy is the word for this one. A tent with a friendly face sits under a sleepy crescent moon, while a marshmallow on a roasting stick grins beside a small campfire.
It’s a quieter, nighttime scene compared to some of the brighter pages in the set, which makes it a nice option for winding down before bed coloring as a calm bedtime activity, basically. Works well for the full 3-8 age range.
5. Sunflower & Pencil: Grow & Learn
Part of what makes this collection fun is the way it pairs summer imagery with school imagery, and this page is the clearest example. A smiling sunflower grows right next to a pencil “garden stake,” with an encouraging “Grow & Learn” message underneath.
It’s a sweet one to use as a first-day-of-school card insert, or just as a gentle reminder that growth (in the garden and in the classroom) takes time.
6. Watermelon with Sunglasses & Flip-Flops
If you only print one purely “summer” page from this set, make it this one. A watermelon slice shows up wearing sunglasses and little flip-flop feet, with floating hearts drifting around it.
Zero back-to-school pressure here just a fun, breezy design with the same bold, thick lines that make it easy for ages 3-6 to color confidently.
7. Lemonade Pitcher: Stay Cool
A smiling lemonade pitcher pours away while a sun character wears an ice cube like a little hat, and the page wraps up with a “Stay Cool” message.
It’s a light, simple design good for a quick coloring session on a hot afternoon, or as a page to pair with an actual glass of lemonade for the full sensory activity.
8. Backpack with Apple on Bus Wheels
This is the silliest, most character-driven page in the collection. A backpack holds an apple in one hand (strap?) while rolling along on a set of school bus wheels half backpack, half bus, entirely charming.
Kids who like imaginative, slightly weird mashup characters tend to gravitate toward this one, and it’s a good page to talk through together: “why does the backpack have wheels, do you think?”
9. Camping Lantern & Fireflies: August Nights
Back to the campsite for this one. A glowing lantern smiles out at a handful of fireflies, each one lit up like a tiny star, with “August Nights” lettering completing the scene.
Like the tent page above, this one leans cozy and calm rather than bright and busy a nice choice if you’re looking for a coloring page to use around actual bedtime or during a real camping trip.
10. Ice Cream Sunflower & Rainbow
We saved a fun one for last. A waffle cone holds a scoop of ice cream shaped like a sunflower, with a rainbow arching behind it.
It’s the most “summer treat” of the bunch, mixing dessert and nature into one simple, bold-lined design that’s easy for younger kids to color from start to finish.
Why We Made This Set
Most back-to-school coloring packs jump straight to buses and backpacks and forget that kids are still very much in summer mode in August.
We wanted a set that didn’t force that transition one where a lemonade stand and a school bus could sit comfortably next to each other.
That’s really the whole idea behind this pack: ease into September without leaving August behind.
How to Print These Coloring Pages
Every page in this set is available as a free printable PDF, sized to print cleanly on standard 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Here’s the simple version:
- Click the “Download PDF Here” link under the coloring page you want.
- Print at “actual size” or 100% scale (not “fit to page”) so the linework stays crisp.
- Grab crayons, markers, or colored pencils and go.
They’re free for personal and classroom use print as many copies as you need for your own kids, your students, or your homeschool group.
Which One Should You Print First?
If your kid is younger (3-6), start with the school bus and pencil case or the watermelon with sunglasses the extra-thick lines make those the easiest wins.
If you’re building toward the first day of school, the sunflower “Grow & Learn” page or the “Hello August” backpack page are great for setting a positive tone.
And if it’s just a lazy August afternoon with nothing on the calendar, the lemonade stand page is the one to reach for.
Whichever page you start with, we hope this little collection helps make the summer-to-school transition feel a bit more playful one crayon at a time.