Time for our monthly installment to our coloring page series. Children's book author and illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg created a new heart coloring page that the boys and I used to create a sweet and super easy Valentine craft.
You could always print these "heart air balloons" (get it?) out as class valentine coloring pages, but we enjoyed turning it into a mobile. Get it? Flying heart hot air balloons are mobile and you're going to turn it into a ..... oh never mind.
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT --> (By clicking on link you agree to our terms of service, *see below) Hot Air Balloon Hearts Coloring Page
Instructions for mobile:
- Print out heart coloring page, preferably on card stock.
- Color!
- Cut out shapes.
- We hung ours up by sticking them to a long piece of double stick tape! You can use string if you prefer.
More cute valentine coloring pages:
See all of Melanie’s coloring pages:
Meet the illustrator:
Melanie Hope Greenberg is an award winning author and illustrator of more than 15 children’s books. Her cheerful, vibrant illustrations can be found in books such as Good Morning, Digger, Down in the Subway and A City Is. Her very popular Mermaids on Parade was selected as a Bank Street Best Book, and for the Texas Reading Club and PBS Kids Summer Reading Lists.
Melanie is currently illustrating a non-fiction picture book due to be published fall 2016 and would love to to connect with teachers and librarians. She conducts sought after author-illustrator visits and workshops in schools or via Skype. You can learn more on her website, and read about her love of connecting with children at Huffington Post.
(Book covers and titles are affiliate links.)
I’m sure you know a kid who likes diggers. Or mermaids? Or subways? Melanie signs all copies of her books purchased through her Amazon vendor link.
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Julie says
I enjoy finding new ideas on your blog and I absolutely love your book lists. When I was reading today's post, however, I was disappointed by your use of the word "ghetto," which is a disrespectful and derogatory term.
Erica MomandKiddo says
Ok. See, we all have something to learn.