Celebrate the longest and shortest days of the year with these Solstice coloring pages, free for you to download and print! These pages bring together suns, moons, lanterns, stars, flowers, cozy winter scenes, and warm summer details in a calm, creative way.
This collection includes simple Solstice coloring sheets for kids, detailed Solstice coloring pages for adults, winter solstice coloring pages with cabins and lanterns, summer solstice coloring pages with bonfires and flower crowns, plus sweet designs with owls, hedgehogs, mermaids, mandalas, and standing stones.
Free Printable Solstice Coloring Pages
To get started, click on any of the free printable Solstice coloring pages below, which will open the PDF coloring sheet in a new tab. From there, you can download, print, or color the page digitally on an iPad.
All of these Solstice coloring printables are made as PDF files on standard US letter size paper, but they also fit nicely onto A4 paper too. Enjoy adding your favorite colors to the sun wheels, moon charms, lantern paths, celestial gardens, and peaceful nature scenes!
6 Ways to Turn Solstice Coloring Pages Into Fun Crafts
Here are 6 creative, simple, and low-cost craft ideas that you can make with the above Solstice coloring pages!
1. Make a Solstice Lantern Garland
Have the youngsters color a Solstice coloring sheet with lanterns, stars, candles, or a forest path, using warm yellows, oranges, soft blues, and deep purples.
When the pages are finished, cut out the lanterns, candles, moons, and stars, leaving a small white border around each shape so they stay neat.
Next, glue the cutouts to thin cardboard and punch a small hole at the top of each one. String them onto yarn, ribbon, or twine to create a Solstice lantern garland.
This looks lovely across a window, bookshelf, or bedroom wall, especially when the pictures include winter solstice coloring page details like pine branches, cabins, and glowing night skies.
2. Create a Sun and Moon Wall Hanging
A Solstice coloring page with a smiling sun, sleepy moon, tiny stars, or a round sun over hills is perfect for this easy craft.
Once the page is colored, cut out the sun, moon, clouds, stars, and any small celestial signs. Glue the pieces to a round paper plate or cardboard circle, placing the sun on one side and the moon on the other.
Use markers to add short words around the edge, such as light, rest, warmth, night, nature, and peace. These small words fit the Solstice theme well and make the craft feel personal.
Finally, punch a hole at the top and add string. This handmade Solstice wall hanging can brighten a bedroom door, classroom board, or seasonal craft corner.
3. Design a Flower Crown Picture Frame
For this craft, choose summer Solstice coloring pages with flowers, children making flower crowns, sunflowers, animals with flower crowns, or a garden bonfire.
Color the page first, then cut out flowers, leaves, sun rays, small clouds, and moon charms. These pieces will become the decoration for a picture frame.
Take a plain cardboard frame and glue the Solstice cutouts around the edges, layering flowers over leaves and adding tiny stars in the empty spaces.
A favorite family photo, pet picture, or summer memory can go in the middle. We think this works especially well with warm colors, because the whole frame starts to feel like a little summer solstice keepsake.
4. Turn a Solstice Mandala Into a Window Decoration
A Solstice mandala coloring page with sun rays, leaves, moons, and stars makes a beautiful window craft.
After the mandala is colored, brush a very light layer of cooking oil over the back of the paper with a cotton ball. Wipe away the extra oil with a paper towel, and let the page dry fully.
The paper will become slightly translucent, almost like simple stained glass. Tape it to a sunny window and watch how the colors glow during the day.
This craft is great for detailed Solstice coloring pages for adults, but kids can also enjoy it with easier sun and moon coloring pages.
5. Build a Standing Stones Story Scene
Start with a Solstice coloring picture that has standing stones, a fairy ring, a sunrise stone circle, or a sun wheel above ancient rocks.
Color the main page and glue it to cardboard so it can stand upright. Then, use extra Solstice coloring sheets to cut out owls, stars, lanterns, flowers, moons, and small animals.
Fold a small tab at the bottom of each cutout and glue the tabs to a shoebox lid or piece of poster board. This creates a 3D Solstice scene with the stones in the background.
Children can then make up a short story about the longest day, the shortest day, a lantern walk, or a quiet sunrise. It turns a printable Solstice coloring page into a small world they can play with.
6. Make Cozy Solstice Bookmarks
Choose simple Solstice coloring pages with a teacup, book, candle, starry window, pine branches, mountains, or a crescent moon.
Color the favorite parts of the page, then cut long bookmark shapes from the best sections. A candle beside a window, a tiny moon over quiet clouds, or a lantern-carrying hedgehog works especially well.
Glue each strip to construction paper and cover it with clear packing tape to make it last longer. Punch a hole at the top and add yarn, ribbon, or embroidery thread.
These Solstice bookmarks make sweet little gifts, and they are also a nice way to use finished Solstice coloring printables instead of keeping them in a drawer.
We hope these Solstice coloring pages bring you a calm, bright, and creative coloring session.
