Colouring · Writing
Slow colouring: the long road
A detailed colouring page for older children and adults, coloured slowly and quietly while thinking about a journey ahead.
- 30 minutes
- On your own
- Ages 9–12, Ages 12+
- Classroom or at home
- Printable: colouring page
What to do
- Read the saying and its meaning: may your journey go well.
- Think of a journey you have coming up. It might be a real trip, a new school, a match or something you are learning.
- Colour the page slowly, one area at a time. There is no rush and no right colour.
- When you finish, write one wish for your journey on the back of the page.
- Keep the page, or give it to someone who is setting off on a journey of their own.
Questions to talk about
- What journey did you think about while you coloured?
- What would help you on the way?
You will need
- The printed colouring page
- Fine coloured pencils or felt tips
Make it fit
Simpler: Colour just the road and the walker, and leave the rest.
More of a stretch: Use only three colours and see how much you can do with them.
Printables
The instructions card is for the adult running the activity; the worksheet is for the children. Prints on A4 or US Letter at 100% / actual size; colour is optional.
The colouring page
Slow colouring: the long road
Name
Colour slowly. On the back, write one wish for a journey ahead.
The instructions card
How to run it · Colouring · Writing
Slow colouring: the long road
A detailed colouring page for older children and adults, coloured slowly and quietly while thinking about a journey ahead.
30 minutesOn your ownAges 9–12, Ages 12+
What to do
- Read the saying and its meaning: may your journey go well.
- Think of a journey you have coming up. It might be a real trip, a new school, a match or something you are learning.
- Colour the page slowly, one area at a time. There is no rush and no right colour.
- When you finish, write one wish for your journey on the back of the page.
- Keep the page, or give it to someone who is setting off on a journey of their own.
You will need
- The printed colouring page
- Fine coloured pencils or felt tips
Talk about
- What journey did you think about while you coloured?
- What would help you on the way?
Make it fit
Simpler: Colour just the road and the walker, and leave the rest.
Stretch: Use only three colours and see how much you can do with them.
Goes with the printable colouring page.