Winter Coloring Pages

Mostly not. The winter collection focuses on snow, snowmen, snowflakes, penguins and bears, so the pages still fit in January and February after the decorations come down. For trees, Santa and reindeer, head to the Christmas coloring pages instead.

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomical winter begins at the December solstice, around December 21, which is the shortest day of the year. Meteorologists count winter as December, January and February. In the Southern Hemisphere, those months are summer.

Water molecules freeze into a hexagonal crystal pattern, so snow crystals usually grow with six sides or six arms. Each flake meets slightly different temperature and moisture on its way down, which is why they look so different. Kids can practice symmetry by coloring all six arms alike.

No. Polar bears live in the Arctic, around the North Pole, while almost all penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, many in and around Antarctica. They would never meet in the wild, which makes a good discussion point while kids color.