Free printable Valentine’s Day coloring pages

There’s something magical about colouring with friends. You’re doing something creative, but there’s space to catch up over meaningful conversation, too. It’s wonderfully relaxing and cathartic for everyone involved, and it makes it almost impossible for anyone to take colouring inside the lines too seriously.

Some ideas to make the most of a Galentine’s Day or Palentine’s Day colouring party:

• Have everyone colour the same pattern. Agree on a pattern from the free Valentine’s Day colouring pages linked below, then go to town. It’s fun to see how everyone chose to do things when you’re done! Or…
• Provide lots of options. In addition to our Valentine’s Day colouring pages, put out colouring books with different themes and tell friends they’re free to bring their own.
• Have several colouring tools around. From crayons to coloured pencils to markers, you can find a ton of colouring options here.
• Create a themed cocktail. It could be a “love potion” of your own design. But if that feels fussy, go simple and have a few bottles of bubbly or rosé on hand.
• Keep snacks easy to eat. Food that don’t require a fork let guests snack and shade simultaneously. Bonus points for things served on toothpicks.

Not sure how colouring could be considered a romantic activity? We beg of you…a little imagination, please! Turn colouring together into a cozy date night with these ideas:

• Open up. Colouring with your partner also creates space for great conversation. In fact, it can allow you to be more vulnerable than usual—you can talk while being visually occupied, so no one feels like they’re under a microscope.
• Add wine. It’s a fact: Adding wine to just about anything makes it more romantic.
• Share the page. Working on the same design means you’ll have to sit pretty close. (Wink wink.) Or, halfway through colouring your designs, swap pages and see how they turn out. Think of it as team building!

We said Valentine’s Day was for all kinds of love, remember? And the relationship you have with yourself is one of the most important—if not the most important—one there is! After all, you’re only able to show up fully for others if you’re taking care of yourself.

So if you’ve been feeling a little run down and need of quiet time, keep a few of these Valentine’s Day colouring pages for yourself.

• Crayons
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• Markers
• Coloured Pencils
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Want to try your hand at shading? We’ve got pretty great artists here at Hallmark, and they’ve got some pretty awesome advice to take your colouring game to the next level.

• Simplify. Keep things from getting visually overwhelming by limiting colours to just two or three options.
• Go monochrome. Pick a few shades of the same colour (example: pink, dark pink and light pink).
• Be complimentary. Pick three colours that are next to each other in the rainbow, like green, blue and purple.
• Under pressure. Use different amounts of pressure to create darker areas, lighter areas and blend different colours.
• Try pointillism. Use markers to make dots of a darker colour (orange) to create shading on a lighter colour (yellow). Look at you being all artistic!