October is breast cancer awareness month and to honor and support all those fighting this terrible cancer (and all other cancers as well) I have created a cancer ribbon interactive coloring sheet that is completely free to use with your classes. 
Use these ribbon coloring sheets to raise awareness of breast cancer and support those fighting it. I have created a fully interactive sheet for older students and a pattern filled sheet for younger students (along with additional activity for older students at the end of this post). Start the conversation with your students about what cancer is and let them talk about the people they know fighting this terrible disease. This packet was made for breast cancer using shades of pink but can be used for any cancer (or cause) simply by changing the colors you use. Think about this…the children we are teaching right now in our schools could possibly be the ones that will help find a cure for this terrible disease. Let’s inspire them to care about people fighting cancer and to honor them.
Interactive coloring Sheets: How-to
1. Using the patterns in the five small boxes at the bottom of the page as suggestions, fill in the different parts of the picture with patterns. Every time you run into a black line you need to change the pattern. You don’t have to put patterns in all the areas, you can leave some blank. It’s okay to repeat the patterns in different sizes in different areas or make up your own.
The finished product might look something like this (computer generated example).
Below is a “work in progress.” Notice how many shades of pink are being used. I pulled pinks, reds and light purples from boxes of crayons, markers, and colored pencils in order to create a variety of hues. By overlapping mediums, I was able to create texture and visual interest. This lesson is great for introducting the art concept of monochromatic (one-color). You could use these ribbons for any cause awareness and just change the colors accordingly. I included a few simple writing prompts in with these sheets as well.
Here is a finished sheet.
This project could easily be adapted from 1st grade to high school. Since drawing in the patterns can be challenging, especially for the early grades, I have also created a coloring sheet (included in this packet and all my coloring sheet packets) that already has the patterns included in it. This way you so you can differentiate for younger or less advanced students. For older students I’ve used my interactive coloring book to have students first sketch out their ideas for a Pop Art image and then I have them create paintings from them. Here you will see images of students working with the summer ice-cream cone to first design their image, then draw it on larger paper and then paint it.
I did these ice cream cones with 3rd graders and they looked amazing, can you imagine how great these would be with middle school and high school students??? (If you do them please tag me on Instagram (@artwithjennyk) or send me an e-mail because I’d love to see this done with older students too). This variation can be done with any of my interactive coloring sheets. If done with the ribbbons there would be so many unique and beautiful images to share with your school community. Maybe you could even have kids do all different colors for all the different kinds of cancer.
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I have many variations and themes of these interactive coloring sheets available in my online TPT store. My coloring book has over 80 images for all major holidays and season. You can view it HERE
Thank you for all you do to motivate, teach and inspire our students all over the globe!.
