Design a Picnic
Summer is the perfect time for a picnic, and with this "doodle" page you can design your own. What will you pack into the picnic basket, and put on the plates? Make sure it is all delicious!
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Is there anything more delightful than a picnic on a sunny day? Whether it’s a big family gathering in the park, a simple sandwich on the beach, or a teddy bears’ tea party in the back garden, picnics are a wonderful way for children to enjoy the great outdoors, eat in the fresh air, and make special memories.
We’ve packed this page with picnic-themed fun – from colouring pages to puzzles, printables, and imaginative play. Whether you’re planning a real picnic or just enjoying some picnic play indoors, you’ll find something here to inspire the kids and keep them busy!
Explore our picnic topic by clicking on the links below.
Summer is the perfect time for a picnic, and with this "doodle" page you can design your own. What will you pack into the picnic basket, and put on the plates? Make sure it is all delicious!
What would you have to eat and drink for your perfect family picnic? Draw it here!
Here's a really lovely, detailed colouring page of an idyllic family picnic for the kids to get colouring on! Perfect for a not so perfect summer's day, perhaps...
Let the kids tell friends and family about a wonderful family picnic with the help of this fun colouring postcard. Just colour in the picture, cut around the edges, fold in half and glue. Then you are ready to write a message and stamp the postcard ready for sending!
Use this colouring page and writing lines to inspire a story about a family picnic, or ask your children to write about a picnic they have enjoyed.
It's easy to write a poem about going on a picnic with the help of this sensory poem planning sheet.
Here's a fun - very simple - picnic acrostic in poster form, ready to inspire some creative poetry writing!
If you love cats and colouring then this activity is perfect for you! Colour in the lovely illustration of this adorable cat enjoying his tasty picnic.
This lovely, cheerful family picnic colouring page is perfect for younger children. There's plenty to talk about as you colour it in, too: what everyone is eating, where the family are having their picnic and so on.
What would you pack into the perfect picnic? Think about it - and then draw it in! When you are done, colour in the picture. We've provided the outline of an old-fashioned basket on this picnic doodle page.
It's a sunny day. He has a comfortable picnic rug, and food to eat. What more could a little elephant want? For this "colour pop" page we've done the background park, sky and blanket, and left our little elephant for the kids to colour in.
Whatever he is eating, this cute little elephant is enjoying it! What a useful instrument an elephant's trunk is! Little kids might enjoy colouring in this picture and deciding what he is having to eat...
The little elephant in this colouring page is enjoying a picnic in the park. What could be better on a sunny summer's day?
Take our picnic fun picture gallery printables along to provide a sit down activity at a picnic to help remember a special day with friends and family.
Here's a simple picture comprehension activity for younger children, based on our lovely family picnic image. Who is having a picnic? Where? How did they bring the picnic? What are your favourite picnic foods? These are some of the questions we ask children to answer.
What a lovely site for a picnic. Children need to use their creativity to make a picnic to complete this playdough mat.
Summer means picnics! Here's a fun poster of a family enjoying a simple picnic - the best kind - in the park. Use it as a discussion prompt (perhaps along with our picnic comprehension page).
Can the kids find all the picnic-related words in this word search puzzle?
Find all the picnic-ky words in this easy picnic word search - perfect for summer holidays or perhaps Fourth of July.
Ask the kids to write an acrostic poem for "PICNICS" with the help of our fun printable. Perhaps the image will inspire them?
Here's one we wrote:
What will happen if you go down to the woods today? Perhaps this story paper is based on the famous Teddy Bear's Picnic rhyme. Available in both lines and handwriting lines for younger children.
Perfect for a summer birthday, this lovely detailed Teddy Bears' Picnic colouring card will be fun to colour in, and is sure to be appreciated! Print onto good paper or card, and fold once. Click the link below for our printable version.
Here's a lovely detailed colouring page for older kids showing a teddy bears' picnic..