One essential part of any class for younger children is colouring. Thankfully, there’s a steadily growing wealth of colouring pages for teachers of Bahá’í children’s classes to use in their lessons. Here are some places to look!
- Right here! We have downloadable colouring pages on the following topics:
- The Ruhi Institute. The colouring pages included in Book 3 of the Ruhi curriculum are available for download from their website in various languages, including Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
- Artist Monika Ahlkvist Mackenzie has produced a series of beautiful coloring books called Leaves of Wisdom, featuring Bahá’í quotes and Bahá’í themes, which available for purchase on PayHip. You’ll also find a virtues-themed series there called Colouring our Virtues. You can follow her on Facebook too to find new pages to download!
- Charity at a tiny seed is known for her beautiful and colourful illuminations of Bahá’í quotes (available for purchase on Etsy); she’s also produced black-and-white versions for use as colouring pages, and these are available as free downloads on Facebook.
- FamiliarOddlings on DeviantArt has produced a number of lovely colouring pages that are appropriate for Bahá’í children’s classes. Themes include:
- Courtesy
- Cleanliness
- Divine Lote-Tree
- Loving Kindness
- Parents
- Pure Heart
- Radiant Heart
- Ridván Garden (x2)
- Shrine of the Báb
- Artist Rob Cowan produced a lovely illustration of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Sydney, Australia.
