Couple Coloring Pages

• Everyday moments: cooking dinner, walking the dog and reading at opposite ends of the couch
• Date nights: a picnic under string lights, a drive-in movie and two cups on a café table
• Wedding and anniversary: a first dance, a two-layer cake, linked rings and a porch hung with a 50th anniversary banner
• Growing old together: an older couple gardening and holding hands on a park bench
• Animal couples: two swans, a penguin pair, otters holding paws and lovebirds on a branch
• Side-by-side sets: two pages that join into one scene, such as a tandem bike ride, made for coloring together

Coloring with a partner is cheap, quiet and screen-free, which is why it shows up on so many stay-home date lists. A few ideas make it more than two people sitting in silence.

Swap halfway. Set a timer for fifteen minutes, then trade pages and finish each other's work. You'll end up with two pages neither of you would have made alone.

Limit the palette. Pick five pencils each without looking. Working with odd colors gets people laughing.

Color for each other. Each of you chooses a page that reminds you of the other person, colors it and writes a note on the back.

Make it a tradition. Color one page every anniversary, date it and keep the stack in a folder.

Couple pages also work as handmade cards. Print at half size on cardstock, fold it and color the front for an anniversary, Valentine's Day or a wedding shower. At a reception, the cake and first-dance pages keep young guests busy at the table.