A Mardi Gras coloring page can help children look closely at a design and ask how a community marks the occasion. Choose one page and pair it with an image or short reading from a community you are studying.
1. Introduce the name
Explain that Mardi Gras is also called Fat Tuesday. Name the specific community in your source so children know which traditions they are seeing.
2. Look for a visual pattern
Ask children to find repeated shapes, lines, or decorations in the coloring page. Point to one repeat together.
3. Try a color sequence
Model a short sequence with two colors. Give children a choice to extend the sequence or design their own.
4. Compare with your source
Place the coloring page beside a photograph or illustration from the lesson. Ask what students notice in both and what differs.
5. Add a short caption
Invite students to label a pattern or write one sentence about the example they studied. Offer dictation or pointing as an alternative.
A classroom example
In a fictional class, Tavi colors alternating sections and then spots a second pattern in the reference image. She points to the repeating part and explains it to a partner.
Get the printable
The free 98-page PDF contains bold Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday line art. Print selected pages for a short art, pattern, or community traditions lesson.
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