New Years 2026 Coloring Pages and Art Activities

Description

Ring in New Year 2026! Bring fun and creativity into your classroom after winter break with these New Year 2026 coloring pages, art activities and bite-sized writing tasks. Reset, reconnect, and explore goal-setting and resolutions during the first week back to school.

Save 25% with this imaginative bundle. Perfect for first-week back activities and as art-specific or self-reflection lessons.

I update this activity each year, so you can download free updates to continue using it.

What’s included in this New Years bundle?

1. New Years 2026 Cell Phone Art Activity, Goals, and Resolutions

This relatable fold-out cell phone art and writing activity is a relatable way to encourage students to reflect on 2025, set new goals, and make resolutions for 2026.

2. New Years 2026 Selfie Coloring Pages, Goals, and Resolutions

Students can create fun self-portraits by choosing their favorite spectacles, then complete the 2025 review and 2026 resolution and goal-setting activities, combining art and writing.

3. New Years 2026 Goal Setting, Fireworks Art, and Writing Activities

Invite students to reflect on 2025 and focus on setting their intentions and goals for 2026, in a creative way with this colorful firework-themed resource.

Encourage students to explore warm and cool colors and experiment with making confident, expressive marks to create an energizing firework display.

4. Lunar New Year Art Activities 2026, The Year of the Horse

This print-and-go art activity encourages students to use their imagination and sense of color. The challenge is to see if the horse silhouette stands out from the background when the coloring page is finished.

What materials will I need?

Good quality heavyweight paper/ cardstock for best results
Oil pastels, marker pens, watercolor paints, colored pencils
Glue and collage materials are optional
Scissors and string for the bulletin board banners

How can I use this bundle with my students?

End December 2025 in a positive, forward-thinking way
Use as an engaging first-week-back activity for January 2026
Encourage students to reflect, plan, and set goals
Combine art and writing activities in an engaging way
Acknowledge challenges and find solutions
Generate lively group discussion
Create an impressive creative display for a positive environment
Build creative confidence through art
This makes a handy, print-and-go sub-plan
Add to a New Year unit

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Happy teacher feedback

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E’liane K says, “I am not going to lie when I say that this activity that I gave my 5th Graders to complete was the absolutely most WONDERFUL art activity we did all year. They absolutely LOVED creating their selfies with the masks on. It was very meaningful since we came back to face-to-face learning in August 2020. Masks have just been a major part of our existence at school, so the selfies were perfect! We still get compliments and people stopping to look at the artwork even after several months of them being up in the hallway! They will be a total keepsake when I send them home at the end of the year! Thank you!”

I do hope you have fun with these resources! I had great fun creating them 🙂

You might like to view my popular Back To School, All About Me resources here:

Back to School, All About Me Resources

View further New Year activities here:

New Year Resources

Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year resources

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