Free Get Well Soon Coloring Pages and 9 Ways Kids Can Help 

When a friend or family member is sick or injured, it can be hard to know exactly how to help, especially for kids. Cute get well soon coloring pages are never a bad idea, and can pair perfectly with some of the other ideas we’ll go over in this article. We’ll also hit some quick dos and don’ts for visiting day. So while the kids are coloring, review this list and decide how else the kiddos can help this special person by lifting their spirits.

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When a Loved One is Sick: 9 Ways Kids Can Help

Now that you’ve got the kids working on the coloring pages for your under-the-weather friend or family member, let’s talk about some other ways the kiddos can help lift their spirits during a difficult time. When people are sick, often all they need is to know that others care and are thinking about them. Above and beyond sending them this cute and sweet get well soon coloring page, here are nine kid-friendly ideas for morale boosters.

Create a Fun or Silly Video

Especially when you can’t visit in person, making a video is the perfect way for a child to let someone know they care. Kids are often naturally drawn to performing on video and can come up with the most hilarious and sweet things to say on their own. If your kiddo is more on the shy side, try sitting with them and singing a song together (You Are My Sunshine is a classic favorite and easy for little ones to remember). For older camera-shy kids, have them read a poem. Either way, your sick or injured loved one will soon be feeling the good vibrations.

Make Paper Flowers

If real flowers aren’t going to happen, or if the kiddos want to give their own in addition to real ones, paper flowers are the perfect choice. You can print flowers as coloring pages or have them fold and cut flowers using a tutorial like this. Glue those beauties to a green string of yarn and they can be hung anywhere from bedsides to lamps to windows, and the recovering person will think of you every time they see them! Kids love crafts, and these paper flowers add a pop of color to any room, bringing more love and joy to their recovery. (Psst – if it’s Christmas time, use red colored paper to make those flowers poinsettias!) They are the perfect accompaniment to get well soon coloring pages!

Visit In Person

If you’re able to visit in person, this is one of the most important things you can do. Human touch is healing to the body, and studies show time and time again that caring human contact helps people get better faster. So whether they are fighting a bacterial infection, recovering from surgery, or recuperating from a car accident, your presence matters. If they are in a hospital or other care facility, make sure ahead of time that they allow children and, if so, when visitors are allowed. Discuss with your child how important it is to be gentle, calm, and respectful while visiting. If you’re bringing crafts or food along with you that day, have the children decorate the bag while they are coloring their get well soon coloring pages.

Help With Chores

If the recipient of your get well soon coloring page is at home, see if they need help with anything. Kids can assist with taking out trash, delivering items to their bedside, taking care of pets, and other tasks that are simple – but hard to do when you’re stuck in bed. Children love to be helpful and see that their efforts are valuable. Your ill friend or family member will appreciate the help, and the beaming smiles and uplifting enthusiasm from the kiddos.

Delivering Food

Have your child help choose food and snacks for the under the weather friend. Especially when it comes to snacks, little ones are on top of it. Encourage them to choose healthy snacks and items high in Vitamin C. You can also include extra tissue boxes in this care package or other items specific to their condition. Many (many) years ago my family was all quarantined with scarlet fever, which is quite serious. It was close to Christmas, and some local family members brought a box filled with food and Christmas gifts. They left it at the end of the driveway, waved, and drove off. It meant the world to my mom, and even though they weren’t able to come in and give hugs, this gesture of love has stuck with our family across the decades since the illness.

Help Celebrate Holidays

It’s hard to be feeling rough over the holidays, especially Christmas. If your loved one is ill over a holiday, do what you can to help them feel included in the festivities. Christmas caroling, making Valentine’s cards, jumping on a video chat to share a fireworks display, and bringing them a hot Thanksgiving meal (have the kiddos make a cute placemat!) are all ways to bring the holidays to them.

Create or Give Crafts as Gifts

Give Entertainment in Print

Outside of crafts, you can give game books like word search or crossword puzzle books. They can get a break from the TV or their phone and exercise their brain with books in print while their body recovers! There are even coloring pages for adults which have been shown to be very calming and therapeutic. Series fiction books are also excellent gifts as their pages soon transport the reader to a different world – a world where they aren’t sick in bed. Find out their favorite genre and get them hooked on a new series!

Get Well Soon Prayers

Much has been studied about the power of prayer, and whether it works the way we think it does or not. No matter what you believe about God, the universe, prayer, or meditation, rarely will a person say, “No, don’t pray for me.” So if you’re open to it (and they are too) have the kids offer to pray for them. But just as importantly, actually do it. Make sure children get the message that we do what we say we will do and genuinely put it out to the divine that we want them to get well soon. Also, religious activities including prayer have been associated with overall better health, so prayer is good for the pray-er as well as the one prayed for. Don’t be afraid to offer up those get well soon prayers and meditations – it’s free!

Hopefully these ideas will inspire you and the kiddos to go the extra mile for a loved one in need. Alongside their get well soon coloring page, any and all of these bonuses will be appreciated and yes, will make a difference. Color their world with better health!

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Get Well Visiting Dos and Don’ts

Learning and practicing kindness and giving when others are unwell is a beautiful teaching to share with our kiddos. But we also need to make sure we understand boundaries so that our efforts do the greatest good and do no harm. While the little ones are coloring and decorating their get well soon coloring pages, go over these tips with them.

Do Help Kids Understand Chronic Illness

For most little ones, understanding acute illness or injuries is pretty simple. They’ve all had a tummy ache, a fever, or a booboo. They get it. But they might not get serious or chronic illnesses like cancer, autoimmune disease, or spinal injuries with long-term damage. As they are old enough, do your best to explain why Auntie or Uncle doesn’t “look sick” during an episode or a flare up, or why they may not feel better as soon as they would like.

Don’t Show Up Unannounced

Surprises are great for birthdays, but when it comes to visiting the ill always get the green light from them ahead of time. Even for people who usually love surprise visits, it’s best to check in advance in case things have taken a turn for the worse and visits are not advisable.

Do Respect Their Boundaries

You don’t want to stay too long and risk taxing an already tired body. Ask how long they would like company, and stick to those boundaries. They can always let you know if you’re leaving too soon! The hospital or care facility may also have limits on how long your visit can be.

Don’t Try to Give Too Much Advice

Everyone wants them to get well soon, but be careful about overwhelming them with too much help. If you have something genuinely helpful, ask if they would like the information first. You can always leave info with them and they can review it if they feel up to it. No matter what, keep it light and zero pressure.

Do Keep it Upbeat

The ill or injured need all the positivity they can get! Refrain from talking about your own troubles, darkness in the world, or other negative topics. You can ask them how they are and questions about their conditions, but watch for clues that they do or don’t want to talk about it.

These basics will help you get started, but you can also learn more about visiting dos and don’ts that are hospital-specific here. There’s also some really great advice here. Most of these helpful gestures are free, and one kind word goes further than you might think. Just make sure you are always thinking about them and what they need (or don’t need), keep it positive, loving, and healing-focused. Oh, and don’t forget to bring your kiddo’s one-of-a-kind, get well soon coloring page!

You’re All Set! Hungry for More Coloring Pages?

You’ve got your get well soon coloring pages done, you’ve selected a gift or other helpful activity, and you’ve reviewed the giving do’s and don’ts for visiting the ill. Your thoughtfulness and consideration will be greatly appreciated! Now if you’re loving the free everyday special events family coloring pages, there’s more printable fun to add to your child’s routine.  

Kindness Coloring Pages and Book

Why not turn this experience with get well soon coloring pages into a total lesson on kindness? The I Am Kind: Kindness Coloring Pages set shows children specific acts of kindness that they can easily understand and replicate. Spending time coloring these cute, printable pages helps reinforce that message, whether it’s a coloring page about sharing, listening, supporting others, being polite, giving, or including others. Don’t forget to pair it with the I Am Kind: Kindness Practices for Kids book (available on Amazon) for a complete love and kindness learning experience!

Print and Learn Coloring Pages

Coloring pages are also a great way to download and print your way into learning fun. If you’ve got a young one working on letters and numbers, you can search and find printables that are suited to their unique interests. If they love robots (who isn’t into the Wild Robot these days, right? Love Roz!) be sure to check out these robot shapes coloring pages and robot months of the year coloring pages! These printables focus on fundamentals of basic shapes and letters paired with fun and silly robots that help keep kids’ attention. Whether they are getting ready for school or you are doing home school work, coloring pages you can download and print at home are the fun way to teach and reinforce basic skills.

The Months of the Year coloring pages can also double as an arts and crafts project by turning them into a cute desk or wall calendar. (Hmm, sounds like a perfect get well soon gift!) You can also use them as a little home school or preschool lesson one day each month (for example, the November coloring page and related activities are a great way to learn about fall, and February coloring sheets pair perfectly with Valentine’s Day activities! Kiddos can color all year long!

Amazon is Great, But…

One thing I like about printable coloring pages is that I get to support small product creators on Etsy. (As much as I love Amazon, I don’t really want to give Amazon allll of my money.) Amazon also doesn’t do printable coloring pages that are available instantly – you have to order a coloring book and wait. Even with super fast delivery making things available crazy soon, with Amazon you’ll always have a waiting period. But with Etsy and other sites that offer instant download printables, you can go from idea to coloring as soon as you have the inspiration to search for robot coloring pages, shapes coloring pages, kindness coloring pages, or whatever cute printable product your little ones need. Give Etsy a search and you’ll find literally anything you can think of.

What’s in the Free Coloring Page Set?

If you’ve read this far and you’re not sure what all is included in the free coloring pages besides the cute get well soon coloring page, skip over to the Everyday Special Events Family Coloring Pages page and get a clear look at all 12 coloring pages. Soon you won’t have to dig through drawers as you search for a card – you can just print a cute coloring page, have the kiddos color, and keep it low stress. Here’s a quick breakdown of what to expect from these free, printable coloring pages and how they can be used.

Congratulations Coloring Page

Congratulations coloring pages are great for everything from graduation day to purchasing a new home! In fact, you don’t have to search for a reason. Use them any time someone does something great and celebrate even the little achievements in life.

Thank You Coloring Page

Thank You coloring pages come in handy constantly. Make it fun and easy for kids to say thank you for Christmas or birthday gifts with this coloring page! Saying thank you is a simple way to help kids develop healthy gratitude, too. Use it instead of a card!

Happy Birthday Coloring Page

Happy Birthday coloring pages will probably get used the most! You’ll never have to worry about running out to get a card when you’ve got this printable handy. You also won’t have to spend any extra money on Amazon to order cards. (Save that cash for Christmas, right?)

All About Me Coloring Page

All About Me coloring pages are, in my opinion, one of the very best ways to capture the essence of who our littles ones are and how they change as they grow. Use this one each year and one day go back through and see how your child transformed over the years!

Get Well Soon Coloring Page

Get Well Soon coloring pages are what brought you here, and I hope everything else will encourage you to stay. Accidents and illness are often unpredictable, but this printable will let you always be ready with a unique coloring page instead of the usual card.

First Day of School Coloring Page

First Day of School coloring pages are the quintessential way to start the new school year. Little ones can capture their favorite things on this page and parents can keep track of things like their kiddo’s height! (Soon they will be taller than you – trust me!)

Last Day of School Coloring Page

Last Day of School coloring pages are the ideal wrap-up for the school year. Be sure to have them fill out this coloring page at year end and compare it to the first day of school page. Cute printables like this make it easy to see how much they’ve changed!

Valentine’s Day Coloring Page

Valentine’s Day coloring pages are a nice alternative to traditional Valentine’s cards and allow kids to express a little extra creativity. Because these pages are printables, you can print one page for each recipient without having to run to the store for more cards! (Keep paper and ink on hand, though!)

New Year’s Coloring Page

Happy New Year coloring pages let you ring in the New Year as part of a party or New Year arts and crafts. Don’t get stuck in an after Christmas slump. Keep that holiday spirit alive with free printable coloring pages!

Anniversary Coloring Page

Happy Anniversary coloring page printables make wishing the happy couple well fast and easy. Especially when you forgot (oops) just print and have the kiddos color a sweet coloring page. In a pinch, you can even snap a photo and text it!

Miss You Coloring Page

Miss You coloring pages help bring a smile to those who live far away. Especially loved ones like Grandparents will appreciate knowing the grandkids are thinking of them. Pair it with an arts and crafts project for a sweet keepsake.

Going Away Coloring Page

Going Away coloring page printables allow you to say goodbye in a creative and colorful way. Draw the friends or family leaving in the car and let them know they’ll be missed. Don’t forget to print their names (and yours!) to make it personal!

Get Well Soon Coloring Pages and Beyond!

If you’re not used to using printable coloring pages or printables in general, these free family coloring pages (including the get well soon coloring page) may just turn you into a convert. They are super easy to use and come in handy on a day by day basis for so many different occasions. Get yours today and start coloring! Soon you’ll be a download and print fanatic. Don’t worry though – printables tend to be very inexpensive. Plus, unlike coloring books, printable coloring page files don’t take up a lot of space!

Get Well Soon Coloring Pages for Uplifting Support

If you haven’t grabbed your printables yet, now’s the time! Not only will you have a cute and unique get well soon coloring page to color, but all the other coloring pages in the set that will be perfect for all the routine events that happen in a kid’s life, from Valentine’s Day to birthdays, graduation day and even an adorable happy anniversary coloring page! So make life easier with these fun and free printables, and bring a little more peace and joy into your life!