Sun and crescent moon over a snowy forest - Winter solstice coloring pages

About this coloring page

The sun and a crescent moon over a snowy forest share the sky on this winter solstice coloring page, the sun on one side and the moon with stars on the other. Below them a line of pine trees stands in the snow. The solstice, around December 21, is the shortest day of the year, when night lasts longest. Color the sun bright yellow and orange, the moon silver and the night half of the sky deep blue. It is an easy way to explain day and night to kids. Ancient people marked the same day with stones, as in the standing stones with the winter sun rising.