16 Free Back-to-School Printables Even Adults Will Want

Ingredients:

• 10 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 3 packets rapid rise yeast
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 3 Tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 3/4 cup milk
• purple, yellow and green food coloring (we used a mix of McCormick neon and assorted food coloring)
• plastic wrap
• dish towel
• printable bread label

Instructions:

1. Mix one cup of flour, one tablespoon of sugar, one teaspoon of salt and one packet of rapid rise yeast in a mixing bowl.
2. In a microwaveable bowl, mix 3/4 cup of water, 1/4 cup of milk, one Tablespoon of butter and about 10 drops of food coloring. Microwave on high for 45 seconds.
3. Pour liquid mixture into the dry mixture and mix throughly. Once mixed, slowly add another 2 1/2 cups of flour.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for each color of dye.
5. Rip apart the colorful dough into small pellets and twist together to form a rainbow marbled effect.
6. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and a dish towel and let it rise for one hour.
7. Cut the risen dough into three equal loaves, place into greased pans and bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes.

This bread will yield three loaves of Mardi Gras goodness, so make sure you have enough of all the ingredients. Grab a mixing bowl and mix 1/3 of the dry ingredients together — one cup flour, one Tablespoon of sugar, one teaspoon of salt and one packet of yeast.

Grab a microwaveable bowl and mix 1/3 of the wet ingredients together — 3/4 cup of water, 1/4 cup of milk, one Tablespoon of butter and about 10 drops of food coloring. Microwave for 45 seconds on high.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Let’s also just call attention to that awesome purple color :)

Mix the wet and dry ingredients together, and then start slowly adding in another two and a half cups of flour. Mix it all the way until it forms one huge ball of dough.

Repeat the first set of steps for each color. Each will yield one loaf but we will be mixing the colors together to form rainbow magicalness.

Last but not least — the green! Don’t be afraid to try other colors. This is a great recipe to create any holiday loaf. (Don’t be surprised if we do it for Fourth of July too!)

Once you have all three loaves, pull apart each color into little pellets. Layer the colors when you put them in the bowl to get maximum color variation.

Use your hands to give this mega loaf a good couple of twists.

Cover with plastic wrap and a dish towel and let the dough rise for at least one hour.

Divide your loaf into three sections and place into a greased pan. If you don’t have a loaf pan, you can totally make a rounded loaf in a cake pan or on top of a cookie sheet. Bake for 30 mins at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Wait for the bread to cool and then slice into magical rainbow bread.

If you’re nice enough to gift one of these loaves, we suggest printing out a bread wrap printable and hand-lettering a fun saying. Tie up with some baker’s twine or embroidery floss.

Sadly, there is no baby inside of this sweet dessert. But hey, we’re totally all for you continuing the King Cake tradition and adding the little trinket into your sweet loaves. Just remember to warn your guests ;)

Add sprinkles and enjoy!

Free Coloring Pages

Coloring pages and activities are exciting for kids of all ages. These are fun whether your young ones are still practicing dexterity with finger painting or are mastering the art of mindful coloring. These free coloring pages have all kinds of fun themes to keep every kid engaged.

• Lux + Trip Paper Goods is offering their cool illustration coloring pages for free.
• Ban.do has fun and uplifting free coloring pages.
• Check out 1,000 free Disney coloring pages for kids.
• The Elsa-obsessed will these 20+ free Disney Frozen printables and activities.
• One of our favorite books, the Secret Garden, offers free coloring pages.
• Here are fun and free coloring pages from our friends at Crayola.
• Check out 10 free coloring pages from Brit + Co's Pattern Play Coloring Book.
• Here's something for the whole family: thank you essential workers coloring pages.
• These changing shape abstract coloring pages are great for preschoolers and parents!
• Build your focus with these vividly intricate ocean coloring pages.
• Try these interesting pattern coloring pages to do with our little ones.
• Here are free abstract pattern coloring pages.
• Color up these cute summer, beach, and ocean coloring pages,
• So adorable embroidery coloring page activities!
• Kids can count their way through color by number printable activities.
• Download free coloring books from more than 100 museums worldwide.
• Try these tree printable coloring page bookmark activities.

Activity Pages, Workbooks, and Games

With summer break looming and with it distance learning coming to a close, these workbooks and games are a perfect blend for keeping kids busy, encouraging them to learn while school's out, and inspiring them to try something new. Here are some of our favorite free printables, including puzzles, games, skill-building worksheets, activities, and buildable toys.

• Take kids on an indoor scavenger hunt!
• Kamala and Maya Harris' new book, Kamala and Maya's Big Idea, has a free printable activity book.
• Lonely Planet has great activity pages to keep the little explorers entertained.
• Highlights has tons of fun printable activities for every age, including coloring, cards, games, and puzzles.
• All about bugs? Here are all kinds of bug-themed activity pages.
• Check out this spring-inspired printable activity book.
• Camp has a free activity book, and they're releasing a new chapter each week!
• These fun worksheets teach kids about abstract artists.
• Maika Goods offers this fun activity book in the spirit of finding little joys everyday.
• Here are printable activities for kids from our friends at Spruce Crafts.
• You can all play this cute spring bingo game printable.
• Next car ride try this free engaging printable "I Spy" activity.
• We love these fun Star Wars activities and printables.
• Build your own unicorn with this free printable.
• Learn how to make amazing flextangles with a free printable template.
• Try this cupcake playdough mat printable activity.
• Everyone loves this nature walk and count activity printable.
• Challenge them with fun printable mazes.
• DIY lovers will enjoy this free cross stitch pattern printables for kids.
• The whole family will love this I'm bored jar of activities for kids.

Arts and Crafts Printables

These kids arts and craft printables are lifesavers. We're especially grateful because these templates have taken all of the hard work and prep out of the craft equation. No matter what your little is liking right now, we've got you covered.

• Make 100 projects with just 10 products with this fun Michael's printable activity book.
• DIY your own photo booth props with these free printables.
• Try fun cut and paste activities for kids.
• Practice your origami with cool printable origami instructions (and turn into a mobile after!)
• Put on a puppet show with cute puppet printables for your littles.
• Ocean animal fine motor printables are great for preschoolers.
• Make these tiny indoor paper plants - so pretty!
• We love this mermaid paper dolls project.
• Here are fun art activity printables to make with the kids.
• Try these free educational and art activity printables.
• May 10 is coming soon! Here are last-minute Mother's Day printable activities.
• Make these sweet printable cards for Mother's Day too!
• Send these fun printable cards for kids to color to the loved ones you miss so much.

Per The Japan Times, increased demand for matcha powder put an “unprecedented strain” on the tea industry last year, and the same effect is predicted to take place in 2025.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan saw a 185% increase in matcha production from 2010 to 2023 in order to keep up with demand from cafes and home baristas around the world, The Japan Timesreports.

Seeing that over half of Japan’s matcha is exported internationally, matcha lovers are looking toward the country for their green tea fix. Search interest for matcha has nearly quadrupled over the past 5 years, and it shows no sign of slowing down.

This year, mostly organic matcha strains will be affected by the shortage, though lower-grade varieties could face the same issues if consumers begin reaching for them in favor of organic offerings. While top-tier, organic strains like ceremonial-grade matcha are known for being sweeter and smoother, the lower-grade kinds like culinary-grade matcha are noticeably more bitter and don't have the same vibrant color.

Matcha can only be harvested in the springtime, so though a shortage may be happening now, there’s hope for increased supply in the near future. This year’s harvest will start in April.

Even though production will ramp up, Jason Eng of Kametani Tea in Japan, a company that produces matcha for beverage companies around the world, says: “This year will be an interesting one. We haven’t hit a point yet where we’re going to run out, but it’s going to be really tight this autumn – not just for us but for everybody. The demand is off the charts.”