Local Color Blog

From Screen Time to Color Time: How to Gently Shift Kids Toward More Offline Play

From Screen Time to Color Time: How to Gently S...

Screens are everywhere now—classrooms, cars, living rooms, even grocery store lines. For a lot of families, devices are baked into daily life, for better and for worse. You don’t have...

From Screen Time to Color Time: How to Gently S...

Screens are everywhere now—classrooms, cars, living rooms, even grocery store lines. For a lot of families, devices are baked into daily life, for better and for worse. You don’t have...

Big Dean’s in Santa Monica: A Colorful Slice of Beach Life for Kids (and Their Grown-Ups)

Big Dean’s in Santa Monica: A Colorful Slice of...

Big Dean’s isn’t just a beach bar by the Santa Monica Pier—it’s a whole little world of surfers, dog walkers, and sunny-day stories. Here’s how to use this Big Dean’s...

Big Dean’s in Santa Monica: A Colorful Slice of...

Big Dean’s isn’t just a beach bar by the Santa Monica Pier—it’s a whole little world of surfers, dog walkers, and sunny-day stories. Here’s how to use this Big Dean’s...

Coloring Your Hometown: Helping Kids Fall in Love with the City They Live In

Coloring Your Hometown: Helping Kids Fall in Lo...

Whether you’re raising a toddler who’s just learning neighborhood names or a grade-schooler who’s starting to ask questions about history, culture, and community, locally inspired coloring turns everyday places into...

Coloring Your Hometown: Helping Kids Fall in Lo...

Whether you’re raising a toddler who’s just learning neighborhood names or a grade-schooler who’s starting to ask questions about history, culture, and community, locally inspired coloring turns everyday places into...

The Therapeutic Benefits of Coloring for Children with Special Needs

The Therapeutic Benefits of Coloring for Childr...

Coloring is fun—that part’s obvious. But for children with special needs, it can also be so much more: a calming ritual, a way to communicate without words, and a gentle...

The Therapeutic Benefits of Coloring for Childr...

Coloring is fun—that part’s obvious. But for children with special needs, it can also be so much more: a calming ritual, a way to communicate without words, and a gentle...

Explore the Bright, Breezy World of Santa Monica with Colorful Children’s Books

Explore the Bright, Breezy World of Santa Monic...

Turn your child’s next coloring session into a walk through Santa Monica—piers, palms, bike paths, and sunsets included.

Explore the Bright, Breezy World of Santa Monic...

Turn your child’s next coloring session into a walk through Santa Monica—piers, palms, bike paths, and sunsets included.

Boosting STEM Learning Through Coloring Activities for Kids

Boosting STEM Learning Through Coloring Activit...

STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math—can sound big and intimidating. But for kids, the best STEM learning often happens in simple, hands-on ways: building things, asking questions, and yes…coloring. Coloring is...

Boosting STEM Learning Through Coloring Activit...

STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math—can sound big and intimidating. But for kids, the best STEM learning often happens in simple, hands-on ways: building things, asking questions, and yes…coloring. Coloring is...