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New Year's Customs Around the World: A Global Traditions Coloring Book
Paperback
Activity & Coloring BooksHoliday
Publisher: Pettyfeather Publishing
Published: Dec 12 2025
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.19 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Ring in the New Year with a trip around the globe, one coloring page at a time!
New Year's Customs Around the World: A Global Traditions Coloring Book is a festive, educational coloring book that explores how different cultures welcome the New Year with foods, rituals, symbols, and celebrations. From grapes eaten at midnight in Spain to tin-casting in Finland and fireworks inspired by ancient Chinese beliefs, each page turns a world tradition into a fun, relaxing coloring experience. Perfect for curious kids (around ages 8-12), families, teachers, and adult coloring fans who love learning while they color.
Inside this New Year's coloring book you'll find:
- 30 global New Year customs, including Spain's 12 lucky grapes, Japan's year-crossing noodles, Ghanaian jollof rice, Romanian bear dances, Ethiopia's Enkutatash flowers, lucky ladybugs, and more.
- Short, engaging explanations. Each tradition includes 2 paragraphs that explain the custom and what it symbolizes, plus a fun Did You Know? trivia fact.
- Three themed sections: Foods & Flavors of Good Fortune, Rituals, Symbols & Midnight Magic, and Nature, Light & the Spirit of Renewal, so readers can see patterns in how cultures celebrate.
- Coloring pages: bold line art, ideal for colored pencils or crayons.
- How to say Happy New Year! across the globe, with a pronunciation guide
- Fun activities: a country-tradition matching game to test what you've learned and a 12 Grapes, 12 Wishes reflection activity to help kids (or adults!) imagine their own hopes for the year ahead.
A great fit for:
- Family New Year's Eve parties: Keep kids busy with meaningful, screen-free fun while everyone waits for midnight.
- Classrooms and homeschool: An easy add-on for social studies, geography, world cultures, or holiday units.
- Older kids & tweens: Written at an accessible level that still feels smart, respectful, and not babyish.
- Adult coloring enthusiasts: Relaxing designs paired with bite-sized cultural history and trivia.
Whether you color one page each December, or dive into the whole book in the week between Christmas and New Year's, New Year's Customs Around the World turns global traditions into a joyful, creative celebration.
Get your copy today and start your own New Year's tradition of coloring, learning, and wishing for good luck together.
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