Undokai (Japanese Sports Day) Coloring Pages

A fiery sports festival where everyone works together

Undokai (Japanese Sports Day) is an exciting event at school or kindergarten! You get to show what you learned in P.E. class, work together with your class or team, and enjoy all kinds of fun games. In some places, people also call it a "Sports Festival."

What does it mean and show?

Undokai (Japanese Sports Day) is full of important ideas like working together, trying your best, and growing up.

• Teamwork: Everyone usually splits into teams, like the Red Team and the White Team, to play against each other. In games like Tug-of-War and Beanbag Toss, joining forces with your whole team leads to victory!
• Trying Hard and Working Fast: From footraces where you run as fast as you can, to cheering contests, it is a place where everyone tries their very best to show how much they practiced.
• Proof of Growing Up: Lots of people come to watch, like your mom, dad, and neighbors. It is an important day to show everyone how big and strong you have grown!

Main games at Undokai (Japanese Sports Day)

Just like you can see in the coloring pages, there are lots of exciting games that everyone loves at Undokai (Japanese Sports Day).

• Footrace: The most basic game at Undokai (Japanese Sports Day), where you run with all your might to come in first place!
• Tug-of-War: A thrilling game where your whole team pulls a big, thick rope to test your strength together!
• Beanbag Toss: A game where you throw red and white beanbags into a tall basket. The height of the basket and the number of beanbags decide who wins!
• Relay Race: A touching game where you pass a baton to your teammates and show how strong your team's bond is!

How to pick colors: Use bright and happy sunny day colors!

When you color the Undokai (Japanese Sports Day) coloring page, use lots of bright and cheerful colors that show the kids' energy and the sunny sky!

• Basic colors: Choose mainly red, blue (team colors), green (ground grass and trees), yellow (the sun and international flags), and light skin tones (people).

Colors for Each Motif:

• Team colors: If you color the caps and headbands red for the Red Team and blue or light blue for the White Team, it is easy to see how the match is going. It looks very lively if you color their T-shirts in each team's color, too!
• Flags of the world: Color the flags of the world hanging above the field one by one with bright, colorful flag colors. This makes a fun, festive mood just like a festival!
• The grounds: Use light brown or ochre for the ground, and color the grass bright green. This helps you show what an outdoor scene looks like on a sunny day!
• Balls: Color the round balls for the ball toss and the giant rolling balls with stand-out colors like red, white, or blue.

How to color with a 3D look: Add motion and sunlight!

Try to show how lively the running children look and how the bright sunlight shines down. Shadowy places:

• Add "shadows" using a darker shade than your main color on the running people's feet, the underside of the tent roofs, and the curves of their muscles to make them look like they are really moving!

Where the light hits:

• If you color the places where the sun shines—like sweaty cheeks or the ground—with bright colors, you can show the lively sunlight!

Let’s Add Texture!

Colored pencils: If you layer short lines for the grass and dirt, it will give the ground a real, neat texture. Ropes: For the tug-of-war rope, use brown or gray and think about its bumpy fibers. This will make it look really strong and powerful!

Tips to help you enjoy your coloring page!

• Full-power smiles!
  • Try using your brightest colors for the faces of the running kids and the people cheering to show how fun the Undokai (Japanese Sports Day) is!
• Cheering voices!
  • It is also fun to write cheering words like "Do your best!" or "Go, go, go!" in the empty spaces on the coloring page!