Strawberry picking Coloring Pages

Super Fresh and Lots of Yummy Flavors The best part of Strawberry picking is eating super ripe strawberries! You cannot easily find these in stores. Big, super ripe strawberries get bruised very easily. Going to the farm is the only way to try them! Many farms grow different kinds of strawberries too. You can taste them and find your favorite sweet or sour flavor!

When Can You Go?

The best time for Strawberry picking usually starts in mid-December. It goes all the way until early May!

• January to February: It is cold outside, so the strawberries get super sweet! This is the sweetest time.

• March to April: It gets warmer and lots of strawberries grow. Many families love to go now!

• May: This is the end of the season. Many farms cost a little less money, so it is super easy to go!

Ways to Enjoy Strawberry Picking

Farms grow strawberries in two main ways!

1. High Benches: Strawberries grow high up on shelves. You can pick them while standing up! It is easy and fun for young children, grandparents, and people in wheelchairs.

2. In the Soil: Strawberries grow on the ground the classic way. These strawberries have a wonderful, natural taste!

How to Pick the Yummiest Strawberries

How to Find a Good One

• Color: Look for bright red all the way to the green top! Choose shiny, big strawberries where the seeds look buried deep.

• Green Top: If the green leaves are dark green and curl up, it is super fresh!

How to Pick Easily Strawberry stems are strong. Do not pull too hard! Hold the strawberry softly with your fingers. Bend your wrist, and it will pop right off!

Here are some tips to make your coloring page look super yummy as you enjoy coloring!

How to make strawberries look shiny and fresh

• Use different shades of red: Don't color the whole strawberry with just one red. Leave a little white spot where the light hits it, or use light pink. This makes them look glossy!

• Draw the tiny seeds: After you color them red, add little yellow or brown dots. It makes your strawberries pop!

How to show depth in the greenhouse

• To make your picture look deep, use dark green for leaves near you. Use lighter green for leaves far away. This makes the greenhouse look very big!

• Think of warm sunlight coming in. Color the mountains and sky in the background with soft, light colors. It gives your picture a cozy spring feel!

How to make happy faces shine

• Color the clothes of people doing Strawberry picking with bright colors like yellow or light blue. This makes the red strawberries stand out and gives your whole picture a happy look!

Are the tiny bumps actually "fruits"?!

The sesame-like "tiny bumps" on the strawberry look like seeds, right? But actually, every single one of them is a "fruit"! So, what is the sweet red part we eat? It is actually the stem that grew thick and soft like a cushion.

Look at the green "stem top" to find yummy ones

Here is a trick to find sweet ones during Strawberry picking! Look at the green "stem top." If it is perky and curled upwards, it means the fruit is fully ripe and super sweet! Choose the ones that are bright red all the way to the top.

Eat from the "stem top" side for the best taste

Strawberries are sweeter and have more sugar at the pointed tip. So, if you start eating from the stem top, the sweetest part stays in your mouth at the end! That makes it yummy until the very last bite.

More Vitamin C than a lemon!

Strawberries are not just delicious. They are packed with "Vitamin C," which keeps you healthy and makes your skin smooth! They have even more Vitamin C than oranges or lemons. Eating just 5 or 6 strawberries gives you all the Vitamin C you need for a whole day!

They are actually in the "vegetable" family!

Shops sell them as fruit, but plant rules say that things growing on trees are "fruits," and things growing on plants are "vegetables." So, strawberries grow on plants on the ground, making them "vegetables", just like watermelons and melons! Isn't that surprising?