Ferragosto

Ferragosto on August 15 is a public holiday in Italy and a familiar moment in the summer holiday season. Families and friends may gather for a meal, a picnic or a trip to the coast. Baskets, beach outings and terrace lunches invite children to imagine their own Italian summer scene.

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A fruit basket, sunhat and beach ball on a striped picnic mat beneath a beach umbrella.

Ferragosto Beach Picnic

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Six people raise cups around a table under a grape-covered pergola, with a cat resting nearby.

Summer Lunch under the Pergola

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A girl in a bow-trimmed sunhat holds a watermelon slice beside a large spiral shell.

Watermelon, Sunhat and Seashell

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Four people share fruit on a picnic blanket beside a lake with a sailboat and hillside village.

Family Picnic by an Italian Lake

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Two adults and two children walk along a flower-lined mountain path beside a chalet and lake.

A Family Mountain Walk for Ferragosto

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Two people read while two others share bread on a picnic blanket, with a dog and fruit nearby.

Stories and Snacks under the Tree

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A man and girl decorate a three-towered sandcastle with shells beneath a beach umbrella.

Building a Sandcastle with Dad

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A man and girl hold sketchbooks beside the water; the girl has drawn the arched bridge behind them.

Sketching by the Canal with Dad

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A man holds a kite reel while a boy points upward, with sunflowers in the foreground.

Flying a Kite with Dad

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A woman and boy hold ice-cream cones on a stone bench in front of a fountain and pigeons.

Gelato with Grandma in the Piazza

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A woman carries plates while a girl sets a sunflower vase on the courtyard table, with a sleeping dog below.

Setting the Ferragosto Table with Grandma

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A man holding a ball watches a girl play bocce in a courtyard beneath an olive tree.

Bocce with Grandpa

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A watermelon snack or a pergola lunch

Choose a single child with open shapes, or a gathering with tableware and climbing plants.

Girl with watermelon

A large fruit slice sits in front of the child; hat stripes and a spiral shell can be later projects.

Watermelon, Sunhat and Seashell →

Lunch under the pergola

People, dishes, grapes and leaves fill the scene. Choose it for small sections and a longer shared activity.

Summer Lunch under the Pergola →

Bring the watermelon forward

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

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Original coloring page: Watermelon, Sunhat and Seashell →

Red watermelon with green rind held by an uncolored girl; hat, mat and shell white. — A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.

1. Red fruit
2. Green rind
3. White surroundings

Color the watermelon flesh red, keeping every black seed visible.
Color the narrow curved rind green, stopping at the child’s fingers.
Leave the child, hat, mat and shell white.

Red fruit and green rind stay separate; the hands remain clear where they overlap the slice.

More selection and activity ideas

Choose a page

For large areas and a simple background, choose the fruit basket or the girl with watermelon. The pergola meal and terrace table have more small leaves, tableware and patterns to color.

Try it together

After coloring the postcard scene, draw your own summer postcard with a boat, mountains or a picnic. Leave space for a short message to someone you know.

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