Bold back-to-school coloring page with ringing alarm clock, backpack, water bottle, and school bus at sunrise.

Ringing Alarm Clock and School Bus Morning

A loud alarm clock rattles beside a packed backpack while a school bus rolls past trees under a smiling sunrise.

🎨 How to color it

Use sunshine yellow for the school bus, cherry red for the ringing alarm clock, sky blue for the backpack, and silver gray for the water bottle cap. For toddlers, offer chunky crayons and let them fill the big clock face, backpack pocket, and sunny sky with broad happy scribbles. Add a tiny surprise color inside the backpack’s front zipper pull, like purple or lime green, to make it feel ready for a secret first-day trip.

The story behind this coloring page

The Tick-Tock Surprise — Tick-tock, tick-tock, little Remy patted the window ledge. He wanted the school-bus sound before breakfast. Read the full story →

Tick-tock, tick-tock, little Remy patted the window ledge. He wanted the school-bus sound before breakfast.

R-r-r-ing! The alarm shook and jiggled. Remy slid down to the floor. Bump! His sock caught on the rug, but he kept going.

“Wait for me,” he whispered.

The rattle was not in the clock. It was in the backpack pocket. Remy unzipped it—zzzip! Inside was a soft note: COME SEE THE SUN BUS.

Remy climbed back up, warm and smiley, just as the bus hummed by. Can you find the pocket that held the tick-tock surprise?