Who's gonna beat singing Chipmunks? Alvin got his answer when the Chipettes made their movie debut in the 2010 Alvin and the Chipmunks movie called The Squeakquel. For the movie fan, Chipettes coloring pages make a fun art activity or time passing event while on a road trip or sitting in a waiting area. The Chipettes were first seen on the Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon series in 1983 but this is their first movie appearance. The Chipettes are destined to be a staple in the childhood movies as 20th Century Fox has announced that production has started on Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D, The 3D movie may include the Chipettes along with the Chipmunks and is expected to be in theaters in December 2011. http://www.last.fm/music/The+Chipettes

Printable coloring pages are fun for children to color or to make coloring books from. The female talking chipmunks make perfect additions to other coloring page activities for young girls and boys. Competing with Alvin, Theodore, and Simon in a musical contest, the Chipettes are recorded doing popular songs like Beyonce’s “All the Single Ladies”. The Chipettes, named Eleanor,Brittany, and Jeanette are easily identified as girls by their chipmunk ponytails. The cute singing chipmunks add a new spice to the Alvin and the Chipmunk movies and give children new characters to color. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/First-Look-At-The-Chipettes-13469.html

As the new characters have been on the scene for a few months, coloring pages are beginning to be available for printing. Chipette coloring pages can be printed along with Alvin, Simon, and Theodore pages for children to recreate scenes from the movie. Using coloring pages as a starting point for a story telling lesson makes emphasizing comprehension activities more fun. Other lesson activities using Chipette coloring pages may include color by numbers, color coordination, following written instructions, or story writing assignments. Of course, simply proving crayons or colored pencils along with the printed coloring sheets makes the activity the most fun without concentrating on the learning element. For themed birthday parties, parents can use the Chippete coloring pages as a coloring activity for the attendees, or make booklets which can be taken home along with party favors.

With the new Alvin and the Chipmunk movie more party supplies, coloring books, and activity pads have resurfaced in brick and mortar stores like Target, Walmart, Walgreens and CVS. Book stores like Books a Million and Barnes and Nobel are stocking Chipette and Chipmunk early readers and some coloring activity books also. For those cases where coloring books can’t be found, consider buying a picture book and tracing paper to make your own Chipette coloring pages. Tracing paper can also be used to trace Chipette pictures printed from websites. Tracing paper does not make very good coloring paper since it is very thin but the picture can easily be printed on a sturdier paper from your home copier or scanned and printed from your printer.

To make your own coloring book, choose pictures which are of the right coloring size and complexity for your child. Either trace them existing pictures or print them from on line coloring activities. Using paper which is sturdier makes pictures which last longer. Use a three hole punch to fasten the pages into three ring binder or a folder with brad type fasteners for your child.