August Flower of the Month: Poppy!

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Today’s paper doll is a design inspired by the Poppy, the birth flower of the month, for August. Of all the monthly flower paper dolls I drew in 2025 which I am sharing this 2026 in their finished form, this poppy inspired paper doll set might be my favorite.

Just like all my birth flower floral designs for the Cuties, this August coloring page began life during last year’s 100 Day Project, when I set out to create a series of paper dolls that were especially kid friendly and did a dress for every flower of the month. (Once you have to draw 100 things, it’s amazing how you look for series.) This Cuties set is inspired by August’s birth flower, the Poppy and I think it’s a fun design for kids or anyone wants a poppy coloring page printable that is a little more simple than some of my other designs.

I love poppies. My mother grew them when I was kid, both blue and red ones. Blue poppies are rare, I’ve been told, but since I’ve spent a lot of my life living in cold places, I didn’t know they were unusual until I left Alaska.

I’m always proud of the paper dolls I share here, or I wouldn’t be sharing them here. Seriously, the stuff I truly, truly dislike never actually gets onto the website. But every so often I finish one and think, “Wow, that really was fun, and that was really what I imagined it was going to be, and look, it came out the way I hoped.” This poppy paper doll set is one of those.

The outfit with pants is the one I love most. The ruffle around the collar delights me, and I love how the poppy leaves cover the sleeves and the pants. Poppies have beautiful leaves I’d never really thought about, except that to draw them, you have to notice them. The dress design is also fun. It’s based on Tudor era gowns like this one. I even like how the doll’s I paired with this set came out.

One of the really wonderful things about drawing is that it becomes an act of careful attention. Noticing the details is how they get reproduced.

Things move so quickly in day-to-day life, mine included. I’m so wrapped up in the things I have to do, the drive to work, feeding my cat, all that stuff, that I often don’t take time to pause and really look at something. Drawing makes me really look at things.

Lately I haven’t been pausing much to just notice, but as I was finishing up this set, I really looked at it. That was when I realized: I really like those leaves and I really hope other people like them too.

Anyway, I hope you color these poppies and it brings you some joy. After all, who doesn’t need a poppy coloring page printable?