Sweet Marie's Kids Corner
Sweet Marie's Diner
Welcome to Sweet Marie's Kids Corner!
A place where kids can create, learn, explore, and make memories together. Discover free printables, educational videos, Carolina Characters, Sweet Marie's Virtual Refrigerator, Sugar Shack fun, and family adventures waiting around every corner.
What's Inside Kids Corner?
This is the family and children’s wing of Sweet Marie’s online home: part craft table, part Carolina adventure, part refrigerator door, and part invitation to come see us in real life.
🧲 Virtual Refrigerator
Every masterpiece deserves a place on the refrigerator. Ours just happens to be online.
Open the fridge →🎨 Free Printables
Free coloring pages, activities, worksheets, mazes, scavenger hunts, word searches, and more.
Find printables →📸 Become a Coloring Book Character
Turn a favorite photo into a printable coloring page with Sweet Marie’s magic.
See how it works →🎥 Educational Videos
Learn about Carolina food, history, wildlife, cooking, drink making, and more.
Watch videos →🍋 Sweet Marie’s Sugar Shack
Visit us at the marina, find our weekly locations, or invite us to your next party or event.
Plan the fun →🎉 Events
Coloring days, lemonade labs, Shark Week, community events, birthday parties, and family adventures.
See events →Meet Our Carolina Characters
Our characters help kids explore the animals, foods, stories, people, and places that make North Carolina special.
Liam Osprey
Our sky-high explorer for Carolina wildlife and conservation.
Harper Mermaid
Our ocean friend for marine life, beaches, and coastal adventures.
Captain Lowtide
Our storyteller for Carolina history, traditions, and coastal culture.
Memaw Sue
Our kitchen guide for cooking basics, food, farms, and family recipes.
New This Week
This section will stay fresh as we add new printables, artwork, videos, and events. Check back often—there will always be something new for kids to color, make, watch, or explore.
New Printable
Coming soon.
New Refrigerator Artist
Coming soon.
New Video
Coming soon.
Upcoming Event
Coming soon.
Visit the Sugar Shack
Sweet Marie’s Sugar Shack is where a lot of Kids Corner comes to life: fresh-squeezed lemonade, specialty drinks, coloring pages, games, family-friendly fun, and waterfront memories under the live oaks.
Find us at the marina, watch for our weekly location announcements, or ask about birthday parties, private events, school visits, farmer’s markets, festivals, community events, kids karaoke, games, face painting partners, balloon artists, and more.
Parents' Corner
- Kids Corner activities and printable downloads are free.
- Parent permission is always required before children’s artwork, names, ages, or photos are shared online.
- Families may bring us artwork any time they visit the diner, Sugar Shack, events, parties, festivals, or anywhere else we meet.
- Parents may choose first name, initials, or anonymous display for the Virtual Refrigerator.
- Free printables will continue to grow with coloring pages, activity sheets, worksheets, seasonal pages, scavenger hunts, and future printable adventures.
Real kids. Real Carolina. Real memories.
Whether you're stopping by for a lemonade, coloring with us at an event, exploring the Carolina coast through our characters, or hanging your newest masterpiece on our Virtual Refrigerator, we're so glad you're here. We can't wait to make memories with your family.