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UX/UI Design

AI Coloring Page Generator

Product Type / 

Web

 

Role / 

UX/UI Design

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Timeline / 

2 Weeks

 

Year / 

2024

OVERVIEW

This project aimed to support people working in children’s ministry by enabling them to quickly generate custom coloring pages aligned with Bible lessons. Volunteers often spend hours looking for appropriate materials—only to end up with poor-quality, irrelevant, or paywalled images.

Our solution: a web-based platform that uses text-to-image AI to instantly produce printable coloring pages tailored to each week’s lesson.

Empowering volunteers with AI-generated, faith-based visuals in seconds

THE PROBLEM

Children’s ministry volunteers face these recurring challenges:

  • Spend 1–2 hours weekly searching for coloring pages

  • Most existing content is generic, watermarked, or not aligned with lesson themes

  • Some try to engage kids in choosing images, but this often leads to chaos

  • Volunteers with low tech confidence feel overwhelmed by complicated tools

We wanted to create a solution that felt instant, simple, and intuitive, allowing users to focus on the message, not the search.

USER RESEARCH

I interviewed 10+ children’s ministry volunteers from churches of various sizes. I mapped insights into empathy maps, personas, and a user journey. A few key patterns emerged:

  • Volunteers prepare weekly visual content alongside crafts and storytelling

  • Most rely on Pinterest, Google Images, or paid sites

  • Many feel guilty spending hours looking for coloring sheets

  • Some involve kids in the process, but it often becomes distracting

  • The more digital the tool, the less likely older volunteers will use it

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“Sometimes I let the kids help me find pictures, but it’s chaos and we end up with dinosaurs instead of David and Goliath.” – Sarah, volunteer

USER PERSONA

Persona 1: Sarah - Primary

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Persona 2: James

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Persona 3: Linda

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EMPATHY MAP

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USER JOURNEY MAP

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DESIGN

1. Direct-to-Hi-Fi Prototyping

I began with high-fidelity design, skipping wireframes in favor of a working prototype that could be tested directly with ministry volunteers. Since the product concept was simple and visual, starting with hi-fi helped us:

  • Quickly test real flows with non-technical users

  • See how AI-generated image previews performed in context

  • Reduce iteration cycles on basic layout and wording

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The flow included:

  • A single prompt input for generating an image (e.g., “The Good Samaritan”)

  • An image preview area with multiple AI-generated coloring pages

  • A clear, focused “Download and Print” button

2. Prototype Walkthroughs

I conducted design walkthrough sessions with 8 volunteers. They used the prototype as if preparing for an actual lesson, talking aloud as they interacted.

 

Key feedback and improvements:

  • “The print button was hard to find” → Increased size and contrast

  • “I want to re-use a prompt from last week” → Added basic prompt history

  • “It feels clean and not overwhelming” → Reassured we were on the right track with simplicity

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3. Final Design

POST-LAUNCH RESULTS

  • Reduced coloring prep time from 90 mins to less than 10 mins

  • 100% of users said it “fit their lesson better than anything they found online”

  • Volunteers said it gave them “mental space back”

  • Kids were more engaged when images directly matched their story

FULTURE OPPORTUNITIES

  • Add pre-curated prompt packs (e.g., Parables, Creation, Miracles)

  • Enable multilingual prompt support

  • Launch mobile-responsive version

  • “Save & organize prompts” feature for weekly use

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