Baby Monkey Eating a Banana Colouring Page

This baby monkey is sitting down with its round belly forward, holding a banana that has been peeled open into three floppy sections. Its face takes up most of the page: a heart-shaped muzzle patch, two big circle eyes with a white highlight dot in each, a small nose, curved eyebrows and a closed, happy smile. A little tuft of hair sticks up on top of its head, and two big rounded ears stick out to the sides. Behind it, a long tail curls into a loose spiral, and at the bottom two feet with simple toes peek out.

There is a good mix of shapes here for little hands. The head, ears, body and belly are large closed spaces that are easy to fill in without straying over a line, which suits a child who is still working on stroke control. The banana peel and the tail spiral are trickier, with three narrow curling sections and one looping shape that call for a bit more care to keep the colour inside. It is also a page with plenty to talk about: how many ears the monkey has, whether the banana is yellow or green, what shape the tail makes.

Overall this sits in the easy to medium range. A two or three year old can happily colour the big head and body and skip the fiddly bits, while a four or five year old will likely want to take on the banana peel and tail properly. It works well as a first monkey page, or as a quick, satisfying sheet when you want something that does not take all afternoon.