
Balloon Bunch Colouring Page
Five round balloons of different sizes bunched together, their strings gathered into one neat bow at the bottom.
- Suitable for
- Ages 2–5
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Easy
- Printing
- Black & white
Free, no sign-up. A4 · Print at 100% scale
What your child practises
- Colours large rounded areas without needing to lift the crayon often
- Handles smaller, closer-together shapes on the bow with more careful strokes
- Counts the five balloons and matches or varies colours across them
- Recognises balloon knots and ribbon tails as distinct small details to notice
About this worksheet
Five balloons fill the page: one tall balloon at the top centre, a pair sitting just below it on the left and right, and a lower pair beneath those. Each balloon has a small knot where the string starts, and all five strings run down the page to meet in a bow with two looped sides and two ribbon tails pointing off in different directions. There is no background and no faces on the balloons, just the shapes themselves waiting for colour.
The balloons are the main event here, and every one of them is a big, open, rounded space, so a child can colour with broad strokes and not worry about staying inside anything fiddly. The bow is where the page asks for a bit more care, since its loops and pointed tails are smaller and closer together. This is also a natural spot to talk about colour choices with your child, five balloons is enough to try five different colours, or to sort them into pairs, or just to pick one favourite and repeat it.
Compared with other sheets in the Everyday Objects set, this one sits on the easier side. The balloon shapes are large and simple, the lines are bold and evenly spaced, and there is nothing in the background to fill in around. It suits a preschooler who is still working on staying inside the lines, while the small bow at the bottom gives slightly older children something a bit more precise to aim for.
How to use this sheet
Let your child start with the big top balloon before moving to the bow, since the bow's loops and tails need a steadier hand. If the bow gets messy, that is fine, the balloons carry the page either way.