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Ages 2–5
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Waving Candy Cane Colouring Page
A big candy cane with a curled top, a waving hand and four broad diagonal stripes to colour in.
- 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 four broad diagonal stripes without needing to stay inside small or fiddly lines
- Keeps a single colour within one stripe band from edge to edge
- Names facial features (eyes, eyebrows, mouth) and describes the candy cane's expression
- Practises hand control filling a large curved area at the top of the cane
- Talks about left and right while colouring the waving arm and the reaching arm
About this worksheet
This candy cane stands tall with the classic hooked top and a straight body underneath. It has a simple face, two dot eyes, curved eyebrows and a small smiling mouth, plus two arms: one waves up by its head with the fingers spread, the other reaches out to the side. Four diagonal stripes cross the cane, one curling round the hook and three running down the straight shaft, splitting the shape into broad bands with plenty of white space left over between them.
There is nothing fiddly here. The stripes are wide enough for a young child to fill with a single confident stroke of red or green, and the plain background sections give a break from colouring so the page does not feel like one long stretch of careful work. The waving hand and the smile give a small child something to talk about while they colour, a chance to name the candy cane, decide if it is happy, and pick which stripe goes first.
It suits toddlers and preschoolers who are still working on staying inside larger shapes rather than tiny ones, and it prints well as a quick one-sheet activity rather than a big project. Older preschoolers who like tidy lines can use it to practise keeping each stripe a single colour instead of mixing them.
How to use this sheet
Start with the curved top since it is the trickiest part to keep tidy. Suggest red and white (or green) alternating on the four stripes so the pattern reads like a real candy cane. If a line gets crossed, carry on regardless.
