
Corn On The Cob Colouring Page
A single corn cob with a smiling face, big rounded kernels and two broad husk leaves peeled open at the sides.
- Suitable for
- Ages 2β4
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Easy
- Printing
- Black & white
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What your child practises
- Colours rounded, separated kernel shapes without crowding neighbouring rows
- Fills the two curved husk leaves as broad, open areas
- Keeps small details like the eye highlight dots a different colour from the eyes
- Names a familiar vegetable and talks about its parts, like the husk and the kernels
About this worksheet
This page is one large corn cob standing upright, husk leaves peeled back like curtains on either side to show the kernels inside. The kernels are drawn oversized and rounded, stacked in neat rows up the cob rather than packed in tight realistic detail. Partway down, two big round eyes with a white highlight dot in each, and a simple curved smile, turn the cob into a friendly character. At the bottom the two husk leaves curve outward and meet at a small stalk.
What makes this one worth printing is the size of the spaces. Every kernel is its own chunky, rounded rectangle with plenty of room inside the lines, and the two husk leaves are wide, open shapes with nothing fiddly in them. A child can work through the kernels one at a time in a single colour, or mix it up row by row, and the face gives them something to talk about while they colour, like whether corn should smile back at you. There is no background to fill in, so the whole page is just the cob.
It sits on the easy end of the shelf. The rounded kernels and open husk leaves suit a child who is still learning to stay inside a line, and there is nothing here that needs a fine-tipped pencil. It works well as a first go at a vegetable subject, or as a quick, low-pressure page for a younger sibling while an older one tackles something more detailed.
How to use this sheet
Let your child start with the small face first, then move out to the kernels and finish with the two big husk leaves. If the kernels all end up different colours, that is fine, real corn is not one shade anyway.