Dinosaur With Big Spikes Colouring Page

This dinosaur stands side-on with a big rounded body, a curved neck and a face that is grinning rather than roaring. Two small teeth show in its open smile, and its eyes have that wide, friendly cartoon look. Down its back runs a row of seven large plates, each one its own separate shape, getting smaller as they near the tail. The tail curls round at the bottom and ends in four pointed spikes lined up in a fan. Four sturdy legs hold the body up, each foot finished off with three rounded claws.

Nothing on this page is fiddly. The body is one big open space, the plates are wide enough to fill with a single sweep of crayon, and even the tail spikes are broad rather than thin. That makes it a good page for talking as you colour: how many plates run down its back, whether the spikes at the end of the tail should all match or go in a rainbow, what colour a dinosaur this cheerful ought to be. There is no background to fill in, so all the attention stays on the animal itself.

It sits on the easy end of the scale, better suited to a child still learning to stay inside a line than to one after a challenge. The face is the only part with any small detail, and even that is just two eyes, two nostrils and a mouth. Older siblings might finish it in a couple of minutes; younger ones get a page that is satisfying to complete without a parent stepping in to help.