Full Moon With A Face Colouring Page

The page shows one large moon, drawn as a big circle that fills almost the whole portrait sheet. Its face is already smiling: two solid black oval eyes, a small round nose, two short curved eyebrows and a wide curved mouth are all printed in place. Around the face, eight oval craters of different sizes are scattered evenly across the moon's surface, leaving plenty of plain space between them for colouring.

Because the eyes and eyebrows are already filled in, your child's job is simpler than it looks: colour the wide round body of the moon, then find and fill in each of the eight craters. The big circle gives lots of room for sweeping strokes with barely any risk of crossing a line, while the craters offer a change of pace, small ovals that ask for a slower, more careful hand. It is a natural moment to talk about night time, the sky outside, and why the moon looks the way it does.

With one dominant shape, wide gaps between the craters and no fiddly detail to navigate, this is an easy sheet best suited to toddlers and younger preschoolers who are just getting comfortable staying inside a line. Older children who colour quickly might finish it in a few minutes, but for a two or three year old it is a good length, big enough to feel like a real project, short enough to actually finish in one sitting.