
Giraffe Wearing A Bow Tie Colouring Page
A baby giraffe lifts one front hoof mid-step, wearing a big bow tie with round spots scattered across its neck and back.
- Suitable for
- Ages 2β5
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Easy
- Printing
- Black & white
Free, no sign-up. A4 Β· Print at 100% scale
What your child practises
- Colours the large rounded body and legs with steady, sweeping strokes
- Stays inside smaller spot shapes set within the bigger body outline
- Picks a separate colour for the bow tie and cheeks to make them stand out
- Describes what the raised front leg might mean in the giraffe's pose
- Traces the curled tail tip and pointed horns without rushing the lines
About this worksheet
This young giraffe stands on three legs, its front left hoof raised as if caught mid-step, while its tail curls up behind it and ends in a small tufted point. A neat bow tie sits right where the neck meets the body. Its head has two small knobby horns, a pair of large floppy ears, a wide toothy smile, and a round rosy circle on each cheek. Spots of different sizes cover its neck, back and legs β some small and oval, some large and round β set against the giraffe's plain outline with no background scenery to fill in.
The appeal here is the mix of easy and slightly trickier spaces. The head, body and legs are large rounded shapes a child can colour in with a single crayon and barely lift it off the page. The spots sit inside that bigger shape, so a child has to stop at a smaller circle's edge rather than just running to the outline β a gentle step up without being fiddly. The bow tie and cheeks are small enough to invite a second or third colour, and the raised front leg gives you something to talk about: is the giraffe waving, walking, or about to hop?
Compared with other animal sheets in this set, this one sits on the easier side. There are no tight corners or narrow gaps to navigate, just one confident outline with generously sized spots inside it. It suits toddlers colouring their first giraffe as well as preschoolers who are ready to handle a shape within a shape, and it prints as a single clean figure that holds up well even with a heavy hand on the crayon.
How to use this sheet
Start with the body in one main colour, then switch colours for the bow tie and rosy cheeks so they pop. Leave the spots for last β if a line wobbles past a spot's edge, it barely shows against the colour already underneath.