Groundhog Standing Up Colouring Page

This groundhog stands facing forward on two flat feet, front paws folded and resting on its big round tummy. Its face has two round ears, a small tuft of fur sticking up between them, two eyebrow lines, wide eyes with round pupils, a rounded nose and whiskers, and a smiling mouth showing two front teeth. Long, sweeping arms hang down at each side of the body all the way to the ground, and a small clump of grass sits by each foot, one on the left and one on the right.

The body is made of a handful of big, open spaces: the round belly, the two long drooping arms, and the rounded head, so most of the page can be filled in with a few confident strokes rather than careful dabbing. The smaller bits, the teeth, the eyes, the paw pads and claws, the blades of grass, give a child something to slow down for and pick out in a different colour, and the two front teeth and folded paws are worth pointing out and talking about while they colour. It is a tidy, symmetrical drawing with nothing hidden or overlapping, so a child can work out for themselves what goes where.

Because the shapes are large, rounded and clearly separated, this sheet sits on the easy end of the pile. It suits a child who is still getting used to holding a crayon, or one who wants a page they can finish in one sitting without a parent stepping in, while the small features still give an older preschooler something to add detail to if they fancy the extra challenge.