Hobby Horse Coloring Page

This page shows a hobby horse toy on its own, just the head and pole, the way it would look propped in a corner of a playroom. The head is drawn large with two pointed ears, one round eye with a tiny white highlight, a single oval nostril and a small curved smile. Down one side of the head runs a mane made of six rounded scallops, like a row of soft bumps. Below the head a long straight stick runs down the page to a rounded handle at the bottom, the part a child would grip if they were riding it.

Most of this page is made up of big, open shapes: the head itself, the stick, and the handle are all wide areas a young child can fill in without worrying about staying inside tight lines. The mane is the one part that asks for a bit more care, since each scallop is its own small closed shape and can be given its own color if a child fancies a stripy or patchy mane. The face stays simple, just the one eye, the nostril and the mouth, so there is nothing fiddly to trip up a first attempt at a face.

Because the shapes are large and there are so few of them, this sheet sits at the easy end of the coloring pile. It works well for a child coloring completely on their own for the first time, and it is a quick one to finish, so it suits a short sitting before dinner or while waiting in the car for a sibling's class to end.