Friendly Horse Colouring Page

This horse stands on three legs with its front-left hoof raised and bent, as if it is about to take a step. Its head is turned slightly towards you, with two big round eyes, a soft smile, two small nostril dots and a pair of pointed ears poking through a wavy mane that flops down over one side of its face. The tail is the biggest flourish on the page, curling and looping like a ribbon behind its back. All four hooves have a plain band around them, and the horse stands on a single clump of spiky grass, which is the only scenery on the page.

What makes this one good for little hands is the size of the shapes. The body, neck and head are large open spaces that take a crayon without much steering, so a child can colour the whole horse in two or three colours and still cover most of the page fast. The mane and tail add some wavy, curling lines to follow if they want to slow down and try to stay inside them, but nothing on the page is fiddly or small. It is also an easy one to talk about while colouring: ask what colour horse they are making, or point out the raised hoof and ask what it is about to do.

Compared with other sheets in the farm animals set, this is on the easier side. There is no fence, barn or rider to add extra shapes, just the horse and its grass patch, so a child can finish it in one sitting without losing interest. It suits a preschooler colouring mostly independently as well as a toddler who is still colouring in big scribbles, since the large body areas forgive both.