🦜 Birds
Owl on a Branch Colouring Page
Ages 2–5
🦜 Birds
Toucan on a Branch Colouring Page
A plump toucan perches sideways on a branch, its oversized curved beak taking up half the page.
- Suitable for
- Ages 2–5
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Easy
- Printing
- Black & white
Free, no sign-up. A4 · Print at 100% scale
What your child practises
- Fills a large curved area, the beak, without lifting the crayon
- Keeps colour inside a rounded, enclosed shape like the wing
- Tells apart separate small shapes by giving each of the four tail feathers its own colour
- Names a bird by its most obvious feature, the oversized beak
About this worksheet
This toucan sits side-on, gripping a plain branch with its tail feathers hanging down below it. The beak is the star of the picture, curving from the top of the head almost to the bottom of the page, with one line dividing it into an upper and lower half. There is a single round eye, a small curved smile line beneath it, one large wing marked with a gentle inner curve, and four tail feathers fanned out under the branch, which has two knot marks along its length.
The beak alone gives a child a huge, uninterrupted space to fill in, which is good for a first go with a new colour or for practising staying inside a big curved line before moving on to fiddlier bits. The wing's inner curve invites two shades instead of one, and the tail feathers are separate enough that a child can give each one its own colour if they fancy counting as they go. The branch and its two small knot marks are the only fiddly details on the page, so there is not much to trip up small hands.
This is a straightforward sheet, easier than most bird pages because the beak and body are so large and there is no background to fill in. It suits younger toddlers after a quick, satisfying colour-in, and it is also a fair pick for a preschooler who fancies choosing four different feather colours instead of just one.
How to use this sheet
Let your child start with the beak, since it is the biggest space and gives an easy win before the smaller shapes. If they run out of steam, the branch and its two knot marks are fine to skip.
