Smiling Umbrella Colouring Page

This sheet shows one open umbrella, canopy up, sitting in the middle of the page. The dome is split into panels by curved seam lines running from the little nub at the top down to a scalloped, wavy edge. Right in the centre panel is a friendly face: two oval eyes, two small curved eyebrows, and a simple curved smile, so the umbrella itself is the character rather than something being carried by someone.

Below the canopy a straight pole runs down to a thick, rounded handle that curves round into a cane hook, with a small band marking where the pole meets the handle. There is nothing else on the page, no rain, no puddles, no person holding it, so a child can colour the umbrella any colour they like without worrying about matching a scene. The canopy panels are large and open, good for a first go at filling a bigger space without much fear of going over the line, while the eyes and smile give a smaller, fiddlier bit to slow down for if they want the face to stand out.

Line weight is thick throughout and every shape is closed and simple, so this sits toward the easy end of what is in the Everyday Objects set. It suits a two or three year old colouring with their first crayons just as well as an older preschooler who wants to try more than one colour per section, since the panel divisions make it easy to alternate shades round the canopy.