Nature coloring pages for toddlers and preschoolers

Sun, rain and flowers with a friendly face

Young children often talk about the weather in their own words: the sun is out, it's raining, there's a puddle. A page about the sky or the garden connects to what they saw outside this morning, and it gives them something to look for on the next walk.

On our nature pages, the sun, the cloud and the flower each have eyes and a smile. A face turns a simple shape into a character, which many young children find easier to talk about. The outlines are thick, the shapes are big and the background stays white, so each page is calm and easy to fill.

The little rain cloud over a puddle is marked Very simple, for children of 2 and 3. The sun peeking out from a cloud and the smiling flower are marked Simple. They add rays, petals, a small rainbow or a flowerpot for children of 4 and 5.

Ideas while you color

• Check the sky first

  Before you start, look out of the window together. Is it sunny, cloudy or rainy today? Then pick the page that matches.

• Count the petals

  The smiling flower has six big petals. Count them together, then color each one differently or all of them the same.

• A three-band rainbow

  The small rainbow next to the sun has three wide bands. Older children can pick three colors and decide the order themselves.

• Who jumps in the puddle?

  Ask who might jump in the rain cloud's puddle. Older children can draw rain boots or a duck in the empty space beside it.