Animal Friends Birthday Parade · Color reference

Animal Friends Birthday Parade Coloring Page Color Example

Color example for the Animal Friends Birthday Parade coloring page. The color reference for Animal Friends Birthday Parade. Use it to plan your colors, then print the matching line art.

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Activity guide for this page

Recommended age: Ages 5–8
Estimated time: 15–30 min
Difficulty: Medium
Areas to color: about 90

Coloring order

Start by giving the three friends different colors: the bear in the green party hat, the white bunny and the gray tabby kitten.
Make the star balloon, the heart balloon, and the candles and cake on the kitten's wagon bold and bright.
Fill in the party mood with the confetti drifting in the sky, the clouds and the grass underfoot.

Questions to talk about

Whose birthday is this parade celebrating?
How many candles are on the cake? Let's count.
What would you most like to do on your birthday?

Take it further

Make star and heart balloons from paper and sticks, then hold your own 'animal friends birthday parade' around the room and pick a song to sing.

Age and time are rough guides for a child coloring alone with pencils or crayons; every child is different. The area count is an estimate counted from the line-art image.

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Color example for the Animal Friends Birthday Parade coloring page. The color reference for Animal Friends Birthday Parade. Use it to plan your colors, then print the matching line art.

A reference showing the colors of the scene. Follow it or choose your own. It sits on the left page of a spread.

Printing and coloring tips

Print on A4 or Letter in portrait to keep the original proportions.
Keep the finished version open beside you while you color.
Use slightly heavier paper with water-based markers so the ink shows through less.
Fill the large areas first and leave the small ones for later.
The finished version is only a suggestion. Any colors you like will work.