Choose a picture that catches your eye
Ivy and Pebble share an apple or hold a garden flower. Hana and Kite have a letter or a little sailboat. Obi and Maple stand beside a sunflower, and Dax and Waffle keep a little lamb company. Choose from all six pictures at the top of the Colouring Roost.
The drawings use bold outlines and large areas. For a first turn, ask your child which friend they want to colour. They might point, name a dinosaur or choose a familiar object. You can begin there without making the choice into a question they have to get right.
Match a number, or invent a colour
In “By numbers”, choose a numbered paint pot and tap a matching part of the picture. Some little details fill alongside a larger numbered area. The progress bar shows how much of the picture is coloured, and the next-picture button appears when it is complete.
Switch to “My own colours” whenever you want to make your own version. An orange leaf or a blue apple is welcome there. Number keys also choose paint pots on a keyboard. Undo lets you change the last turn, and Start again returns to the blank drawing.
Take turns if that suits your child: one person chooses the pot, the other taps a shape, then swap. Or let them colour on their own while you sit nearby. There is no timer. You can leave the picture unfinished when it is time for the next part of your day.
Bring the friends off the screen
“Download this blank picture” gives you the selected outline as a PNG. The print-at-home section also offers individual PDF sheets and the complete six-page pack in A4 and US Letter sizes. Choose the size that matches the paper in your printer.
The printables are blank outlines, ready for your own colours; they do not export the colouring you have made on screen. On-screen colour stays in the current page and is cleared on reload. Print a favourite picture, put out some crayons, and choose a story with the same friends to read beside it.
For Dax, Waffle and their little lamb, try Waffle Finds the Lamb. Look at the sheep in the story illustration, then give the printable lamb a colour of its own. The picture can be a quiet follow-up, or simply something enjoyable to do another day.