These scenes come from the story side of the shelf. Most of them have a small cast of characters in the middle of something: a kitten picnic, a dollhouse garden party, a panda picnic in the bamboo. Children tend to name the characters while they colour, and the page quietly turns into a story.

There is plenty of sparkle for those who want it, with a princess carriage, a dress-up boutique and a cupcake bakery. There are also quieter pages, like the owl treehouse reading nook and the baby animals nursery, which suit younger children and calmer moments before bed.

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Baby Animals Nursery coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Baby Animals Nursery

Ballerina Stage Show coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Ballerina Stage Show

Butterfly Flower Garden coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Butterfly Flower Garden

Cupcake Bakery coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Cupcake Bakery

Dollhouse Garden Party coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Dollhouse Garden Party

Dress Up Boutique coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Dress Up Boutique

Fairies Watering Flowers coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Fairies Watering Flowers

Fairy Treehouse Village coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Fairy Treehouse Village

Flower Shop Street coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Flower Shop Street

Hot Air Balloon Over Flower Fields coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Hot Air Balloon Over Flower Fields

Ice Cream Parlour coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Ice Cream Parlour

Kitten Picnic Party coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Kitten Picnic Party

Mermaid Lagoon Friends coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Mermaid Lagoon Friends

Owl Treehouse Reading Nook coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Owl Treehouse Reading Nook

Panda Bamboo Picnic coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Panda Bamboo Picnic

Pony Meadow With Rainbow coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Pony Meadow With Rainbow

Princess Carriage Ride coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Princess Carriage Ride

Princess Castle Tea Party coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Princess Castle Tea Party

Seaside Shells And Sandcastles coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Seaside Shells And Sandcastles

Unicorn Rainbow Garden coloring page, a full-page black and white scene for kids to colour online or print — Unicorn Rainbow Garden

Colour it, then tell it

A good routine with these pages is colour first, story second. When the scene is finished, ask the child what is happening in it and what happens next. The mermaid lagoon and the fairy treehouse village give them a lot to work with. Printed and pinned in a row, three or four finished scenes make a storybook wall that the class can retell to visitors.

Tap Colour it online on any scene and it opens in pairPaint filling the whole A4 canvas. The bucket fill handles the big sky and grass areas quickly, which leaves more time for dresses, wings and cakes. The scenes are also in the app, under the Sticker tool's Coloring tab, below the outlines with the other full-page scenes.

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