Panda with Bamboo Coloring Page
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About this coloring page
A chubby panda sits with its legs stretched out in front, showing the round pads on the bottoms of its feet. It holds a jointed bamboo stalk up to its mouth with both paws, and big oval patches circle its shiny eyes. Small round ears sit on top of its head, and its tummy is one large open shape.
Coloring ideas
Pandas are a great lesson in contrast: color the ears, eye patches, arms and legs black, and leave the face and body white or a soft cream. The bamboo can be bright green with darker green rings at each joint. Older children can add a mountain forest of more bamboo stalks and misty gray hills behind.
Skills practiced
Talking about black and white animals (pandas, zebras, penguins, skunks) is a simple sorting activity. Pandas eat bamboo for many hours a day, so children can count the bamboo segments and imagine how many stalks a panda might munch before lunch, a playful way to practice estimating.
Printing tips
If your little one presses hard with a black crayon, slide a scrap sheet underneath to stop the wax from marking the table. Markers make the black areas bold and even; use heavier paper so they do not bleed.
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Want to keep going? Color Koala in a Tree, Penguin on Ice or Bunny with a Carrot next, or browse all animal coloring pages. For a little learning after the coloring, try our free Count and Trace Numbers 1-10 and Adjectives: Describe the Bold Word worksheets.
