Star, moon and sun coloring pages

These pages are all about the sky: a shooting star trailing three wide bands over the hills, a crescent moon lying on a soft cloud, a sun with a flower on its disc, an owl perched on a crescent and a rooster crowing as the sun comes up.

The shooting star, the crescent on its cloud, the sun with a flower and the boy looking up at the moon are drawn in large, open shapes that small hands can fill. The folk sun, the sleeping fox and the cat at the attic window carry more leaves, fruit and patterns, so they suit older children.

Color the moon and stars first in yellow or pale gold, then fill the sky around them with dark blue or violet, so the light shapes stay clean. On the sun pages it works the other way round, and a pale blue sky lets the orange and yellow rays stand out.

These pages suit a quiet evening before bed and lead easily to questions about why the moon changes shape and where the sun goes at night. The girl catching falling stars comes from the Grimm tale Star Money, which is worth reading aloud first.