Poppy the panda loves munching on fresh bamboo. She always saves the leafiest stalk for snack time. Make Poppyβs peaceful picnic look wonderfully playful with your crayons!
This panda is enjoying a leafy bamboo snack, one of its favorite things to eat. With its round face and dark eye patches, a panda always looks ready for a gentle hello. The bamboo stalk gives children a fun shape to color beside the pandaβs soft fur. Maybe this panda has picked the crunchiest piece from a bamboo forest and is taking a quiet break to munch every bite.
Use black for the pandaβs ears, eye patches, arms, legs, and shoulders. The rest of its fur can stay white or be lightly shaded with gray. Bamboo stalks look great in green, with darker green leaves and small lines across the stems. Try a pale green background for a leafy forest feeling. Kids can also use unusual colors for a make-believe panda, such as purple ears or a blue bamboo snack.
Giant pandas live in mountain forests in China. They spend many hours each day eating bamboo because bamboo does not give them lots of energy in each bite. A panda has a special wrist bone that works a little like a thumb, helping it hold bamboo stalks. Baby pandas are tiny when they are born, but they grow much bigger. Their famous black-and-white markings make them easy to recognize.