Kangaroo Coloring Page (3 of 4)

Warm reddish or sandy browns suit a kangaroo, deepening a shade toward the back and the powerful legs, with the belly and the inside of the pouch kept a little lighter and softer. A gentle shadow where the joey nestles helps the pair read as one cozy shape. Color it however pleases you.

About the Kangaroo

Kangaroos are marsupials of Australia, animals that carry and nurse their young in a pouch on the belly. A newborn joey is tiny and helpless, and it grows safe inside the pouch for months before it is ready to venture out, returning to shelter there long after. With powerful hind legs and a long, balancing tail, the kangaroo travels in great bounding leaps, a strikingly efficient way to cross open country.

The kangaroo is one of the world's most recognizable animals and a warm emblem of Australia, familiar from picture books, films and zoos everywhere. The image of a mother with a joey peeking from her pouch carries an easy, gentle appeal shared across every generation, which makes the kangaroo a cheerful and approachable subject to color.

Benefits as a Coloring & Brain Training Activity

For coloring, the kangaroo offers both the strong lines of the legs and tail and the tender detail of the joey in the pouch, so the hand gets to work on bold shapes and soft touches alike. Building warm reddish-brown tones and keeping the belly softer is good, gentle practice in shading, and the heart-warming parent-and-child result is a happy page to keep or to give.