Sloth Holding a Little Birdhouse Coloring Page

A sloth holds a little birdhouse against its chest with both paws cupped around it. The roof rises to a sharp peak and overhangs on either side, and a tall arched doorway sits in the middle of the front wall with a short post dropping below it.

Fur does a lot of the work on this sheet. Short hatched strokes run right around the outline, across the shoulders and down both arms, so the body carries texture before anybody picks up a crayon. Work over it lightly and those strokes still show through. Press a dark tone into it and they vanish. Either choice is fair.

The face follows the house pattern, with shaded bands around the eyes, a solid nose and a wide curved smile.

Two broad feet sit at the bottom, three long claws on each.

The birdhouse is the one calm area on a busy page, so it wants a strong flat treatment. Roof in a single tone, walls in a second, doorway darkest of all, and the whole thing lifts away from the fur behind it.