Happy Baby Snake Sliding Through the Grass Coloring Page

A small cartoon snake crosses the page in one smooth wave with its tongue out and a grin on its face. The body hands a child a single long line to follow from the head to the tapering tail, which makes this a good sheet for a preschooler still building control.

The grass below is no thin scattering. It runs the full width of the paper as a deep band of tall blades, each one its own closed outline standing on a single ground line, so a child can fill them one at a time, pick out a few, or leave the whole band white.

Clear air separates the animal from the band. It floats above the grass rather than weaving through it, which keeps every edge of the body reachable and stops the two halves of the picture from tangling.

Snakes travel by pushing the edges of their belly scales against the ground, and this long curve is the shape they hold while they do it.

Short bands mark the throat. Everything else along the body is left open, so one color carries it if that is all anybody wants to do.