Snake Coiled Inside a Mandala Circle Coloring Page

A snake curls into a ring at the centre of this sheet and a round mandala frame sits around it, built from a repeating ring of pointed petal shapes. Every shape in the frame is an open outline, so the page reads as a pattern to fill rather than a picture to shade. The snake keeps its large oval scales, its forked tongue and its tapering tail, which keeps it an animal instead of a decoration. Mandala sheets reward a plan, so choose two or three tones for the frame before you start and repeat them around the ring to keep the symmetry readable. Colour the snake in a contrasting tone so it stays the first thing anyone sees, or leave the body blank and let the frame carry all the colour.