Referee Cards and Whistle Coloring Page

Two cards overlap in the middle of this page with a whistle hanging on a cord just below them. Both faces are left completely blank, which is the point. Referees carry exactly two: yellow for a caution, red for a sending off. Two yellows in one match add up to a red, and off the player goes. So this sheet has one obviously correct answer, and a child who knows the game will reach for yellow and red without being asked. Anyone who does not know yet learns something in about ten seconds. Fill each card edge to edge and keep the strokes in one direction, because a flat even block looks far more like a real card than careful outlining does. The whistle below takes a darker shade so the cards stay dominant. The cord loops once and can be left plain. Large open rectangles like these suit the youngest colorists in the house, since there is nothing fiddly to stay inside. Older children can add a number or a name to the back of the top card and turn it into a real match report.