Ice Skating On A Frozen Pond Coloring Page

Skaters circle a frozen pond, one gliding with arms out for balance, another mid-turn, and a small child holding an adult's hand near the edge. Curved lines cut into the ice show where they have already been. Bare trees and a bench frame the scene. The drawing keeps to simple confident outlines with plenty of open space, which suits children of about four to eight and works well handed out to a group.

Those skate marks on the ice are worth pointing out to a child before they start. If they leave the tracks as white paper and lightly color the ice around them in pale blue, the marks will look genuinely carved. It is a small thing that makes the finished page look much more accomplished. Scarves and hats are the place for the bright colors.

Skating works because of a thin slippery layer that exists on the surface of ice even when it is well below freezing, where the topmost molecules are not locked into the solid structure. Blades glide on that. Ice is one of very few surfaces that behaves this way.