Eric Carle is a well-known illustrator, designer, and writer of children’s books. His illustrations are loved by kids and adults alike, so why not give your kid a chance to trace the artist’s footsteps with some Eric Carle coloring pages? Carle has illustrated more than 70 children’s books including classics like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? He has also won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contribution to American children’s literature.
Eric Carle’s art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. He cuts and layers the hand-painted paper to create beautiful and bright images. His books also have an added dimension like twinkling lights in The Very Lonely Firefly and the lifelike sound of a cricket’s song in The Very Quiet Cricket.
Top 10 Eric Carle Coloring Pages
Introduce your kids to Eric Carle and his wonderful works through these printable Eric Carle coloring pages. These coloring sheets will stimulate the children’s intellectual growth, inquisitiveness, and creativity.
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The coloring page features a caterpillar that eats a variety of foods before emerging as a butterfly. The caterpillar feeds on fruits, sausages, cakes, pie, salami, and green leaves, as seen in the coloring sheet. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the most popular work of Eric Carle and one of the most popular children’s classic books of all time. This book has won several children’s literature and graphic design awards. The striking pictures and cleverly cut pages offer interactive fun for the kids.
2. Brown Bear
The coloring sheet features Brown Bear, a popular character from one of Eric’s famous books, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The diagram has broad outlines, so even your preschoolers can color this sheet without any difficulty. Use the coloring sheet to teach your child about different color combinations.
The book features a Red Bird, a Yellow Duck, a Green Frog, a Purple Cat, a Goldfish, and a White Dog in bold colors. The animals are named as a rhyming question.
3. Red Bird
We have a coloring image of a Red Bird ready to take a flight. The Red Bird is an important character in the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
The collage of this beautiful bird is combined with Bill Martin’s singsong, which creates endearing images in the child’s mind. The little bird brings a renewal of life and happiness to a barren and lonely mountain in the book.
4. Green Frog
This Green Frog is a major character in Eric Carle’s book, The Red Fox. The little frog gets a huge surprise when the guests arrive for her birthday party. The guests at her party include the Red fox, the Orange cat, the Purple butterfly, and other beautiful animals. The Red Fox looks orange to her, the Orange Cat looks blue, and the Purple Butterfly looks yellow to her. The mama frog then teaches the child to see the animals in their more familiar color.
The coloring sheet will help your child discover the world of complementary colors while enjoying the amusing story of the Green Frog and his colorful friends.
5. Sea Horse and Fishes
The scene is taken from Eric Carle’s book, Mr. Sea Horse. Carle balances the pastel shades with shocks of bright colors, creating an appealing seascape. The coloring sheet features the different fishes Mr. Seahorse meets on his way to the sea.
Color the fish in different shades to make the sheet look beautiful. You may also provide your child with some intriguing information about these underwater species, while he colors the sheet.
6. Caterpillar
We have a black-and-white coloring image of the green caterpillar from the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The baby caterpillar experiences a perpetual craving for food as soon as it hatches from the egg. It then eats too much and falls sick. After recovering, it spins a cocoon, in which it stays for two weeks. Later, the green caterpillar emerges as a beautiful, bright butterfly with large, multicolored wings.
7. Blue Horse
One of our coloring sheets shows a majestic image of the blue horse, the central character of Carle’s book, The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse. The book is filled with some of the most magnificently colorful animals.
Carle had illustrated the book to pay homage to Franz Marc, the Expressionist painter. It celebrates the power of art. Besides the Blue Horse, the book also features a polka-dotted monkey, a purple fox, an orange elephant, and a red crocodile.
8. Purple Cat
We have a coloring sheet of the Purple Cat, one of the characters in the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The book has beautiful illustrations and easy-to-read text. Your kids will enjoy coloring this black-and-white diagram of the purple cat.
9. The Grouchy Ladybug
One of our Eric Carle coloring pages features the grouchy ladybug who loves fighting everyone it meets, regardless of its size and strength. Color the grouchy ladybug in red and black to make it appear more lifelike. Educate your child about the importance of good manners and respect with this coloring sheet.
The ladybug gets comeuppance when he encounters a whale who slaps him with his tail and sends him flying to where he started. He then decides to be nice to everyone.
10. Mr. Seahorse
Mr. Seahorse is the protagonist and the titular character of the book, Mr. Seahorse. The book narrates how Mr. Seahorse swims through the ocean carrying the eggs laid by Mrs. Seahorse.
While he swims waiting for the eggs to hatch, he meets other underwater fathers taking care of their babies. Mr. Seahorse compliments them on their fine work. The book also features some other fishes that hide behind camouflage elements, like seaweed and coral. The camouflage page illustrates how different kinds of fish hide themselves.
These free printable Eric Carle coloring pages online are not only entertaining but will also help your children learn something about the world around them. You can also create your own Eric Carle coloring book. So, download and print them out to get your kids started!
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