Beet With a Leafy Top and Sweet Face

A heart-shaped beet takes up most of the page, with a happy face drawn on the round part. It has two big circular eyes with little curved highlights inside, a small curved smile between them, and a short arch above each eye for eyebrows. A few tiny dashes on each side of the face look like blush marks. Thick stems rise from the notch at the top of the beet and spread into a puffy, scalloped cluster of leaves, with simple branching lines for veins. The outlines are bold and the shapes are large, so it works well for younger children using crayons or chunky markers. Try coloring the beet in deep reds and purples, then using several shades of green for the leaves. It could also start a chat about root vegetables and which parts of a plant grow underground.