Gatling Pea in a Chin-Strap Helmet, Four Barrels Ready

A plant character faces right with a big army-style helmet on its head, held on by a chin strap with a square buckle. Its face has round eyes, a frowning eyebrow and a small dash for a mouth. In place of a mouth, the front of the head stretches into a short tube that ends in a cluster of four gun barrels, with the round openings colored in solid black. A thin curved stem rises from two big leaves at the bottom, and the leaf edges are drawn with short, feathery lines and curled tips. The thick outlines are easy to follow, so younger kids can color it without much trouble. Try green for the head and stem, then a flat olive or dark green for the helmet so the strap and buckle stand out in gray or brown. This free printable also works well for practicing shading on the leaf curls.