Happy Smiling Acorn With Oak Leaves Around It

A cheerful acorn takes up most of the page, with big round eyes that have shiny white highlights, small curved eyebrows, an open smiling mouth, and two round circles for rosy cheeks. The cap on top is covered in rows of scalloped scales and has a short curved stem. Four leaves surround the acorn. Two are wavy-edged oak leaves, one in the top left and one in the bottom right, and the other two are smooth, pointed leaves in the top right and bottom left. Each leaf has a center vein with a few side veins. The lines are thick and clean, so the page works well for younger kids using crayons or chunky markers. Try browns and tans for the cap scales in two alternating shades, which helps kids practice coloring neatly within small shapes. Then talk about how oak trees grow from acorns while you color the leaves in autumn colors.