Kids and Balloons on a Happy Train Ride
Coloring guide
Two open carts full of cheerful kids roll along a curved track behind a smiling steam engine with a big friendly face. A grinning child in a cap and overalls sits in the cab, a curly-haired child waves from the first cart, and a girl with a hair bow waves from the next. Two pairs of balloons float up behind the train, with puffy clouds in the background. Small flowers and grass tufts dot the ground in the lower left corner. Big, bold shapes make this free printable work well for preschoolers and early elementary kids. Red or blue would look good on the engine, bright yellow and orange on the balloons, and a different color on each cart so the whole train pops against a green grassy hillside. If you enjoyed this Trains page, don't miss our Monster Trucks and Cars coloring pages.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- golden yellow
- tomato red
- leaf green
- medium blue
- bright green
- peach
- light gray
- warm gray
- brown
- royal blue
- burnt orange
- tan
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Start with the big balloons and the bushes: color the red balloon in tomato red, the green balloon in bright green, and the blue balloon in medium blue, leaving the white highlights and the white balloon empty.
- 2Fill the train body: paint the engine front and cab in medium blue and tomato red, and color the cab roof in warm gray and the chimney and boiler band in golden yellow.
- 3Color the wagons and the green panel: use golden yellow for the two open wagons and bright green for the middle wagon panel, then add the wheels in medium blue with golden yellow hubs.
- 4Paint the riders: use peach for the faces and hands, brown for the boy's hair, burnt orange for the girl's hair, pink for her shirt, and orange for the boy's shirt.
- 5Finish the ground and track: color the grass in leaf green and olive green, the track ties in brown, and the rails in light gray. Keep the eye whites and balloon shine white.
- 6Optional: add a little extra shading with a slightly darker shade of the same color on the edges of the wheels and balloons for depth.
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