Mushroom Perch for a Ladybug and a Butterfly
Coloring guide
Up on top of a big spotted mushroom sits a smiling ladybug with sparkly eyes and curly antennae, watching a friendly butterfly flutter by. A dashed line behind the butterfly shows the path it flew. In the background are a pine tree and soft, puffy bushes, and the ground around the mushroom stem is filled with fern leaves, grass tufts and a couple of small rocks. Spots on the ladybug's shell and the mushroom cap are big enough that little hands can color them easily. Red for the ladybug and something different like purple or orange for the mushroom cap keeps the two from blending together. Free to print, and a good match for preschoolers and early elementary kids who love nature scenes. This fits right in with our Ladybug coloring pages — see also Puppies and Cats.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- tomato red
- cream
- light green
- dark green
- green
- pale tan
- light gray
- black
- golden yellow
- warm tan
- dark gray
- orange
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Fill the mushroom cap and the ladybug's shell with tomato red, leaving the round cap spots and the ladybug's eye whites white.
- 2Color the mushroom stem and the ladybug's head cream, then add pale tan and warm tan to the gills under the cap.
- 3Color the ladybug's shell spots, legs and feet dark gray or black, keeping a small white shine on the legs.
- 4Use dark green and green for the pine tree and ferns, and light green for the bushes and grass around the mushroom.
- 5Color the butterfly's wings golden yellow and orange, and fill the rocks at the bottom with light gray.
- 6Optional: add a little orange brown shading along the edge of the cap and the gills for depth.
More Ladybug Coloring Pages
Little Ladybug Balancing on a Water Droplet
Bookworm Ladybug Reading Under a Mushroom
Happy Ladybug on a Big Daisy
Ladybug Waving Hello from a Grassy Spot
Tulips and Daisies with a Flying Ladybug
Mama Ladybug Watching Her Three Babies on a Dewy Leaf
Four Little Ladybugs on a Leafy Branch
Sunflower Visited by Three Ladybugs
