Overhead Stegosaurus Dinosaur With Leaf Plates and Curling Tail

A stegosaurus is drawn from above and at an angle, with its head near the bottom of the page and its long tail sweeping up toward the top right. Large leaf-shaped plates line its back, and smaller plates run down the neck and tail. The tail ends in a cluster of sharp spikes. Four stumpy legs with little toenails stick out to the sides, and the small head has a round eye and a narrow snout. Every part of the body is filled with swirling, rounded line patterns, so there are plenty of small sections to color. Try using a different color family for the back plates than for the body, then fill the swirls with two or three shades that blend together. This page also works well for a lesson on how stegosaurus plates and tail spikes looked. It is free to print for home or classroom use.