About this coloring page
A tall robot in the style of an old tin toy stands upright. Its small head has ring eyes, a grille mouth and an antenna, set on a short neck. The large body has a window holding three round dials. Rounded arms end in round hands, and the robot stands on a wide base with three wheels, like tracks.
There are lots of circles to color here, from the eyes and dials to the hands and wheels. It is a good page for children who are ready to slow down and color small round spaces without going over the edges.
Color ideas
- Color the body red and the arms and base silver, like a vintage wind-up toy.
- Make the three round dials on the chest green, yellow and red, like traffic lights.
- Fill the three wheels on the base black with a white highlight on each.
Did you know?
- In the 1950s and 1960s, many wind-up tin toy robots were made in Japan, and collectors still look for them today.
- Wheels linked by tracks, like the ones on bulldozers, spread a machine's weight over a larger area so it does not sink into soft ground.
Try this
Wind up a music box or a wind-up toy if you have one, and talk about how a coiled spring inside stores energy and lets it out slowly.
