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Watching Seeds Germinate Coloring Page Color Example — Nari's Invention Lab No. 06

Color example for the Watching Seeds Germinate coloring page. Watching Seeds Germinate, a finished full-color illustration from Nari's Sparkling Invention Lab featuring the original characters Nari and Toto. The finished reference used to pick colors. It sits on the left page of a spread.

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Finished full-color illustration of Nari and Toto in the watching seeds germinate scene

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Black-and-white coloring page of Nari and Toto in the watching seeds germinate scene

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Activity guide for this page

Recommended age: Ages 6–10
Estimated time: 25–40 min
Difficulty: Medium
Areas to color: about 240

Coloring order

First, color the soil and the clear glass of the three jars standing in a row, using dark brown for the soil and a very pale blue for the glass.
Each jar is at a different stage. Use deeper and deeper greens from the jar with only a seed to the little sprout to the tall plant with roots and leaves.
Last, color the small red watering can Toto holds, the falling drops, the notebook and pencil in front, and the leaves by the window.

Questions to talk about

How much taller is the sprout in the third jar than the seed in the first?
What do you think Toto whispers as it waters the seeds?
Have you ever grown a seed or a plant in a pot? What did it look like?

Take it further

On paper, make boxes for Day 1, Day 3 and Day 5 and draw how you imagine a sprout growing. It is the first page of a seed-germination journal.

Age and time are rough guides for a child coloring alone with pencils or crayons; every child is different. The area count is an estimate counted from the line-art image.

About this image

The finished reference used to pick colors. It sits on the left page of a spread.

Printing and coloring tips

Print on A4 or Letter in portrait to keep the original proportions.
Keep the finished version open beside you while you color.
Use slightly heavier paper with water-based markers so the ink shows through less.
Fill the large areas first and leave the small ones for later.
The finished version is only a suggestion. Any colors you like will work.