No. 11 · Full color

Craft Stick Bridge Test Coloring Page Color Example — Nari's Invention Lab No. 11

Color example for the Craft Stick Bridge Test coloring page. Craft Stick Bridge Test, 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 craft stick bridge test scene

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Black-and-white coloring page of Nari and Toto in the craft stick bridge test scene

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Activity guide for this page

Recommended age: Ages 7–11
Estimated time: 25–40 min
Difficulty: Medium
Areas to color: about 210

Coloring order

First, color the craft-stick bridge between the two wooden blocks. Use a light brown for the sticks and a darker brown for the lashings.
Color Nari's hands and green jacket as she leans over the bridge to set down a round weight, then her yellow shorts as a separate area.
Last, color the spool and thread on the floor, the stacked round weights and Toto, using different shades of gray by weight size.

Questions to talk about

How much weight does a bridge need to hold before you call it strong?
What do you think Toto worries about looking up at the bridge from below?
Do you remember building something by stacking blocks or sticks?

Take it further

Glue ice-cream sticks or straws together into a small bridge. As in the craft-stick bridge test, place light things on it and change its shape.

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.