No. 13 · Full color

Cup and String Sound Experiment Coloring Page Color Example — Nari's Invention Lab No. 13

Color example for the Cup and String Sound Experiment coloring page. Cup and String Sound Experiment, 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 cup and string sound experiment scene

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Black-and-white coloring page of Nari and Toto in the cup and string sound experiment scene

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Activity guide for this page

Recommended age: Ages 6–10
Estimated time: 30–45 min
Difficulty: Medium
Areas to color: about 280

Coloring order

Start with the two paper cups joined by string, one in Nari's hand and one by Toto on the stool. Add a stripe of color around each white cup.
Color Nari's green jacket, yellow shorts and white sneakers as she walks along happily, and the round ripple-pattern rug on the floor in teal and sky blue.
Last, color the books and globe on the shelf, the chairs and the lines showing the sound spreading, giving each its own color.

Questions to talk about

Will Toto's voice come through better if you pull the string tight?
What secret word do you think Nari whispered into the cup?
Have you ever passed a sound to a friend standing far away?

Take it further

Following the cup-and-string sound experiment, connect two paper cups with string and whisper to a friend. Compare how it sounds with the string loose and tight.

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.