No. 16 · Coloring page

Pond Water Under the Microscope Coloring Page — Nari's Invention Lab No. 16

Free printable Pond Water Under the Microscope coloring page. Pond Water Under the Microscope, a black-and-white coloring page from Nari's Sparkling Invention Lab featuring the original characters Nari and Toto. The black-and-white page you color in, simplified into large closed areas.

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Finished full-color illustration of Nari and Toto in the pond water under the microscope scene

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Black-and-white coloring page of Nari and Toto in the pond water under the microscope 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 190

Coloring order

Start with Nari winking as she looks through the microscope, the white microscope itself and its base. Split the body between silver and black.
Give each of the four round bubbles floating above her head, with tiny creature drawings, a different color for each shape. Imagine what each one might be.
Last, color the jar of pond plants at lower left, the dish, the dropper, the glass slides, the leaf and Toto.

Questions to talk about

What kind of tiny friends might live in a single drop of pond water?
What do you think Nari found with her winking eye?
What is the most amazing thing you have seen through a magnifying glass?

Take it further

If you have a magnifying glass, look closely at a leaf or petal and draw the patterns you see big on the back of the page. Watching pond water through a microscope begins with small things like this.

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 black-and-white page you color in, simplified into large closed areas.

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.