Pear Coloring Page

This pear coloring page opens onto a little farmers market stall. A big pear with a bright, open smile stands in the middle, its curved stem and leaf reaching up toward a striped awning. Crates on the shelves behind it hold apples, lemons, oranges and plums. Down below the counter, two wide crates are packed with six more pears. Between them hangs a sign that reads FRESH PEARS, with a heart at the bottom.

Kids from 3 to 8 can color it. The main pear is big and smooth, which helps the smallest artists. The shelves give older kids something to fuss over. Plan for 25 minutes, though you can always save the small crates for a second sitting.

Making a market full of color

A market stall should feel busy, so feel free to use your whole crayon box. Keep the main pear fresh with a light green, then add a soft yellow around its lower half. A little brown near the stem adds a natural touch.

Each shelf crate holds a different fruit. That makes it a quiet little sorting game:

• Top left: red apples
• Top right: yellow lemons
• Lower left: bright oranges
• Lower right: purple plums

For the awning, try green and white stripes so it ties in with the pear, or switch to red for a classic shop look. Wood slats on the back wall can be a pale cream, leaving the pear to stand out. Brown and tan cover the counter and the crates.

Advice for a neat finish

Start in the center and work out. A hand resting on a finished area can smear crayon, so doing the middle first keeps the pear clean.

The crate slats are thin. Color each one with a single sweep from left to right, then fill the darker gaps if you feel like it. The tops of the fruit peek out only a little, so a tiny bit of color goes a long way.

Trace the letters on the sign with a dark marker for a bold look, then color the heart red. If you are working on a tablet with the Color online button, tap each slat once. It goes a lot faster.

What makes a pear a pear

Pears belong to the rose family, and they are close relatives of apples. Both are a kind of fruit called a pome, with a core of seeds inside. Around 3,000 varieties are grown across the planet.

Many pears get picked while they are still green and firm, then finish ripening at room temperature. There is a kitchen trick for this. Pears placed beside bananas ripen faster, since bananas give off a natural gas called ethylene. You can find more in the Wikipedia article on pears.

Play market at home

Set up a pretend stall on the kitchen table with real fruit or toys. Make price tags on small squares of paper and use coins for change. It is sneaky math practice, and it can keep two kids busy for a good while.

Testing that banana trick makes an easy home science project. Put one firm pear in a bag with a banana and leave another alone. Check them both each day and see which softens first.

In class, ask students to draw one more crate for the stall and fill it with a fruit that is not on the page. Then have them make a sign to match.

Printing the pear coloring page

Plain paper is fine, and the bold lines come out dark on any home printer. For a group, the pear coloring page can be copied many times with no loss of detail. Choose Fit to page on A4.

Find your next fruit

All of our fruit coloring pages are free to print. Pair this one with the apple coloring page, since the two fruits are related. Or jump to our wider list of food coloring pages for pizza, cupcakes and more.

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