Pineapple Coloring Page

This pineapple coloring page sets a big, smiling pineapple on a tropical beach. Its spiky crown shoots up almost to the top of the page, and small V shaped marks cover its body like scales. A palm tree with three coconuts leans in from the left. Out on the water a little sailboat drifts past, while a crab, a starfish, two shells and a beach ball sit in the sand along the bottom. Add the sun and a single cloud and you have a whole holiday on one sheet.

Kids aged 3 to 8 should find it easy. The pineapple body is wide open, with room for a thick crayon. Plan on about 20 minutes, or longer if your child wants to shade the crown.

Beach colors that pop

Golden yellow belongs on the body. Add a little orange along the bottom and sides to make it look round. The crown leaves take two greens, one light and one dark, swapped from leaf to leaf so each one stands apart.

Water is a fun place to experiment. Make it darker blue near the top where the sea meets the sky, then fade to a lighter shade near the sand. Pale cream or light tan works for the beach. A few dots of brown add grains of sand without much effort.

• Crab: red, with white eyes
• Starfish: orange, with small dark dots left as they are
• Beach ball: a different bright color on each panel
• Palm trunk: tan, with brown on each ring

Handy tips for this sheet

Those sharp crown leaves are the hardest part. Turn the paper as you go so your hand can pull each stroke from the base toward the tip. It is easier than pushing the crayon upward, and the point stays clean.

The palm leaves have zigzag edges, so a colored pencil will get into the notches. Don't stress over them, though. A little green outside the line just looks like a breeze.

Color the sky last. Blue is easy to drag across a page by accident, and you do not want it on the sun. If your child is using markers, work from the top down so a resting hand stays off the wet ink.

Prickly facts about pineapples

Pineapples come from South America, where people have grown them for many centuries. The plant stands low to the ground, usually about 3 to 5 feet tall, so the fruit does not hang from a tree like the one in many kids' heads. It sits on top of a thick stalk.

One pineapple is actually a lot of little fruits joined together. Each flower on the stalk forms a berry, and the berries fuse into one big fruit. The leafy top can even be planted in soil to start a new plant. See the Wikipedia article on pineapples for more on how it grows.

A beach day at home

Lay out a towel on the floor, put on some ocean sounds and color in your beach spot. It takes two minutes to set up, and young kids think it is the best thing ever.

For a home project, cut the leafy top from a store pineapple and stand it in a shallow dish of water. Check it each day for roots. Older kids can keep a simple log with the date and what they see. In class, this picture can start a chat about which foods grow on trees and which grow near the ground.

Saving the pineapple coloring page

Print the PDF at full size for the biggest shapes. A4 users should choose Fit to page. Once your child is done, the pineapple coloring page makes a sweet card for a grandparent, so fold it in half and write a note inside. No printer? The Color online button works on a phone or tablet.

Other sunny pages

Head to our fruit coloring pages for the full set. The beach coloring page goes well with this one. Then finish the tropical theme with the banana coloring page and its small monkey.

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