Kawaii Train Coloring Page

This kawaii train coloring page sends a chubby little train up and over a rainbow. A chick drives the pink engine, and hearts float out of the stack. Behind it ride a bunny, a cat and a bear, each in a round wagon with scalloped trim. Smiling clouds sit along the bottom, and happy stars fill the sky.

Ages three to nine love this kind of page, and many teens enjoy it too. It takes around twenty minutes. Every shape is round and open, which makes it a calm pick for the end of the day.

Sweet color ideas

Pastels are the secret to the kawaii look. Reach for soft pink, mint, lilac and baby blue, and go easy on the dark colors. Make the engine pink with a yellow band, and try a purple stack and roof.

Give each wagon its own shade. Baby blue suits the bear, mint suits the cat, and lilac looks lovely with the bunny. The beads along the top of each wagon can be a deeper version of the same color.

The rainbow gives you six wide bands. Color them in order, or mix them up if your child has a favorite. Clouds can stay white, though pale pink and blue ones look dreamy against a blush sky.

Tips for this kawaii train coloring page

• Use light pressure. Pastel colors need a soft hand to stay pale.
• Color the cheeks of each cloud pink. It takes seconds and adds a lot of charm.
• Fill in the rainbow from the inside out, so you do not smudge it.
• Add tiny dots of white gel pen on the stars if you have one.

Stickers fit well here. A few small hearts or stars on the finished page make a nice gift for a grandparent.

Think about which passenger your child likes best and start there. The bunny has tall ears with pink inside, the cat has two small points, and the bear has round ears on the side of its head. Each face has dot eyes and a soft smile, so a tiny pink cheek is all they need.

What does kawaii mean?

Kawaii is a Japanese word that means cute or adorable. It comes from an old phrase that meant a glowing face, the kind of blush you get when you feel shy. Over time, its meaning shifted to cute and pretty. Today it stands for a whole style of art.

That style has some simple rules, and you can spot all of them in this drawing. Colors are soft, often pink, blue and white. Shapes are rounded, with no sharp corners. Eyes are big and mouths are small. Try this: draw a plain circle, add two big dots and a tiny smile near the bottom, and you have a kawaii face. This article on kawaii culture explains where the style came from, if an older reader wants to know.

Cute crafts to try

Hold a kawaii drawing lesson. On a blank sheet, have your child turn everyday things into characters. A cookie with a face. A sleepy lemon. A shy little shoe. Then add one of them as a new passenger in the empty sky.

Cut out the three wagons and tape them to a long strip of paper to make a wall banner for a bedroom door. Spell out a name with one letter on each wagon, and add more wagons if the name is long.

Friends can trade pages, too. Each child colors the rainbow in a different order, then they compare them side by side. Kids tend to have strong views about which one wins.

More cute rides

This kawaii train coloring page sits in our train coloring pages and our cute coloring pages. You can also float away with the sleepy kawaii cloud.

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