Song “Alouette, gentille alouette” · the coloring pages on this refrain
The unicorn and the bird
Holding a brush, the unicorn gently grooms the bird’s feathers, and the bird is happy to let it.
- Recommended age
- Ages 4 and up · 20 to 40 minutes
- Theme
- Unicorns
- Season
- Spring
A quick brush
Two big heads fill the page, side by side. On the left, a unicorn with sparkling eyes holds a brush in its hoof and gently grooms its friend’s feathers. On the right, a plump crested bird lets it happen, one cheek rosy, looking delighted. A few feathers float away around it, light as air. The unicorn’s mane is dotted with stars and little dots. No other setting than two or three stars: just the two friends, seen very close up.
A song turned around
In “Alouette, gentille alouette”, the French song about a lark, the singer promises to pluck the bird: its head, its beak, its neck… Children sing it laughing, without a worry. This page takes the opposite view: here, the lark is not plucked, it is brushed, and the few feathers floating off are the ones you lose when someone does your hair. It is a gentle way to tell the song to the youngest, and a good chance to talk about it.
Big faces, small details
The two heads are big, and so are the areas that make them up: the cheeks, the forehead, the beak, the mane. What takes precision is the small things: the stars in the mane, the floating feathers, the bristles of the brush. Around four, a child fills the big areas easily and decides for themselves whether to take on the small ones. The eyes, with their highlights, are left white.
Two friends, two colors
Choosing one main color for each character makes the page easy to read: soft shades for the unicorn, warm ones for the bird, yellow, orange or light brown. The floating feathers take the bird’s color, so you can tell where they come from. The brush is a small object on its own: a strong red or blue makes it stand out in the middle of the page.
A word for the grown-up: ask your child to find all the floating feathers before coloring them. They are scattered around the bird, and looking for them is a first observation game, which settles the attention before the pencils come out.
Coloring pages that go with this one
More pages from the same theme, age or season — the ones you print right after.
