Song “À la claire fontaine” · the coloring pages on this refrain
The unicorn bathing in the fountain
The unicorn splashes in the garden fountain while a little girl and a boy in a cap laugh nearby, a fawn at their side.
- Recommended age
- Ages 4 and up · 20 to 40 minutes
- Themes
- Storybook scenes, Unicorns
A bath in the middle of the garden
In the center, a round stone fountain, and in it, a unicorn splashing and laughing: drops and bubbles fly all around. Two tall leafy stems curl up on either side of the basin. On the left, a girl with a ponytail laughs out loud, a little bird perched on her head; on the right, a boy in a cap smiles, a fawn at his side, and a second bird has landed on the rim. In the background, a weeping willow, a river, a cottage with flowers at the windows and a big oak dropping its leaves.
The lovely water from the song
“J’ai trouvé l’eau si belle que je m’y suis baigné” — “I found the water so lovely that I bathed in it”: the unicorn does exactly what the first verse of “À la claire fontaine” says. And the oak from the next verse is there too, at the top right, easy to spot by its lobed leaves falling down. It is a detail worth hunting for: children love finding in the picture what the song tells, and this page hides several.
The stones one by one
The basin is a rim of big stones set on a brick wall: it is the most regular part of the page, and the longest to fill. The characters, on the other hand, offer medium-sized, well-closed areas that a four-year-old’s hand covers without trouble. The background is finer: the willow’s branches, the cottage roof, the flowers at the windows. Nothing says it all has to be done: a background left white puts the characters forward.
Water that splashes
For the water to really splash, leave the drops and bubbles white, and color only the basin around the unicorn, in light blue. The stones and bricks take a gray or a beige, alternating two shades from one to the next if your child likes patterns. The fawn gets a warm brown, its spots left white. The oak leaves can already turn red: the song does not say what season it is.
A word for the grown-up: sing the first verse while pointing at each thing, the fountain, the water, the oak. Then ask your child where they want to start: it is often the unicorn in its bath, and that is the right place to begin.
Coloring pages that go with this one
More pages from the same theme, age or season — the ones you print right after.
