Fruit Basket Coloring Page

A woven basket with an arched handle fills this page. It holds a few apples and a large pear in the centre. The weave on the basket is a crisscross pattern of small squares, which gives older children something detailed to colour.

Ideas for coloring

• Apples in red, green and yellow, since real apples come in all three.
• A pear in yellow-green with a few brown freckles.
• Basket in different browns, alternating light and dark squares to show the weave.
• Colour the handle in one solid brown so it stands out against the fruit.
• Draw leaves on the stems with a green crayon.

Good to know

Apples and pears grow on trees and are usually picked in late summer or autumn. They both have a core with small seeds in the middle. A pear is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, while an apple is rounder. Ask your child to point out which shape is which on the page.