Easy hedgehog coloring page with a big apple on its back, tall grass, and two smooth stones.

Hedgehog Carrying an Apple Past Tall Grass

A smiling hedgehog trots past tall grass with a leafy apple balanced carefully on its prickly back.

🎨 How to color it

Color the hedgehog’s body soft tan, its prickly back chestnut brown, the big apple bright red, and the tall grass fresh green. Use chunky crayons for the large apple and hedgehog shapes; staying inside every line is not important for little hands. Try a tiny yellow shine on the apple’s leaf so it looks like warm sunshine touched it.

The story behind this coloring page

Nori’s Slow Apple Walk — Under the cozy grass, Nori patted one red apple. He wanted to carry it all the way to the quiet log without dropping it. Read the full story →

Under the cozy grass, Nori patted one red apple. He wanted to carry it all the way to the quiet log without dropping it. Step, step, hush. The apple wobbled. A pebble bumped his foot. “Slow, slow,” Nori whispered.

He walked past tall reeds that swished shhh-shhh. At the log, the apple slipped down—plop!—and split into sweet slices. Nori nibbled one and shared one with a sleepy beetle. Next time you see his careful little smile, can you hear him whisper, “Slow, slow”?