Kawaii kitten with big shiny eyes, bell collar, floppy ears, hearts, flowers, stars, and moon pillow.

Kawaii Kitten on a Moon-and-Star Pillow

A big-eyed kitten sits neatly on a puffy moon-and-star pillow, wearing a tiny bell beneath floating hearts and flowers.

🎨 How to color it

Color the kitten soft cream, the bell collar sunny yellow, the moon-and-star pillow lavender, and the little hearts and flowers pink and daisy white. Use chunky crayons or markers for the kitten’s wide face and pillow sections, and don’t worry if the color hops over the bold lines. Try making each pillow star a different color so the kitten looks like it is sitting on a handmade night sky.

The story behind this coloring page

Why Pillow Stars Stay Sewn — Up in the quilt loft, where cotton smelled like warm toast, Juniper pushed a needle through a fat pillow. Read the full story →

Up in the quilt loft, where cotton smelled like warm toast, Juniper pushed a needle through a fat pillow. She wanted to make a quiet nest for her tiny bell, the bell from her first collar. It did not ring loudly, but Juniper liked its little tink-tink.

She cut moons, hearts, and stars from scraps. Then—psst!—the stars slid off the pillow and tried to float to the rafters. “Not yet,” Juniper whispered. She stitched each one down with her own paws: loop, tug, pat.

The bell gave one proud tink. Ever since then, pillow stars stay sewn tight, so sleepy kittens can carry a whole night sky under them. If you peek at Juniper’s pillow, can you spot the first star she caught?