Cartoon kitten peeking out of a patterned rain boot in a puddle under rainy clouds and sun.

Kitten Peeking from a Rain Boot

A wide-eyed kitten pops out of a cloud-patterned rain boot while raindrops patter into the puddle below.

🎨 How to color it

Color the kitten soft orange, the tall rain boot sky blue with white cloud patches, the puddle pale aqua, and the tiny flower sunny yellow. Use chunky crayons or markers for the boot panels and puddle, and don’t worry if little hands color over the many raindrops. For extra fun, make the sun a warm golden circle peeking from behind one gray-blue rain cloud.

The story behind this coloring page

Bixby’s Boot Map — Under the quick-drumming rain, Bixby batted a soggy scrap tucked inside the tall garden boot. It was only a torn seed packet, but its blue cloud stamp looked like a secret map. Read the full story →

Under the quick-drumming rain, Bixby batted a soggy scrap tucked inside the tall garden boot. It was only a torn seed packet, but its blue cloud stamp looked like a secret map. “Adventure!” he squeaked, and scrambled in, paws thump-thumping against the rubber.

The boot tipped, splashed, and settled in a puddle. Raindrops made plip-plip rings around it. Bixby sniffed mud, grass, and flower sweetness while he matched the cloud stamp to the clouds above.

Then the puddle shivered. The rings joined together and showed tiny cloud shapes, just like the boot’s pattern. The scrap was not a map to somewhere far away; it was a map to the sky under his nose. Bixby peeked higher as the sun blinked out, and if you follow the puddle rings, you might find his boot map too.