Cartoon child using a leaf blower as autumn leaves swirl by a picket fence and bare trees.

Leaf Blower Swirls by the Picket Fence

A smiling child in a knit hat guides a leaf blower while autumn leaves curl into spirals above the backyard fence.

🎨 How to color it

Color the knit hat cranberry red, the jacket forest green, the wooden picket fence warm tan, and the swirling leaves in gold, rust, and copper. Use sharp colored pencils for the thin wind curls and leaf veins, then switch to markers for the child’s jacket and the broad fence boards. Try making the two leaf spirals fade from bright yellow near the blower to deep orange at the outer edges.

The story behind this coloring page

Nell and the Windmark — Behind the picket fence, a leaf blower coughed warm, dusty air while Nell tried to make one perfect spiral before supper. Read the full story →

Behind the picket fence, a leaf blower coughed warm, dusty air while Nell tried to make one perfect spiral before supper. She had marked a chalk circle on the path and promised herself she would not stop until three oak leaves spun inside it like a tiny storm.

The first gust scattered them under the hedge. The second tugged her hat sideways and filled her mouth with the dry taste of leaves. On the third, a curl of wind answered from the far lilac bush, turning the fallen leaves into a sign she had never seen: a loop, a dash, and one trembling maple point. “All right,” Nell whispered, and stepped past her chalk circle.

Under the bush, the leaves scratched softly over a flat stone carved with old backyard names. Nell traced one with her glove, then carried the secret back in a pocketful of copper leaves. Her spiral was crooked now, but it hummed when she made it—and if you follow the biggest swirl, you may find the loop, the dash, and that trembling maple point.