Smiling elf child holds up a scroll on a path between giant spotted mushrooms.

Little Elf Messenger With a Scroll

A cheerful little elf lifts a rolled scroll high while walking a winding path under two huge spotted mushroom caps.

🎨 How to color it

Color the elf’s tunic forest green, the cape sunny yellow, the rolled scroll warm tan, and the mushroom caps bright red with white spots. Use chunky crayons for the big mushroom tops and simple path, and let little hands color right over the lines if they want. Add a soft blue sky behind the raised scroll so it feels like a tiny banner of good news.

The story behind this coloring page

Lumo’s Patient Scroll — Every day, Lumo carried a rolled-up scroll through the mushroom dell. Tap, tap, went his small shoes on the cool path; hush, hush, went the tall grass. Read the full story →

Every day, Lumo carried a rolled-up scroll through the mushroom dell. Tap, tap, went his small shoes on the cool path; hush, hush, went the tall grass.

One day, the scroll stayed blank. Lumo sat by the red caps and waited. The air smelled wet and sweet. Because he waited, silver words slowly shone. Because of that, the path lines glowed too.

“Now,” whispered Lumo. He lifted the scroll high and walked home under the spotted mushrooms. Can you find the quiet scroll that waited?