Bold easy rocket blasting off through clouds with a smiling astronaut in the round window

Smiling Astronaut Rocket Blastoff

A cheerful astronaut peeks from the round window as the rocket lifts above puffy clouds on a big flame plume.

🎨 How to color it

Color the rocket bright red, the round window sky blue, the astronaut’s face peach, and the puffy clouds soft gray. Use chunky crayons or washable markers to fill the big rocket body and cloud bumps; staying inside the lines is optional. Add yellow in the flame and a little orange at the tips so the blastoff looks warm and zoomy.

The story behind this coloring page

Nico Waits for Zoom — Every day, Nico patted the rocket button. Tap-tap. Read the full story →

Every day, Nico patted the rocket button. Tap-tap. It stayed quiet. He waited while the clouds puffed cold mist around his boots.

Until one day, a tiny “beep!” came from under the cloud pile. Because of that, Nico dug with both mittens. Because of THAT, he found a little silver switch, hidden and humming. “Ready, rocket?” he shouted.

Whoooosh! Up went Nico, past the bumpy clouds at last. Next time you see those cloud bumps, can you spot where the patient beep was hiding?