Cute caterpillar smiling on an apple tree branch with leaves and a large apple

Smiling Caterpillar on an Apple Branch

A cheerful caterpillar arches along an apple branch, smiling beside two veined leaves and a round hanging apple.

🎨 How to color it

Color the caterpillar butter yellow, the apple bright red, the leaves fresh green, and the branch warm brown. For little hands, use chunky crayons to fill the big apple first, then dab each caterpillar bump one by one. Try making every shiny oval on the caterpillar a tiny white sparkle, like it just wiggled through morning dew.

The story behind this coloring page

Pippo’s Wiggle-Giggle Game — On a sunny orchard twig, Pippo made a new game: wiggle up, wiggle down, then say, “Bloop!” His soft feet tapped the bark—ticka, ticka, ticka—and the leaf smelled green and snappy. Read the full story →

On a sunny orchard twig, Pippo made a new game: wiggle up, wiggle down, then say, “Bloop!” His soft feet tapped the bark—ticka, ticka, ticka—and the leaf smelled green and snappy.

He bent like a rainbow. He bounced like a noodle. “Bloop!” he squeaked again, and his giggle grew too big for one caterpillar.

Then the round apple below gave a tiny wobble. Bonk-bonk! It was playing, too. Pippo laughed so hard the leaf shivered; next time you see that apple, can you find the bloop?