Cartoon duck in boots, scarf, and hat carrying a patterned umbrella through rain puddles

Smiling Duck With a Rainy Umbrella

A cheerful duck in rain boots steps through puddles, holding a swirly umbrella beneath falling raindrops and cattails.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Duck collection, made for ages 8–12 and drawn in a Cartoon style.

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🎨 How to color it

Color the duck buttery yellow, the umbrella panels teal and coral, the rain boots cherry red, and the cattails warm brown. Use sharp colored pencils for the umbrella’s swirls, dots, scalloped trim, and feather details, then switch to broader strokes for the duck’s body and puddles. Try making the raindrops pale blue at the top and darker blue at the bottom so the storm feels bright instead of gloomy.

The story behind this coloring page

Della Waits for Rain — Every day, under the droopy clouds, Della marched the creek meadow with her red boots: squelch, splat, squelch. Read the full story →

Every day, under the droopy clouds, Della marched the creek meadow with her red boots: squelch, splat, squelch. She wanted to hear the old tin rain gauge ring, so she waited beside the cattails while water ticked on her umbrella like tiny silver seeds.

Until one day, the gauge stayed silent through a whole soft storm. Because of that, Della walked farther, past puddles smelling of mud and mint. Because of that, her umbrella handle bumped a stone and popped open at the end. Inside, rolled tight where nobody thought to look, was a thin brass reed.

“Ah,” Della whispered. She slid the reed into the rain gauge’s crack. At last it sang—not loud, but clear as a cricket bell. Next time you spot Della under her swirly umbrella, see if her smile is keeping time: squelch, splat, squelch.