Easy coloring page of a smiling ballerina with a bow bun, star tutu, pointe shoes, and big stars around her.

Smiling Star Ballerina with Raised Arms

A cheerful ballerina lifts both arms above her bow-topped bun while stars sparkle across her tutu and all around her.

🎨 How to color it

Color the ballerina’s tutu lavender, her big hair bow bubblegum pink, and every star a sunny yellow. Use chunky crayons for the wide skirt and arms, and don’t worry if little hands color past the bold black lines. Try making the stars on her skirt extra bright, as if they are the first ones to wake up.

The story behind this coloring page

How Tutus Caught Stars — High in the clockroom, Willa held her arms round and still. She wanted one tiny chime for her quiet dance, but the old clock only went tick… tick… tick. Read the full story →

High in the clockroom, Willa held her arms round and still. She wanted one tiny chime for her quiet dance, but the old clock only went tick… tick… tick.

Dust smelled like sleepy wood. Willa waited. At last, a soft ping! came from under her skirt. “I found you,” she whispered. Little star-lights popped out and stuck to her tutu—plink, plink, plink. Ever since, patient ballerinas keep stars on their skirts; next time you see one, can you spot the first quiet ping?