Wide-eyed kitten peeking from a cardboard box labeled KITTEN, with yarn ball and toy mouse.

Surprised Kitten in a Labeled Box

A fluffy, wide-eyed kitten pops out of a cardboard box marked “KITTEN,” with a yarn ball and mouse toy nearby.

🎨 How to color it

Color the kitten soft orange, the cardboard box light brown, the yarn ball rainbow stripes, and the toy mouse pale gray. For little hands, use chunky crayons to fill the big box flaps first, and don’t worry if the color jumps over the bold lines. Add a funny blue shadow inside the box so the kitten looks like it is popping out with a tiny surprise.

The story behind this coloring page

The Box That Waited Back — Under the big playroom table, Doodle sat in his box and made a tiny challenge: no peeking until the yarn went bump. The cardboard smelled dusty. Read the full story →

Under the big playroom table, Doodle sat in his box and made a tiny challenge: no peeking until the yarn went bump. The cardboard smelled dusty. His paws went pat-pat. His tail went twitch-twitch.

The yarn rolled by. Bump! Doodle popped up. “Ta-da!” he squeaked.

But the little mouse toy did not jump. It sat very still, with one string tail curled like a smile. Doodle blinked. The mouse had been waiting to surprise him.

So Doodle waited back. Next time you see his round eyes over the box, can you tell who said ta-da first?