UFO
Toddler · 2–3A flying saucer zooming through space! Color the saucer, the dome, and the lights. A fun way to spark stories about space and aliens. Print it on A4 or US Letter, or color it online with tap-to-fill.
A saucer, a dome and some lights
A flying saucer is an oval with a dome on top and a row of lights around the rim. The lights are the best part of the page — a line of small circles that begs to be coloured in a repeating sequence, which turns the page into pattern practice without anyone mentioning patterns.
The dome sits on top of the saucer and overlaps it, which is a small lesson in how drawings show one thing in front of another. Children who fill the dome and the saucer the same colour lose that, and pointing it out is worth doing once.
Space, and what we actually know
A UFO is a good opening for a conversation that does not need to end in yes or no. What we do know is that space is enormous, that there are more stars than anyone can count, and that nobody has found anyone yet. Children are generally satisfied by we do not know, and it is a useful thing for them to hear an adult say.
Frequently asked questions
- What age is this page for?
- Three to six. The saucer and dome are large; the rim lights give older children something small to be careful with.
- How do I turn the lights into a pattern activity?
- Ask for them to repeat — red, yellow, red, yellow — around the rim. Extending a repeating pattern is early algebraic thinking and this is a painless place to practise it.
