Sleeping Fairy

Curled up and fast asleep, this peaceful fairy rests in a flower-petal hammock slung between two stems. Her eyes are gently closed with a soft smile, her wings are tucked in, and a crescent moon with a scatter of stars glows in the night sky above. The quiet, night-time mood makes this a wonderful bedtime coloring page, and the large open areas of sky and petal are easy for younger children to fill. Older colorists can have fun blending a deep blue or purple night around the bright moon and stars. A crescent is the thin curved shape the moon makes a few nights after a new moon, so this page is a gentle way to talk about how the moon changes shape through the month. Print it on US Letter or A4, dim the lights a little, and color a calm, sleepy scene.