Mistakes Help Me Grow Coloring Page with a Sprout from Crumpled Paper

A crumpled ball of paper with a happy face grows a small sprout on this mistakes help me grow coloring page. The words stand above it in big bubble letters, with "Mistakes" on top, "Help Me" in the middle and "Grow" at the bottom. A pencil lies beside the paper ball with its sharpened tip pointing down.

It is a free printable page for preschool and early elementary classrooms, homeschool lessons and counselors who talk with children about trying again. The shapes are large and the outlines are thick, which suits ages 3 to 7.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "the words Mistakes Help Me Grow in big bubble letters at the top of the page, above a crumpled paper ball with a small green sprout with two leaves growing out of it and a pencil lying beside it, drawn with simple bold outlines for kids, the paper ball and the pencil kept small enough to leave a wide white margin below them, with the whole drawing kept above an empty white margin at the bottom of the page".

Because the prompt says "growing out of it," the sprout rises straight from the top of the paper ball. The paper ball has a face too, with round eyes, raised eyebrows and an open smile. That face gives children a character to talk to while they color.

What You'll Find in This Mistakes Help Me Grow Coloring Page

A crumpled sheet of paper usually means a first try that was thrown away. On this page, the crumpled sheet sits at the center with a smile and a sprout.

In a social-emotional learning lesson, a teacher can read the phrase aloud with the class, and each child can name a drawing or a word they tried more than once. The finished page fits in an affirmation folder or on the classroom door.

A star sits on each side of "Help Me," and two short spark marks sit beside "Grow" on each side, with a small heart below them. The paper ball is drawn as many small folds with sharp corners. A thin stem rises from its top and opens into a leaf on each side, and the leaves have a center vein and a few side veins.

The pencil lies at an angle beside the paper ball. It has a rounded eraser, a metal band with lines across it, a long body with lines along its sides and a sharpened tip.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

Color the paper ball white, cream or pale gray, and shade a few of the folds a little darker to show the creases. The sprout can take a bright spring green, with a darker green along the veins.

The pencil looks good in classic yellow with a pink eraser and a silver band. The bubble letters have room for one color per word, and the stars and the hearts can take the brightest colors on the page.

To set the phrase a child picks above a paper ball and a sprout, make a growing page with your own words and print a copy for every desk.

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