On this buddy bench coloring page, a boy sits on a playground bench and rests his hand on the shoulder of a sad girl. The words Buddy Bench run across a sign at the top of the backrest, and a tree, bushes and a slide fill the park behind them. The bench, the children and the park make a page of medium difficulty for ages 5 to 9.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "two children sitting together on a wooden playground bench with the words Buddy Bench on its backrest, one child with a kind smile resting a hand on the shoulder of a sad friend, with a tree and a slide in the background, drawn with clean outlines, the bench and the children 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".

How to use it

Some schools have a buddy bench on the playground, where a child can sit to show they would like someone to play with. A school counselor can color this page with a small group and ask what the girl feels and what they would say if they sat down next to her. A teacher can use it in morning meeting before recess.