One Step at a Time Coloring Page with Footprints on a Garden Path

Small bare footprints walk up a winding stepping stone path on this one step at a time coloring page. The words "One Step at a Time" stand at the top in big hollow letters stacked on four lines, with a butterfly and a leafy sprig on each side. Tall flowers and round bushes line the path.

The page is free to print and suits older kids, teens and adults, about ages 9 and up. A counselor can use it with a teen who has a big task ahead, and adults who color to relax can work up the path one stone at a time.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "the words One Step at a Time in big hollow letters at the top of the page, above a winding stepping stone path through a garden with small footprints on the stones and flowers along both sides, for older kids and adults to color, drawn with clean outlines, the path kept small enough to leave a wide white margin below it, with the whole drawing kept above an empty white margin at the bottom of the page".

The words "small footprints on the stones" put a pair of bare footprints on six of the stones, so the path reads as a walk taken one step after another. The word "winding" set the curve of the path, which starts wide at the bottom of the page and narrows toward the bushes at the top.

Along the Path of This One Step at a Time Coloring Page

The footprints get smaller as they climb, so the eye follows them from the large stone at the bottom up to the garden at the back.

For a teen or an adult, the stones give natural places to pause. A counselor can ask a teen to name one small step for each stone before coloring it, and the finished page can hang above a desk.

Seven flat stones make the path. The six lower stones each carry a pair of bare footprints, and a seventh, smaller stone sits at the top right with no prints on it. The lowest stone is the largest, and a second curved line along its front edge shows its thickness. On that stone, each footprint has five round toes, and the big toes point toward the middle.

On each side of the path, tall leafy stems carry daisies with many petals, small round flowers and tulips. Rounded bushes with scalloped edges fill the back of the garden, and the butterflies sit beside the words "at a."

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

Color the stones in gray, tan or soft blue-gray, and use a darker shade along the front edge of each stone. The footprints can stay white, or take a color that stands out against the stones, such as coral or teal.

The flowers on the left and right can repeat the same short set of colors, which ties the two sides of the garden together. The butterflies suit a single bright color each, and colored pencils work well for the toes and the leaves.

To set a different phrase above a path like this, build your own garden path page and print a copy for each person in your group.

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