Stegosaurus Painting an Egg Coloring Page

About this page

A small stegosaurus stands on its hind legs and leans toward a big egg, holding a thin paintbrush in its hand and dabbing the egg's top with a new spot. The egg on the right is tall and oval, with two empty round spots already drawn on its lower half, and the dinosaur has several pointed leaf-shaped plates running down its back, a row of spikes on the tail and round spots along its side. Its head is turned to face the viewer with a big smile and a small nostril. The page has no ground line or background, so the dinosaur and egg are the only things on the paper. It is a medium page that suits kids who like simple stories: the painted egg spots can turn into any pattern, and the back plates give several mid-size shapes.

In this picture

• stegosaurus
• paintbrush
• large egg
• egg spots
• back plates
• tail spikes
• body spots

Coloring ideas

• Paint the egg's spots in the colors of the dinosaur's own spots
• Make each back plate a different bright color in a row
• Use the paintbrush color as a splash on the egg's top
• Let the egg shell be a pale shade and the spots deep colors

Suggested palette

• egg cream
• spot purple
• bright orange
• grass green
• sky blue
• pink

Good for

• Easter or spring egg-painting activity
• Dinosaur party coloring station
• Art-time warm-up for kids

Coloring tips

• Start with the largest areas, then add detail.
• Test markers on spare paper to prevent bleed-through.
• Use lighter layers first when working with colored pencils.

Print guide

1. Choose the PDF that matches your paper size.
2. Print at 100% scale or “actual size”.
3. Use portrait orientation and normal print quality.