Very Hungry Coloring Placemats: 40 Activity Sheets to Color

Bring the fun to mealtime with this set of 40 interactive coloring placemats that make dinner for children ages 3-5 a drawing adventure, featuring black-and-white line art from beloved author and illustrator Eric Carle.

These placemats offer fun scenes to color in as well as engaging activities to make dinner time more fun. Connect the dots, spot the differences between two illustrations, finish the scene, or just color in the caterpillar, ladybug, fruits, and other fun images from the wonderful world of Eric Carle.

With 40 coloring pages of 20 different designs repeating twice, there are plenty of pages to enjoy and it’s easy to share with a sibling or friend. When dinner is ready or your meal arrives, just scoot the crayons to the side and pick back up where you left off without having to move the placemat. Great for travel, restaurants, or just having a fun night at home, kids will love getting to color in their favorite characters and bring a little creativity to mealtimes.

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into seventy languages and sold over fifty-five million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many bestsellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. Eric Carle passed away in 2021 at the age of ninety-one. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today.