Snow Queen Coloring Pages

Fairy Tales by Andersen

"Snow Queen" is a fairy tale published in 1844 by Andersen, a writer from Denmark.
It is a story about a girl named Gerda who travels to a land of snow and ice to save her close friend, a boy named Kai.
Andersen is a very famous writer who also wrote "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling."

Story Summary (1) The Devil's Mirror

Long ago, the devil made a magical mirror that made beautiful things look ugly and bad things look huge.
But one day, the mirror broke, and tiny pieces flew all over the world.
One day, those tiny pieces got into Kai's eye and heart.
Kai, who used to be so kind, suddenly became mean.
Then one winter day, he was carried away by the Snow Queen on a big white sleigh.

Story Summary (2) Gerda's Journey

Gerda went on a journey all by herself to look for the missing Kai.
A magical old woman's flower garden, a castle with a prince and princess, a forest of robbers...
In all the places she visited, different people and animals helped Gerda.
Riding on the back of a reindeer given to her by the robber girl, Gerda headed to the northern land of snow and ice.

Story Summary (3) The Palace of Ice

In the Snow Queen's palace of ice, Kai was arranging pieces of ice all by himself.
When Gerda found Kai, she hugged him tight and cried warm tears.
Those tears melted the piece in Kai's heart. Kai cried tears too, and the piece in his eye washed away.
Kai turned back into his kind self, and the two held hands and returned home.

Ballets and Plays of the Snow Queen

"Snow Queen" is still performed today in many ways, like ballets, plays, and puppet shows.
It is a heartwarming story that you will want to read again in picture books when winter comes.

3 Coloring Pages

There are 3 coloring pages.
The 1st page shows the Snow Queen wearing a crown of icicles.
The 2nd page shows Gerda riding a reindeer across a snowy field.
The 3rd page is a detailed coloring page of the scene where Kai and Gerda meet in the grand hall of the palace of ice.
We also have coloring pages of snowflakes and Yuki-onna from Japanese winter stories.

Snow Queen colors are blue, white, and silver

If you use light blue, blue, silver, and white for Snow Queen, she will look cool and beautiful.
For her icicle crown, leave some white and add light pale blue on the edges. That makes it look like clear ice!
Leave the fur collar of her cape white, or color it light gray.

Gerda gets warm colors

Color Gerda's clothes in warm colors like red or orange. They will stand out in the cold land of snow!
The reindeer is brown and dark brown, and the fur on its tummy and neck is light beige.

Let's color the aurora

For the aurora in the sky, layer green, light blue, purple, and pink little by little along the lines.
If you color the night sky around it dark blue, the aurora will look like it is glowing!

The ice palace

For the ice pillars in the third page, color each side with white, light blue, and pale blue. That brings out the icy shine!
If you color only Kai and Gerda in warm colors, your picture will show how much they care about each other.

Gerda's tears

The third page is the most important scene in the story, where Gerda meets Kai.
Put light pink on their cheeks, and everyone will see how happy they are!
If you color Snow Queen's cape the same colors as in the first page, everyone will know right away she is the same queen.
For the snowflake patterns on the floor, color them with light blue and white turn by turn. You will get a bright, sparkly floor!

It has 7 short stories

The "Snow Queen" is one long story made of 7 short stories connected together.
It is one of the longest tales written by Andersen.

The northern land where reindeer live

The northern land where Gerda goes is said to be Lapland and Finland.
Around here, you can sometimes see the aurora in the night sky during winter.
Reindeer have pulled sleds for a long time as helpful animals for people.

Roses

In the story, Kay and Gerda grew roses between their homes.
The roses show up many times in the story as a sign of their friendship.
When the two finally come back to their hometown, the roses are in bloom.

Andersen's hometown

Andersen was born in a town called Odense in Denmark.
He was born into a poor family, but he kept writing stories and became a writer read all over the world.
April 2nd, Andersen's birthday, is International Children's Book Day.