Four-leaf clover Coloring Pages

Signs of Happiness

The Four-leaf clover is a sign of luck. People say that you will find happiness if you find one!
Usually, a clover has three little leaves in a set.
Sometimes, a four-leaf clover with four leaves grows among them.
They are hard to find, so you will feel so happy when you find one!

Clover is White Clover

The clover you often see in parks and fields is a plant called white clover.
From spring to summer, it grows many small, round, white flowers.
The second coloring page has three-leaf clovers, Four-leaf clovers, and round white clover flowers too.
Count them to see how many Four-leaf clovers you can find!

Can You Find 1 in 10,000?

People say that you can only find 1 Four-leaf clover in 10,000 clovers.
But when people actually look for them, some studies show they are a little easier to find!
They say clovers that get stepped on where many people walk grow into Four-leaf clovers more easily.
If you see clovers in a park, look closely for one!

Four Hearts Together

If you look at each leaf of a Four-leaf clover, it is shaped like a heart.
So a Four-leaf clover is a shape made of four hearts put together.
Just like a heart mark or a star mark, it is a happy mark that makes you feel glad just looking at it.

Clover is in the Bean Family

White clover is a plant in the bean family.
It has tiny bumps on its roots that help make the soil rich.
That is why people grow it on farms as food for cows and sheep.
It is a familiar plant that you can often see in parks and along roadsides.

Let's Make a Flower Crown

White clover flowers have long, soft stems, so you can weave them to make a flower crown or a flower bracelet.
Place the flowers together one by one and wrap the stems around. It will grow longer and longer!
Try looking for Four-leaf clovers and making flower crowns in the spring fields.

People say that clover flowers mean "happiness" and "promise."

Use yellow-green and green for the leaves

Try using yellow-green and green for the clover leaves.
If you color the area around the thin lines in the middle light and make the edges a little darker, your leaves will look nice and plump.

Keep the white pattern on the leaves

Real clover leaves have a whitish V-shaped pattern on them.
If you use a lighter yellow-green near the lines on the leaves in the 1st coloring page, or leave those parts white, it will look just like a real one.

Make only the Four-leaf clover a special color

In the 2nd coloring page, try coloring only the Four-leaf clover a different color from the rest.
If you color the three-leaf clovers green and the Four-leaf clover dark green or gold, the Four-leaf clover will really stand out.
It looks super cute if you leave the white clover flowers white or color them light pink.

Rainbow clovers are fun, too

If you want to treat it like a fun symbol, you can color it with any colors you like, such as red, yellow, blue, or pink.
If you color each of the 4 leaves a different color, it becomes a colorful lucky symbol.

Layer colors with colored pencils

For the leaves, color them yellow-green first, then gently layer a little green over top to get a nice, deep color.
If you change how many times you layer the colors, every single leaf will look a little bit different.

Use blue sky colors for the background

If you color the empty spaces in the 2nd picture with light blue or cream color, it will look gentle like a spring meadow. It makes the green clovers stand out even more.

The secret of the name "Tsumekusa"

White clover is written as "White Packing Grass" in Kanji.
Long ago in the Edo period, when glass items were sent to Japan from the Netherlands, dried clover was put in the box as packing material so the glass wouldn't break.
They say people started calling it "Packing Grass" because it was "grass used for packing."

The meaning of each leaf

There is a story that every leaf of a Four-leaf clover has a special meaning.
They say the three leaves mean "Hope," "Faith," and "Love," and the fourth leaf means "Good Luck."
That is why a Four-leaf clover is known as a sign of happiness.

Press it to make a bookmark

If you find a Four-leaf clover, try putting it inside a book to press it.
Once it dries, you can tape it to a piece of paper and make a bookmark. Then you can keep it forever!

There are five-leaf clovers too

Sometimes you can even find very rare five-leaf clovers or ones with even more leaves!

When you put it inside a book, wrap it in a tissue first. That way, it will dry nice and neat!