10 free garba colouring pages to print this Navratri. Nanu, Kiti and Pannu dance garba and dandiya at home, in a sheri garba, in the village chowk and more.
Garba is the circle dance of Navratri, danced around a garbo: a clay pot with a little lamp inside. Little ones love it: the claps, the spins, the twirling skirts and the clack of dandiya sticks. These garba colouring pages (also called garba coloring pages or Navratri drawing sheets) each show a different garba scene with simple, bold lines that 2 to 6 year olds can colour, plus one detailed page for older kids.
Every page is a free A4 PDF. Print one each evening of Navratri, or all ten for a garba party or the classroom.
Tap “Download PDF”, then print on A4. Black and white, no sign-up.
Nanu spins so fast that her chaniya flares out like a big umbrella. Paper lanterns and a string of flags hang above her under the Navratri moon.
Talk about it: Can you spin like Nanu? Count your turns: ek, do, teen!
Before the big night, Kiti practises in the living room with her two dandiya sticks held up high, dancing barefoot next to a big flower rangoli while her teddy watches.
Talk about it: Roll two newspapers into sticks and clack them with your child: tak, tak, tak!
Baby Pannu sits on her mat with Gappu the elephant and claps along to the garba music, under a big lantern and the moon.
Talk about it: Babies love clapping games. Clap slowly, then fast, like the garba beat.
Under the pandal’s marigold garlands, the two sisters face each other and clack their decorated dandiya sticks together, just like in dandiya raas. The sticks have big bands and tassels to colour.
Talk about it: Colour each dandiya band a different colour, then tap your hands together on every beat.
All three sisters clap and dance around the garbo, the clay pot with a little diya on top that sits in the middle of every garba circle.
Talk about it: Tell your child: the clay pot with the lamp is called the garbo, and garba gets its name from it.
At the school Navratri programme, big sister Nanu holds baby Pannu’s hands and helps her take her very first garba step.
Talk about it: Who helps you learn new things? Colour Nanu’s skirt in your favourite colour.
In the old pol street, flags are strung from house to house and the garbo sits in the middle of the lane. Kiti dances sheri garba while Pannu claps along.
Talk about it: Sheri means street. Does your street or society have its own garba?
Nanu is dressed in her new chaniya choli and twirls with excitement. Her bangles and decorated dandiya sticks are waiting on the table: garba night is about to begin!
Talk about it: What will you wear for garba? Colour Nanu’s outfit the way you would like yours.
In the village square, under the big banyan tree, Kiti dances with her decorated dandiya sticks while a cow and a puppy watch happily.
Talk about it: Kiti loves animal sounds. What does the cow say? What does the puppy say?
A detailed page for older children: Nanu in a chaniya choli full of paisleys, flowers and mirror work, holding two patterned dandiya sticks. Great colouring practice with pencil colours or sketch pens.
Talk about it: Pick three colours and repeat them in the same order on every panel of the skirt.
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