Standing Penguin with a Scarf Dot to Dot (30 Dots)
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Penguin Dot to Dot with a Scarf: 30, 46 or 61 Dots
Penguin dot to dot for ages 3 to 12: a standing penguin in a scarf, in 30, 46 or 61 dots, its back shaded gray. Each A4 or US Letter PDF has answers.
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Standing Penguin with a Scarf Dot to Dot (46 Dots)
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Standing Penguin with a Scarf Dot to Dot (61 Dots)
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Most of this penguin is shaded before a single dot is joined. The head, back and flippers are soft gray, leaving a white heart-shaped face with ringed eyes and a beak, a scarf with a hanging end and a big white belly, plus short gray toe lines on two flat feet. Younger children see a penguin straight away and then get to close its outline.
Around the head and down to the feet
From the orange Start star on top of the head, the numbers run around the right side of the head and step out at the neck, where the scarf bulges. They trace the right flipper out to its tip and back, follow the body down to the feet, cross the bottom between the two feet and climb the left side the same way.
30, 46 or 61 dots
Ages 3 to 5 start with 30 dots, and on that page it helps to count the dots of each flipper before drawing them. The medium page raises the count to 46 for ages 6 to 8. On the hard page, with 61 dots for ages 9 to 12, the flippers and feet have tight little groups of numbers that ask for careful reading, and those groups stay legible when the A4 or Letter file prints at 100 percent.
There is an answer page for every level, showing the finished outline. After that, children can color over the gray back and flippers in black and leave the face and belly white.
Skills practiced & tips
- Find the orange Start star together and say the number 1 out loud.
- On the 30-dot page, count the dots of each flipper before drawing them.
- Watch the dots where two numbers sit close together, such as at the neck and the flipper tips.
- After the last dot, color the scarf in a bright color so it stands out against the black and white.
- Color the body dark and the belly light so the penguin shape stands out.
Penguin fun facts
- Penguins often slide across snow and ice on their bellies, pushing along with their feet and flippers.
- A penguin can drink seawater because a gland above each eye removes the extra salt.
- The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species alive today.
Classroom ideas
- Preschool (ages 3 to 5): count to 30 aloud as a group while each child joins the easy penguin.
- Grade 1: hand out the 46-dot page and ask students to circle the dots that are numbers in the tens, such as 10, 20, 30 and 40.
- Grades 4 to 6: give early finishers the 61-dot page and let them draw a winter scene around the finished penguin.
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Frequently asked questions
Why do the numbers step out at the penguin's neck?
That is where the scarf bulges, with a small bump on each side of the neck. The scarf is printed in gray on every page, and all three levels draw the same penguin: 30 dots for ages 3 to 5, 46 for ages 6 to 8 and 61 for ages 9 to 12.
Where does the numbering start?
At an orange Start star in the middle of the top of the head, in the same spot on all three pages. The numbers then travel down the right side, cross between the feet and come back up the left.
Why are some lines already printed in gray?
On every page the dark back and flippers are shaded light gray, and the face patch, eyes, beak, scarf, belly and toe lines are drawn in gray, so the picture is recognizable early.
Why do the lines on the answer page look rounder than my child's?
On the answer page the joins bend with the round head, the belly and the feet instead of running straight from dot to dot. Seeing that helps children soften their own lines when they go over the outline.
About this printable
- Made with AI assistance (vector drawing authored by a language model) and checked by automated tests and an AI reviewer.
- Checked by automated tests and an AI reviewer on 22 Oct 2026.
- Free for personal and single-classroom use. See the license. Read the license · How these are made · Report a problem.
- Vector PDF, 2 pages, 186×254 mm art box — prints edge-safe on A4 and US Letter.
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