Far From The Tree Coloring Pages

Far From the Tree coloring pages: 19 free printable PDF designs featuring the raccoon family from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 2021 short film, covering solo portraits, parent-and-child moments, beach and seashell scenes, and pages showing the young raccoon growing up. Download any page as a PDF or color it right in the browser, no account needed.

Far From the Tree wasn’t originally a story about raccoons at all. Director Natalie Nourigat and her team first developed it with human characters. Still, the story kept drifting into heavy territory, parenting, intergenerational patterns, and real hurt, until someone suggested switching to animals instead. Nourigat has said that change lets the film go to bigger, more exaggerated emotional places, since audiences instinctively accept high stakes from animal characters in a way that felt too dark with people.

That behind-the-scenes shift is part of why the film’s raccoon family feels so expressive despite never speaking a single word. Younger colorists get a simple, round, approachable raccoon shape to work with. In contrast, older fans get the added detail of the film’s beach setting and the visual differences between the young raccoon and her father.

The one detail worth knowing before starting: the film’s animators gave the father raccoon a small scar over his left eye, a subtle detail that separates him visually from his daughter across every page. Keeping that scar consistent is a small way to make a portrait feel accurate to the actual short.

Quick Answer

Far From the Tree coloring pages are a free set of 19 printable PDFs and browser-based coloring sheets featuring the raccoon family from the 2021 Disney short film, covering solo portraits, parent-and-child scenes, beach settings, and growth moments.

Best for: kids aged 3 and up, Disney fans, and families who enjoyed the short alongside Encanto

Formats: printable PDF and online coloring

Popular pages: a solo baby raccoon portrait, a parent-and-child beach scene, and a page featuring a seashell

Creative uses: a seashell collection craft, a baby-to-adult comparison display, and a thank-you card for a parent

What’s Inside Far From the Tree Coloring Pages

The set moves from simple portraits through parent-and-child moments, the beach setting, and the young raccoon’s growth.

Classic Raccoon Portraits

Solo pages showing the young raccoon, often mid-exploration, with her signature curious, wide-eyed expression.

Coloring classic portraits: a warm grayish-brown coat with the classic dark eye mask and ringed tail is what makes a raccoon page read as accurate, and keeping the mask simple and symmetrical helps the face stay expressive rather than cluttered.

Parent and Child Moments

Pages showing the young raccoon alongside her father, often watching over her as she explores the beach.

Coloring parent-child pages: the father’s small scar over his left eye is worth including consistently, since it’s the clearest way to tell the two raccoons apart at a glance on a shared page.

Beach and Seashell Scenes

A dedicated cluster of pages shows the raccoons among tide pools, sand, and seashells along the Pacific Northwest coastline, on which the film is set.

Coloring beach pages: warm sandy tones paired with cool blue-gray water give these scenes a believable coastal feel, and seashells are a good spot for a bit of extra color variety, pinks, creams, and soft purples.

Growing Up

A smaller cluster shows the young raccoon at different points as she matures, reflecting the film’s own story about growing into a parent herself.

Coloring growth pages: keeping the same coat pattern and mask shape across younger and older versions of the character helps these pages read as the same raccoon at different ages, rather than unrelated characters.

What These Pages Do

There’s a real, well-documented story behind why this short film ended up starring raccoons instead of people. Early development featured human characters, but as the story dug into parenting and family patterns passed down across generations, the tone grew unexpectedly dark. Switching to animal characters solved the problem, letting the filmmakers explore big, exaggerated emotions that felt natural coming from raccoons in a way they hadn’t with people.

That range of simple and more detailed pages is good, varied practice for a young colorist’s hands, too. The American Academy of Pediatrics points to coloring as a genuine step in building fine motor skills, and this set naturally pairs one large, rounded raccoon shape with smaller, more careful detail on beach settings, seashells, and the father’s signature scar.

There’s a gentle, real message behind the whole short worth mentioning here, too. Director Natalie Nourigat has said the film grew out of her own memories of family beach trips, and its heart is really about recognizing how hard parenting is and how much care goes into it, even when it doesn’t always look perfect. Art therapy practitioners have noted that coloring together, a parent and child working side by side at the same table, can be its own small version of that same idea, a quiet, shared moment that doesn’t need to be perfect to matter.

How to Color Far From the Tree Coloring Pages

Keep the eye mask simple. A clean, symmetrical dark mask around the eyes reads as accurate without needing extra detail or shading.

Include the father’s scar consistently. That small mark over his left eye is the fastest way to tell him apart from the younger raccoon on any shared page.

Warm up the beach, cool down the water. Sandy tans and warm grays against blue-gray water give coastal scenes a believable, grounded feel.

Keep the coat pattern consistent across ages. Matching the same basic markings on younger and older versions of the raccoon helps growth pages read as one character over time.

5 Creative Craft Ideas with Far From the Tree Coloring Pages

Seashell Collection Craft

Color several seashell pages in different colors and patterns, cut them out, and arrange them into a small paper collection display.

It turns a background detail from the film into its own small creative project – about fifteen minutes.

Tide Pool Diorama

Color a beach scene, then build a simple surrounding tide pool setting using blue paper, sand-colored craft material, and small shell shapes.

It gives the film’s coastal setting a physical, three-dimensional version beyond the flat page – about twenty-five minutes.

Baby-to-Adult Comparison Display

Color a young raccoon page and an older version side by side, then talk about what stayed the same and what changed.

It’s a simple way to explore the film’s own story about growing up and eventually becoming a parent. About twenty minutes.

Thank-You Card for a Parent

Color a parent-and-child page, fold it into a card, and write a short thank-you note inside for a parent, grandparent, or caregiver.

It’s a gentle way to connect the coloring activity to the film’s real theme of appreciating the people who raise us, for about fifteen minutes.

Raccoon Paw Print Craft

Color a raccoon page, then press a small paw-print stamp or handprint nearby to represent tracks along the beach.

It’s a playful way to add a bit of tactile, hands-on detail to a beach-themed scene – about ten minutes.

FAQ About Far From the Tree Coloring Pages

Is this Far From the Tree set free, and do I need an account?

Everything here is free, and no account is required. Save the PDF for printing, or color the page directly in the browser instead.

What is Far From the Tree?

Far From the Tree is a 2021 animated short film from Walt Disney Animation Studios about a young raccoon, her father, and a Pacific Northwest beach, released alongside the feature film Encanto.

Were the characters originally going to be human?

Yes. Early versions of the short featured human characters, but the story’s themes around parenting and family patterns felt too heavy until the team switched to raccoons instead.

Is it true raccoons act differently at the beach?

Yes. Raccoons are usually active at night, but along beaches they often become active during the day instead, following the tides in search of food, a real detail the filmmakers used to shape the story.

Who directed the film, and was it based on her own life?

Natalie Nourigat wrote and directed the short, drawing on her own childhood memories of family beach trips in Oregon.

What is the film’s message?

The short focuses on the difficulty and love involved in parenting, and how each generation does its best with what it learned growing up.

Is Far From the Tree connected to Encanto?

The two aren’t part of the same story, but the short was released in theaters directly before Encanto and shares similar themes about family and generational patterns.

What age group are these pages best suited for?

These pages suit kids aged three and up, with simple portrait pages working well for the youngest colorists and beach or growth-themed pages suiting slightly older kids.

Start Coloring

Pick a design, save the PDF for printing, or use the online coloring tool right in the browser. Once a page is finished, the share buttons at the top of each design make it easy to post the result to Facebook or Pinterest.