They arranged everything on a big table and all took seats around it. They were very quiet for a long time whilst they concentrated on doing their very best colouring. Some of the little bears found it hard to keep their colouring inside the outlines of their pictures, but that gave the cards an extra charm.
The bigger bears, especially the ones who were painting, could mix their own colours, and add extra interest to their pictures by using different brush-strokes.
They had a break after a while as all that concentrating had made them thirsty and very peckish!