Elsa Making a Heart With Her Hands coloring page

About this coloring page

Elsa heart hands is about as far as you can get from the character first pitched for Frozen. In early versions of the story, Elsa was the villain, a cold and scary figure based on the Snow Queen from the old fairy tale.

That changed as the movie came together. The songwriters wrote a big number for Elsa about finally letting go of her fears, and it sounded much more like a young woman accepting herself than a bad guy plotting. The team took the hint and reworked the script so that Elsa became a big sister who is afraid of her own powers.

The rewrite turned Frozen into a story about love between siblings. The danger is no longer an evil queen but fear and secrets. Elsa shuts herself away so she will not hurt anyone, and it takes Anna's loyalty to bring her back.

That is a big part of why kids and grownups connect with her. Elsa is not flawless. She doubts herself, makes mistakes and hides. But she learns to show who she really is, and a warm gesture like this one fits the heroine she became.

• frozen
• elsa
• hearts
• disney princess