Kids' Coloring Pages

From LoveToKnow Kids

If your children love to color, you can use the Internet to search for websites that offer free kids’ coloring pages and create your own customized coloring books.

Finding Kids’ Coloring Pages

Finding kids’ coloring pages online is surprisingly easy. Whether you’re interested in coloring pages that depict your favorite Disney Princess or pages with a seasonal theme, there are hundreds of options available.

General Coloring Pages

Looking for a website that features general coloring pages with animal, nature, music, car, or sports themes? Try one of the following:

The Kidz Page has coloring pages that feature animals, people, flowers, and various forms of transportation.
Up to Ten has general coloring pages for kids ages 0-10. Many pages are appropriate for educational use.
Coloring.com lets kids color pages online or print them to color at a later date. Themes include sports, animals, outer space, and automobiles.

Seasonal Coloring Pages

If you’re in the mood to celebrate an upcoming holiday, try the following websites for a variety of seasonal coloring pages:

Coloring Book Fun has Halloween, Christmas, Hanukah, Easter, and Thanksgiving coloring pages, as well as pages to celebrate Mother’s Day, Black History Month, President’s Day, and Flag Day.
Preschool Coloring Book has pages with Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter themes.

Character Coloring Pages

Looking for kids’ coloring pages that feature your child’s favorite movie or television character? Check out one of the following websites:

PBS Kids has pages for your kids to color that feature Caillou, Barney, and other popular PBS characters.
DLTK’s Coloring Pages has a selection of kids’ coloring pages featuring popular characters such as Barbie, Batman, Pokeman, Shrek, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Scooby-Doo.
Kids Color Pages has over 3,000 pages for your children to enjoy. The selection includes movie and television characters from Nickelodeon, Disney, and Cartoon Network.

Religious Coloring Pages

Do your children like to color pages that reflect their religious beliefs? Check out these helpful websites:

Christian Answers has a wide variety of religious coloring pages, many of which can be colored online.
Free Coloring has pages with Christian and Jewish religious themes.
Akhlah: The Jewish Children’s Learning Network has a variety of kids’ coloring pages with Jewish themes.

Puzzle Pages

If you’re looking for activities for older children, check out the following websites for printable puzzle pages:

Sunny Kids Play has printable crosswords and word searches.
Print Activities has printable mazes, crosswords, word searches, and math worksheets.
Discovery School’s Puzzlemaker lets parents create customized puzzles to help children study spelling or vocabulary words.

Budget-Friendly Coloring

While coloring is a relatively inexpensive activity, the following tips can save you even more money:

Change your printer’s setting to “Draft” quality to reduce the amount of ink used to print your kids’ coloring pages.
Save your unwanted home office printouts, then print coloring pages on the back of these sheets.
Use copy paper instead of regular computer printer paper. It’s slightly thinner, but provides a significant cost savings.
Stock up on crayons during annual back-to-school sales.