Animal Coloring Pages | Free, Printable Animal Coloring Sheets (2024)

Go wild for these animal coloring pages! Both kids and kids at heart (aka adults) will be entertained by our collection of free printable animal coloring pages.

These animal coloring sheets are so cute, filled with baby animals, pets, farm animals, wild animals, and more. Plus they’re all free for you to download and print!

Use our printable coloring pages for libraries, classrooms, birthday parties, or any time you want to color this collection of animal pictures.

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Instructions how to use these animal coloring sheets:

1. Scroll down and find the page you want.
2. Click on any of the photos below, or on the text links above them. A printable PDF file will open in a new window. (NOTE: The images themselves are not printable quality.)
3. Print the PDF on 8.5 inch by 11 inch, letter sized paper.
4. Color your pages and enjoy!

Free Animal Coloring Pages

There are 20 different animal coloring pages available, featuring all kinds of different creatures! Our large selection of animal coloring sheets are fun for both kids and adults, and they’re all free and ready to download.

Coloring is a great way to express yourself and get creative, and it’s also really calming! Plus these coloring pages of animals are also great for color recognition and learning fun facts about all kinds of animals.

Preschoolers, toddlers, and younger kids can have fun with large pictures with simple outlines to color. And older kids, tweens, teens, and adults can appreciate the more detailed pictures.

Coloring is a really fun indoor activity, perfect for rainy days or anytime! Whether you use colored pencils, crayons, or markers, you’ll definitely have fun coloring these adorable animal images.

Animal Coloring Pages #1

Dogs are known as man’s best friend, and this super cute puppy definitely looks ready to play! Dogs are the most popular pet in the United States, with more than 65 million households owning a dog!

Animal Coloring Pages #2

This chittering little squirrel looks very pleased with its collection of nuts. Tree squirrels are active in all seasons, while ground squirrels burrow underground and hibernate in the winter!

Animal Coloring Pages #3

These adorable kittens are totally content, curled up asleep in their bed. Cats are fun and friendly pals, but it’s no wonder they think they rule the house — they share over 95% of their DNA with tigers!

Animal Coloring Pages #4

This adorable sloth is content sleeping on its tree bed, which make sense. Sloths sleep for about 15 hours a day (!), and during the remaining 9 hours they slowly lumber through the shady trees, using vines to travel across the canopy.

Animal Coloring Pages #5

Have fun at the zoo with this huge assortment of zoo animals! This detailed coloring page features a hippo, penguin, peaco*ck, otter, snake, and even more cool animals!!

Coloring Pages Animals #6

This patient turtle is carrying its kids on its back! There are many different types of turtles, including sea turtles, painted turtles, and land turtles. Land turtles are more commonly known as tortoises, and they can live to be well over 100 years old!

Coloring Pages Animals #7

This koala looks right at home on a eucalyptus tree, which is only natural, since their leaves are the koala’s main food. Koalas are a type of mammal called marsupials, and they have very strong arms that are great for climbing!

Coloring Pages Animals #8

What color will you make this cute little fox? Foxes are known for being sly and clever, outsmarting their predators, which has led them to be featured as the trickster in fairy tale stories!

Animal Coloring Page #9

These two friendly looking bears are ready to be colored, but what color will you make them? You might have heard of black bears, brown bears, and polar bears, but have you ever seen a sloth bear?! They live in the forests and grasslands of South Asia.

Animal Coloring Page #10

This sweet looking deer has lots of different sections to color. Did you know the spots that fawns have on their back are to protect them? They act as camouflage to help them blend in with the dappled light of the forest.

Animal Coloring Page #11

Have fun on safari with this large group of animals. Jump on in the safari vehicle and enjoy coloring a zebra, crocodile, tiger, ostrich, and more!

Animal Coloring Sheets #12

This pair of baby and Mom flamingos are ready for a fun day together. Did you know that flamingos are actually born white or grey?! It’s the “carotenoids” (orange-red pigments) in their diet that turn them their spectacular pink!

Animal Coloring Sheets #13

Lions are known for being fierce kings of the jungle, but this cartoon lion looks happy and friendly! Lions live mostly in Africa, and they’re raised in family groups called a “pride”.

Animal Coloring Sheets #14

This baby elephant is so cute!! Did you know that an elephant’s trunk can grow to be 7 feet in length?!

Trunks are a very important part of the elephant. For example, elephants use their trunks to breathe, to smell, to communicate, and to grab their food and water.

Coloring Pages of Animals #15

These two giraffes look friendly and curious. These gentle giants are native to Africa, and are the tallest of all land mammals. For example, male giraffes can grow to be over 18 feet tall!

Coloring Pages of Animals #16

What color will you make this curious monkey? Monkeys are smart, social animals who live together in groups called a “troop”. Monkeys can be found in Africa, Asia, Central America, and South America.

Coloring Pages of Animals #17

Can you name all of these farm animals?! Have fun on the farm with a chicken, sheep, pig, goat, goose, and even more cute critters.

Animals Coloring Pages #18

This family of llamas is SO CUTE, especially the smiling baby llama on the right. Did you know that a baby llama is called a cria? This name comes from the Spanish word cría, which means “baby”.

Animals Coloring Pages #19

This cute little calf is enjoying a leafy meal. Cows are grazing animals, eating a diet of various grasses, clovers, and hay. Did you know that the average cow eats about 2% of their body weight each day?

Animals Coloring Pages #20

What color will you make this friendly horse? Horses are highly social animals who can develop relationships with people and other horses, and they come in all different colours and patterns.

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