Simple Animal Colouring Pages

Wouldn't it be funny if you were out trick-or-treating at Halloween and came across a sloth dressed up as a strawberry, or a hippo dancing along the road dressed as a ballerina?

Here's an alternative badger colouring page for you to print out and colour in...

This is most definitely our cutest bat colouring page of many! When the kids have coloured him in, why not cut him out and put him on display? Lots of lovely bats hanging from the ceiling or windows would make a fun Halloween display.

Everyone loves a bit of colouring and this beaver colouring page is a great way to occupy kids for a while. We have lots of other suitable colouring pages on the site if you have animal lovers to please!

Bees are a fascinating insect - did you know they are the only insect that makes food that people can eat? Here is a picture of some buzzy bees and honeycomb to colour in.

Bison are the largest land animals in Europe and North America.  Young children can practice their colouring skills with our simple bison colouring page.

Colour in these pretty butterfly colouring bookmarks. Kids could colour 4, keep 1 and give three away!

Butterflies are a true wonder of nature, and you can make this one even more fantastic by colouring it in with some colourful pens or crayons and making it bright and beautiful!

This fancy butterfly looks quite pretty already, but it'll look even better once the kids have used some bright crayons or pens to colour it in!

Butterflies make a perfect subject for colouring pages, as they're so beautiful and colourful in real life - and the kids can use lots of different colours on this butterfly colouring page.

Learn about nature and have some colouring fun too with our butterfly life cycle colouring page. Choose from two versions below: labelled, or blank.

Teach the kids about the life cycle of the butterfly with these lovely colouring pages. There are 4 pages in this set, and you can choose from a ready labelled version, or blank so they can add their own labels.

Here's a fun elephant colouring page for younger children. What is our little elephant going to take a picture of?

This simple cat colouring page is fun for younger kids to colour in, and you could even make it into an easy cat mask if you wanted to (print or back onto some card, then punch holes for elastic).

This cute cat colouring page has a lovely simple outline, so it's a perfect colouring activity for younger kids.

Here's a simple cat colouring page, perfect for younger children.

Do the kids love minibeasts?  Here's a cute cartoon caterpillar for them to colour.

According to the Chinese Zodiac, those born in the Year of the Tiger are powerful, courageous and daring, but they can be sensitive too. Colour in this lovely picture of a tiger as an activity for Chinese New Year, or anytime!

You will find the remaining 10 animals of the Chinese Zodiac here as lovely black and white masks for the kids to colour in. We suggest you print onto white card or good quality paper, and for a lasting effect, laminate the masks when they have been coloured.

Hey dude - I'm a cool lion colouring page! I'm sure this one will be popular with younger kids!

Colour in our cute cow and calf picture to remember a trip to a farm or as part of a project.  Perhaps you could add a field of grass around them for them to graze.

Here's a simple, fun cow colouring page for younger kids.

Who could resist this lovely, smiley crab? It's such a fun colouring page for younger kids...

Crocodiles can vary in colour depending on where they live. Their colours range from black, to grey, to green, so you had better get all your pens out for this colouring page.

Here's a deer colouring page for the kids - simple but majestic!

Can you make our sheep dog a colourful home on our dog and kennel colouring page?

This gorgeous puppy dog colouring page is perfect for the youngest children, with its big bold lines and cheeky face!

"How much is that doggie in the window? The one with the waggly tail..." The lovely dog on this colouring page has a waggly tail and looks very happy indeed!

Here's a simple colouring page featuring a happy doggy face - great for younger kids. You could even print this page onto some card, colour in the picture, then cut around the edges and cut out holes for eyes to make a simple dog mask!

Woof woof! This colouring page has a very cute dog for the children to colour in.

We've got two colouring pages with the same lovely dolphin, but the second one has the word 'dolphin' in dotted lines so the children can learn to write it too.

Here's a cute dolphin colouring page for younger children, with a very simple outline.

Here's a colouring page for younger children with a charming donkey drawn with big bold lines!

Here's a big, bold, appealing elephant colouring page for younger kids, just one of a set of printables using this image.

There's something about this fish that just makes me want to colour him in with my brightest colours, cut him out and paste him up on the wall in the family bathroom! Hopefully he will inspire some creativity in your house or classroom too!

The kids will love colouring in this pretty little fish. Perfect for an ocean theme!

This lovely little fish needs colouring in with some bright colours. Which will the kids choose?

Colour in our pretty little elephant, complete with flowers in her fair. We've done the background for you so you can make your elephant colouring really special.

A pretty foal for kids to colour in!

Here's a second fox colouring page - and this is definitely a cheeky fox that the kids will hopefully enjoy colouring in!

Our friendly lion colouring page is perfect for younger children as we've kept it simple. He's cute!

Isn't this frog gorgeous? He makes a lovely colouring page for younger children and is also simple to cut out for display when done...

Each colouring page in this set of 6 has a different phase of a frog's life cycle to colour in, and if you choose the blank versions you can label each stage too. 

Print out this gibbon colouring page - just one of a set of similar colouring pages at Activity Village, for younger children to colour in. We've included the word underneath the picture for early readers.

This super cute giraffe colouring page is sure to delight younger children and have them reaching for the crayons.

Colour in the goldfish in his goldfish bowl!

Colour in this lovely goldfish! Our picture is perfect for younger children, and has an easy outline for cutting and sticking too.

This is such a lovely colouring page for younger children, who will enjoy colouring in the stripes on our fishing elephant's jumper.

Colour in this simple picture of a guinea pig, one of our favourite pet animals!

The kids will enjoy colouring in this lovely guinea pig who is about to tuck into a tasty strawberry!

If your child is learning guitar - or a fan of music generally - they might enjoy colouring in our lovely guitar playing lion!

The cheeky hamster on this colouring page looks like he has stuffed his cheeks full! Younger kids will enjoy colouring him in.

This funny frog is hopping over a lily pad and waving at us as he does so - fun for the kids to colour in!

We know there are a lot of horse lovers out there.  Here's another colouring page for them.  This one features an elegant horse and their stable.

Grab your coloured pens or crayons and colour in the lovely horse on this colouring page.

Here's a pretty horse colouring page to print for the kids to enjoy.

I think that this horse is enjoying jumping over the hurdle! It's a lovely simple horse colouring page for younger children.

Which colours will you choose for the beautiful horse on this colouring page?

We love this cute colouring page of two little girls riding ponies - and hope you do too!

Getting around on horseback used to be a privilege, of course, when most people's only transport would have been their own two feet! Here's a lovely horse and rider for the kids to colour in.

Here's a simple hyena colouring page, perfect for a project on African animals.

Our jellyfish colouring page is sure to delight younger children.  I think it would look especially good done with glittery or sparkly pens or crayons.

If your kids like karate, and lions, then I'm sure they will enjoy colouring in this fun colouring page for younger children!

Everyone loves kittens, especially when they're as cute as the one on this colouring page!

There are actually four kittens on this fun colouring page - can you see a cheeky one peeking out of the box?

Our simple lobster colouring page is a great addition to any under the sea or seaside topic.

If you're looking for a slightly more unusual colouring subject then you will love this meerkat colouring page. These desert dwellers are real personalities and live in large family groups.

Here's a simple outline mole colouring page to print for younger children to enjoy.

Children will enjoy colouring in this cheeky monkey - he's really appealing!

Here is a lovely, stately moose colouring page for the kids.  

This lovely octopus sits against a bubbly underground background so that he "pops" out of the page for the kids to colour in.

The children can use their crayons or coloured pencils to colour in this funny octopus, then practise writing the word 'octopus' over the dotted lines on the second sheet.

Here's a simple, fun ox colouring page for younger kids, perfect for Chinese New Year or a Nativity stable scene.

Here's an majestic ox colouring page for kids to print and colour. Useful for Chinese New Year.

Grab your crayons and enjoy colouring in this lovely giant panda...

Whatever he is eating, this cute little elephant is enjoying it! What a useful instrument an elephant's trunk is! Little kids might enjoy colouring in this picture and deciding what he is having to eat...

Our pig and sty colouring page shows the pigs playing in the mud of their enclosure.

Here's a picture of a very happy pig for the kids to enjoy colouring in!

Oink Oink! Grab your pens and enjoy colouring in this fun picture of a pig!

This colouring page full of funny pigs is bound to put a smile on anyone's face! Especially the pig sat on top of another pig (giving him a piggyback?)!

Have you ever coloured a platypus before? This one is great for younger children with lots of big areas to colour.

This simple polar bear colouring page lends itself to being cut out and glued onto an icy, snowy background scene!

This lovely pony colouring page has a background pop of colour that makes the picture really stand out and makes it extra fun to colour in!

There are lots of things to colour in on this fun colouring page, all about puppies!

Three cute puppies play together in this sweet colouring page for kids.

Here's a fun colouring page of a playful puppy to print and enjoy with the children.

Woof woof! Have fun colouring in this cute, friendly puppy...

A realistic colouring page of a rabbit sitting in the grass near the woods

Rabbits look ever so cute when one of their ears is flopping down, like the one on this cute printable colouring page!

We all know that rabbits love carrots, and this bunny is enjoying his treat on this colouring page.

Here's a cheeky rat colouring page in simple cartoon style for younger kids to colour in.

Here's a lovely reindeer to print for the kids to colour in. Will he have a red nose?

This cute reindeer colouring page will keep younger children busy for a little while. Will he have a red nose?

The kids will love colouring in this adorable reindeer - fun at Christmas or any other time of year!

The second of our rhinoceros colouring pages looks more cute than fierce.  

Seeing the sea lions being fed at the zoo is one of my favourite childhood memories.  Now if you can't go and see them you can colour one with our sea lion colouring page.

Our pretty seahourse colouring page is sure to encourage children of all ages to reach for the colouring pencils. Scroll down to see a lovely idea for combining colouring and collage using this page...

This cute elephant colouring page features a little elephant dressed for the seaside, complete with beach ball to play with. Or perhaps she is just going out into the garden to play?  

Here is a simple shark colouring page for younger children. Choose from one a page with the word underneath, or one with dotted font for tracing. We have provided 2 versions of the letter "k". All the pages are in one pdf file so make sure to print just the page you want!

Are you going on a farm visit to see the newborn lambs?  Our sheep and lamb colouring page is a lovely way to remeber a day out.

Here's a simple realistic sheep colouring page to print for kids to enjoy.

Here's a lovely shaggy sheepdog colouring page to print and enjoy - just one of our farm animal colouring pages.

Younger kids will enjoy our skateboarding elephant colouring page! He looks like he has some good skateboarding skills ...

Did you know that skunks are a nocturnal animal, so they sleep during the day and look for food at night? You can print out this picture of a skunk and colour it in.

Here's a realistic snake colouring page to print and enjoy - perfect for Chinese New Year or any time reptiles are required!

Here's a lovely cartoon snake colouring page which we hope will appeal to younger children!

This is such a cute squirrel colouring page for the kids - complete with butterfly and acorn!

This colouring page is all about autumn! There's a squirrel collecting acorns and a toadstool to colour in, too.

Colour in a picture of one of the ocean's most peculiar creatures, the starfish! There's also an option to practise writing the word 'starfish' over the dotted lines.

We've made this tortoise colouring page with younger children in mind, keeping the outlines bold and simple - but he makes a fun colouring project for all ages.

This cute tortoise colouring page is sure to delight younger children and have them reaching for the crayons.

Here's a fun colouring page of a friendly tortoise to print and enjoy.

Here's a lovely colouring page of a trotting horse. It has been beautifully groomed and is nicely turned out - perhaps it is on parade?

Splashing around with water in the summer is easy when you are an elephant! This one makes a fun colouring page for younger children. Perhaps they have been to the zoo and seen a real elephant trumpet water from its trunk?

This lovely whale is jumping for joy - and he's perfect for younger children to colour in lovely bright colours!

Wildebeest (or gnu) are large antelopes of Africa.  Here's a wildebeest colouring page that is sure to brighten up any project on African animals. 

Colour in the animal faces - we've done the background for you on this fun World Animal Day wreath colour pop colouring page. Of course you don't have to save it for World Animal Day.

Here's a simple - and cute - worm colouring page for your youngest children...