Balmoral Castle Colouring Page
Colour in this picture of Balmoral Castle, the Queen's favourite "holiday home", in Scotland.
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Did you know that the Queen had two birthdays - her actual birthday (21st April) and an official one, on which the country celebrated? It was a great excuse for a celebration and to recognise the achievements of this country's longest serving and well-loved monarch.
We've pulled in every resource that we think might help you celebrate the Queen's life - the Royal palaces, Westminster Abbey (where she was crowned), the Queen's Guard, the National Anthem, and of course her favourite pets! But don't stop there. Scroll down further and we've linked in many other activities from Activity Village that you can use and enjoy, and of course you can explore her growing family in our British Royal Family section.
Colour in this picture of Balmoral Castle, the Queen's favourite "holiday home", in Scotland.
Colour in five different birthday candles with this fun colouring page. We've made the outlines easy to cut out if you want to cut and paste them elsewhere.
We've made these fun birthday candles large and easy to slice up so that you can give them out to different children to colour in ... a fun way to celebrate a birthday or liven up a display! This is page 1 of 2 pages.
Children can colour in all three birthday candles themselves, or you can slice them up and give one to each child. This is page 2 of 2 pages.
Tourists from all over the world queue at the railings for a look at Buckingham Palace. Here's a simple Buckingham Palace colouring page for you to print and colour.
Here's a carriage colouring sheet fit for a Queen, ready for older kids to colour in.
We've designed this colouring page of a royal carriage for younger children. Who will ride in it? A princess? Queen Elizabeth, for her Platinum Jubilee celebrations?
A must-see event on any tour of London, kids can enjoy the Changing of the Guards with this colouring page even if they can't visit!
Immortalised by A. A Milne in his lovely poem, and one of the most popular tourist sites in London, the Changing of the Guard outside Buckingham Palace draws crowds every morning. Use this story paper to make up a story, record a real visit, or write about what you see in the picture.
This colouring page captures the excitement of June 1953 and Queen Elizabeth's coronation. Make sure to colour the Queen's coach in gold! Imagine watching this procession and cheering as she drove by!
We've based this royal crown colouring page on the Imperial State Crown, worn by Queen Elizabeth on special royal occasions.
Here's a colouring page of a royal crown for younger children. We've kept the details simple so it would also work well as the base for a collage, perhaps?
We have two versions of our Queen Elizabeth II notebooking page, one with a box for your child's own illustration or in which to stick a photo or other bits and pieces, and one lined throughout, more suitable for older children.
This simple lettered God Save the Queen colouring page will be fun for younger children, and can look extremely effective when complete, whether they choose royal purple colours, something completely different, or traditional red, white and blue.
Practise pencil control by following the horses on parade! Start with a straight line and then get increasingly more wiggly...
Here's a fun printable activity for a royal theme - or for children who love dogs! Learn to draw a corgi by following the steps in this tutorial, then colour it in using our guidelines.
People come from all over the world to watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace! Now children can learn to draw their own Guard with our fun printable tutorial with step by step follow along instructions.
Have fun learning how to draw Buckingham Palace, with our fun step by step tutorial for kids. Just print out and follow along.
Just for fun, learn to draw your own picture of Queen Elizabeth II.
Children can learn how to draw Westminster Abbey, famous London landmark and of course now recognised worldwide as the venue of Prince William's marriage to Kate in 2011. Just follow the simple step by step instructions in the printable below.
Make yourself this postcard which shows the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace in London. Make sure you colour the soldier's uniforms red, and their furry busby hats in black!
The Queen's Guard and Beefeaters are on parade! Print out this fun page and work on those pencil skills.
This lovely scrapbook paper is useful for patriotic displays, London topics, anything to do with the UK or the royal family - or for little boys who like London buses and Guards and flags!
We have 4 acrostic poem printable pages with "Queen" as the theme, illustrated with a lovely image of the Queen herself.
Can you help the Queen find her way to her favourite corgi, for this fun Hunt the Corgi maze?
Print and fold our little booklet for Queen Elizabeth II, and fill it with facts, stories, drawings or thoughts. Once you've learned to fold our origami booklets you will find it is hard to stop, and we know many children who have built up quite a library!
Here is a simple, fun colouring page of the Queen, perfect for younger children to enjoy.
Here's a fun poster of our very own Queen Elizabeth II.
Here's a beautiful photo of Queen Elizabeth, taken in early 2015, to display in poster form.
Each member of the Royal Family has a cypher, rather like a monogram, using initials and often a crown. Here is the royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II for the children to colour in.
Queen Elizabeth's Royal cypher is shown on this poster. Use it with our colouring page to make sure the kids use the right colours, or perhaps as an example for a "design your own" activity.
Our second worksheet for the Queen, this one is aimed at slightly older children. The photo is one of the Palace's official Diamond Jubilee photos and it is quite special. Challenge the kids to fill out all the blanks and come up with some interesting facts about Her Majesty.
Here's a fun mask of Her Majesty the Queen, ready to print and cut out for some royal role play with the kids. It might also be fun to make a life-size display of the queen, cutting out and decorating a dress for the Queen to wear.
What would you talk about if you met the Queen? Can you find out an interesting fact about her? These are just some of the questions on this fun printable worksheet about the Queen.
Early learners can use this worksheet for repeated finger tracing, to get used to the letter formations, with the help of our arrows. You could also laminate the worksheet and use it with a dry-wipe pen in the classroom.
Here's a fun handwriting worksheet for little ones, perfect for royal occasions. Each line gives a little less help than the last.
Kids can make a special gold frame for a drawing of the Queen, complete with crown on the top of the frame. Very royal!
Especially for the Queen's birthday, this boggler puzzle contains at least one hidden word which will gain your child some extra points!
Cut out the three little squares and stick them into the correct spot on our special colouring page for the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations - and then colour in the picture.
Many a child - and tourist - have tried to distract the Queen's Guard while on duty, and failed. And many have been amazed and impressed at their discipline and dedication. Here's a lovely colouring page of a proud Queen's Guard standing at attention for the kids to colour in.
The Queen's head must be one of the most famous silhouettes, as it appears on so many stamps and coins in the UK - and has done now for her very long reign.
Cutting straight lines takes practice, but it's made more fun when the scissors are aiming for a horse and carriage! Just print and ask your child to cut as straight along the dotted lines as possible.
Here's our second royal counting worksheet, offering more counting practice for the kids. Write the correct number in the box on the right.
This royal parade counting worksheet is perfect for your London topic work, or perhaps the King's official birthday with the glorious Trooping the Colour.
The Royal regalia, or crown jewels, are worn by the sovereign for the first time during the coronation ceremony, and thereafter at state occasions. Our colouring page shows not only one of the crowns, but an orb and sceptre.
Imagine a long rod of gold, encrusted with precious jewels and topped by a diamond cut from the largest diamond ever disocvered. That's the Sovereign's Sceptre, originally made for King Charles II's coronation, and handed to new monarchs on their coronations ever since.
Here's a simplified illustration of the Sovereign's Sceptre, part of the Crown Jewels and presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth on her coronation. It makes a perfect colouring page for younger children. We have a version for older kids here.
For all the most important Royal occasions, the Queen rode in her wonderful golden state coach. Here's a craft that you can do with the kids, perfect for a royal theme. You might even want to draw a picture of the Queen, waving, and stick it onto one of the windows!
This activity page asks children to practice their counting, follow instructions, and have a go at some simple writing - and of course they can colour in the street party picture too!
Everyone Is having a great time at this street party, waving their flags and enjoying the food and drink and each other's company. This lots of detail here to keep the kids busy colouring it in!
Cut out the Queen's crown, her sceptre, a very royal throne and an immaculate Queen's Guard on parade - perfect for your royal topic.
If I was a queen, this is exactly the sort of throne I would like to sit on - grand and imposing, but still very comfortable! What colour will it be? We have a more detailed throne colouring page for older kids here.
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?
Westminster Abbey was watched worldwide in 2011 as the venue for William and Kate's wedding, but it has also been a popular sight for visitors to London, just opposite the Houses of Parliament. Our sight-seeing children are paying it a visit in this Westminster Abbey colouring page!
Here's a simple version of the magnificent gothic Westminster Abbey for younger children to colour.
Here's a colouring page of Windsor Castle to print. Originally built in the 11th Century it has been used as a royal palace since the reign of Henry I.
Windsor Castle is the royal residence where Queen Elizabeth II used to spend her weekends. Here's a "cut and complete" colouring picture for cutting, sticking and colouring fun. Cut out the missing squares, glue them in the correct places, and then colour in Windsor Castle.
Don't forget that, in addition to the resources below, we have lots more activities for you to explore here:
United Kingdom Flag Printables
You can learn a little about many of the countries in the Commonwealth as well as download flags and flag colouring pages for all the countries, and maps and worksheets for many.
The Queen loves horses!