Animal coloring pages

Good animal coloring pages contain a fantastic variety of animals, all with good printable quality.

Young children love animals; they find them fascinating and funny - as well as fearsome!

There's such a lot to learn about, too.

Big teeth, huge eyes, wagging tails, flapping fins and wings - these animal pages are a great way to help your kids learn about the wonderful world of wildlife.

You could keep your child's animal coloring pages in a themed scrapbook - add cutouts from magazines, leaflets from the zoo, animal word lists... use your imagination and you can end up with a great resource you can use again and again.

Animal coloring pages from around the web

Up to Ten Coloring
Pages of coloring activities here - find a buzzy bee, a baby bear, a cuddly kitten and many more.

Up to Ten's printables are very good quality, and just right for small children. If you haven't visited their site before, you won't be disappointed - there are over 1000 free games on the site covering a variety of topics, not just the coloring. Enjoy!

Farm animal coloring pages - Enchanted Learning
Enchated Learning's extensive coloring activities include this interesting selection of farm animals to color - a border collie, a chicken, a cow - or just a duck!

There are printable activity books to print out, as well as farm animal activities in other languages. The rest of the site is packed with yet more coloring. Have fun!

Big Barn Farm from CBeebies
If your child loves farmyards, why not let them color in Dash the donkey, Petal the piglet, Gobo the goat, and Digger the Labrador - as well as the big barn and the stables.

Dinosaur coloring pages
If your child is dino-crazy, how about some wonderfully original dinosaur coloring pages from Fossils Facts and Finds dot com, created to be as true to life as one can hope for! Includes Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and good ol' T-Rex!

Butterfly coloring pages
Here's a lovely selection of butterflies - color in a fluttering butterfly, a butterfly on a leaf, or even a happy butterfly! There's also a butterfly bookmark to make - what a good idea.

US Environmental Protection Agency
These animal coloring pages feature endangered animals in the United States.

My picture of an orconectes shoupi is just fine... that's a Nashville Crayfish. The big-eared bat looks quite ferocious, although the Florida manatees look a little more cuddly! All in all - an extremely interesting set of creatures.

EcoKids
Here's another great site - EcoKids, from Earth Day Canada's environmental education program.

There are great animal coloring pages including

• amphibians
• birds
• invertebrates
• mammals
• reptiles
• underwater creatures

- as well as plant printouts! There are tons of other resources on this site I'm sure you'll enjoy, too. I'll certainly be taking another look.