Pets and Companions
Dogs, cats, kittens, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, and pet birds: the animals kids know from home, drawn simple enough for a first coloring page and detailed enough for a rainy afternoon.
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Animals Coloring Pages
By Zen Vibes Editors · Published
Animals are the coloring pages kids ask for first, and the ones teachers reach for most, because a child can name the animal, talk about it, and check the drawing against the real thing. The collections in this category are arranged by where the animals live, so you choose a group first and then the animal you want.
Every animal collection is built the same way: two or three very simple pages with thick outlines for toddlers, a middle run of medium pages where the animal has a bed, a bowl, or a bit of garden around it, and a few full scenes at the end for older kids and adults who like to color a whole picture. Faces are friendly and simple, bodies are drawn in clear shapes, and the animals are never frightening.
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Choosing an animal page by age
Ages two to five: use the first two or three designs in any collection. They show one animal and almost nothing else, and the wide black lines hide stray marks.
Ages five to nine: the middle of each set. The animal is doing something (eating, playing, walking) in a simple setting, which gives a child a story to tell while coloring and a few more areas to fill.
Ages ten and up, and adults: the last pages in each set, where the animal sits in a full room, yard, or landscape, or is drawn with patterned fur and a decorative border. Plan on twenty to thirty minutes with colored pencils or fine markers.
Coloring animals so they look right
Fill the body with one base color first, then add spots, stripes, or patches in a darker shade of the same color. Leave a small white gap around the eyes to keep the face bright. Real coat colors are a good starting point, and a purple dog is a perfectly good ending point.