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24 Monkey Coloring Pages (Free PDF Downloads)

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If your kid likes animals that look busy, curious, and a little mischievous, this is a good stack to reach for. The first pages keep things broad and friendly, like the capuchin with bananas, the macaque by a stream, and the squirrel monkey mid swing. Those have big shapes and clear spaces, so a little hand with a few crayons can settle right in.

Then the set starts to feel more like a trip through different monkey habitats and moods. A baboon picking figs gives kids something familiar to color, while the langur resting on a rooftop and the mandrill on a forest path add more to look at without getting fussy. Our favorite is the howler at sunrise, which has that quiet early morning feel that older kids and adults tend to like.

These work well when you want animal pages that are lively but not wild on the page. Younger kids can start with the simplest monkeys, and older kids can spend longer on fur, trees, water, and fruit as the scenes get fuller.

Designs
24
Paper sizes
US Letter and A4
Difficulty
very easy to medium
Ages
2 to 10
Use
Free for personal, classroom, and therapy use

Compiled by Zen Vibes Editors.

How to print these pages

  1. Pick the paper size that matches what is in your printer: US Letter or A4.
  2. Open the PDF and choose Print. Set scale to 100 percent or “actual size” (not “fit to page”).
  3. Plain copy paper works for crayons and pencils. Use heavier cardstock for markers or paint.

Print at actual size on plain paper. Crayons suit the simpler monkey pages, and colored pencils work nicely on the fuller scenes with trees, water, and fruit.

Start with the monkeys doing one clear thing

For the youngest colorers, it helps that several pages show one monkey and one easy action. Eating bananas, sitting by water, standing on a stump, or swinging from a branch is simple to read at a glance. That makes this set a nice pick for a preschool table or a quick rainy afternoon choice.

Good pages for talking about where monkeys live

This set moves through streams, forest paths, bamboo, riverbanks, and rooftops, so it gives you more to talk about than fur color alone. A child can color the monkey first, then come back to the setting and decide what feels sunny, shady, wet, or leafy. It works nicely in a classroom when you're pairing animal coloring with a short lesson about habitats.

Fruit, tails, and faces make the fun parts

Monkey pages are especially good for kids who like little details they can spot fast. Bananas and figs stand out right away, and the tails, hands, and expressive faces give older kids a bit more to do. If someone usually rushes through animal pages, these often slow them down in a good way.

Ideas for using these pages

  • Match each monkey to its setting by talking through the stream, forest path, bamboo, riverbank, and rooftop before coloring.
  • Use the fruit pages to make a monkey snack theme, coloring the bananas and figs first and then adding the monkey around them.
  • After coloring, act out the monkey poses, like the squirrel monkey swing, the rooftop rest, and the bamboo climb, and see which one gets the most laughs.

Questions about this set

Which monkey pages are best for a toddler or preschooler?
Start with the capuchin with bananas, the macaque by stream, or the tamarin on stump. They have big, clear shapes and not too much happening around the monkey.
Are these monkey pages scary or too intense?
No, this set stays friendly and calm. Even the mandrill and howler scenes feel more like animal watching than anything fierce.
Which pages keep older kids busy a little longer?
Try the howler at sunrise, the mandrill forest path, or the mangabey riverbank. Those scenes give them more background to color, along with extra details in the fur, plants, and ground.

Usage: All designs in this set are original Zen Vibes drawings. Free for personal, classroom, and therapy use. Full terms of use.