Koala Coloring Pages
Free printable koala coloring pages featuring cute baby koalas, sleepy koalas in eucalyptus trees, koala bear cartoons and detailed gum tree scenes.
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A koala is built out of circles. One round head, two round ears, one wide oval nose and a body shaped like a pear. That is why koala coloring pages suit small hands so well, and it is what these 15 free printables are built around, from a joey hugging a branch to a full eucalyptus scene for an adult. Every design downloads as a free PDF sized for US Letter paper, so you can print one at the kitchen table or thirty for a classroom.
The cute baby koala coloring sheets come first, because that is what most people arrive looking for. Cute Baby Koala Hugging a Tree Branch carries the heaviest outlines in the set and leaves the biggest blank areas, so a three year old can fill it without fighting the lines. Smiling Koala Face Close Up puts one grinning face across the whole sheet and has the fewest separate areas of anything here. Sleepy Koala Curled Up in a Tree Fork folds the animal into a single round shape with its eyes shut, and Cartoon Koala Sitting and Holding a Eucalyptus Leaf adds one leaf to color without adding any difficulty. Baby Koala Riding on Its Mothers Back puts a joey and its mother on the same sheet, which settles the argument when two children want the same page.
The cartoon sheets put the animal into a scene. Koala Bear Standing on a Tree Branch is the sheet people mean when they search for a koala bear coloring page for kids, drawn in side view with one long branch running underneath. Koala Climbing Up a Tree Trunk and Koala Waving From a Tree Trunk both give you a tall trunk of open bark lines to work through after the animal is finished. Koala Chewing a Eucalyptus Leaf holds one long leaf up to an open mouth, and Two Koalas Sitting Together on a Branch sits a pair side by side with clear white space between them.
Pick your greys before you start, because a koala is never one flat shade. The back and the top of the head run a cool mid grey, the chest and the chin stay almost white, and the ear tufts are the palest part of the whole animal. Lay the light tone down across everything first, then push a darker grey into the back, the outer arms and the shadow under the chin, and leave the tufts untouched. The nose is the one place to go dark, since a real koala nose is almost black leather. Southern koalas grow shaggier and browner than the sleek northern ones, so a warm brown coat is not a mistake if a child reaches for it. On the cartoon sheets you can throw all of that out and color the animal purple. It still works.
Five printable koala coloring pages step up in difficulty and drop the cartoon proportions. Realistic Koala Resting in a Eucalyptus Tree and Koala Peering Around a Tree Trunk hold dozens of separate leaf and bark shapes each and reward a fine tipped pen. Patterned Koala With Australian Wildflowers fills the body with open circles, rings and wide spirals, Koala With a Eucalyptus Leaf Border frames a plain koala inside a repeating leaf and gum nut border, and Koala Mandala With Eucalyptus Leaves rings a single face with turning leaves for the adult at the table.
More printable animal line art in the same style: Sloths, Pandas and Monkeys.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a koala actually a bear?
No, and this is the fact children like best. A koala is a marsupial, so it carries its newborn in a pouch the way a kangaroo does, and its closest living relative is the wombat rather than any bear. The name koala bear stuck because early European settlers thought the animal looked like a small grey bear in a tree. Nobody will correct you for searching it that way, and the sheets here are the same ones either name leads to.
What colors should I use on a koala?
Use two greys and leave a third area white. Put the darker cool grey across the back, the top of the head and the outer arms. Use a paler grey on the face, the front of the body and the legs. Leave the chest, the chin and the fluffy ear tufts as bare paper, because that contrast is what makes the ears read as fluff instead of as flat shapes. Color the nose almost black and give the eyes a small white dot so they stay bright.
What do koalas eat, and why is every sheet set in a tree?
Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves and very little else, working through about a pound of them a day. The leaves hold so little energy that a koala sleeps somewhere between 18 and 22 hours a day to make up the difference, which is why you almost always see one wedged in a fork of a gum tree rather than on the ground. That is also why the eucalyptus leaf turns up on so many of these pages: it is the whole animal's world.
Which koala coloring page is easiest for a preschooler?
Smiling Koala Face Close Up has the fewest areas and the thickest lines, so it suits a child from about age three. Cute Baby Koala Hugging a Tree Branch and Sleepy Koala Curled Up in a Tree Fork are the natural next steps, since both fold the animal into one compact shape. Leave the realistic sheets, the patterned koala and the mandala for age eight and up.
How do I draw a koala step by step?
Start with two circles, not with the outline. Draw a large circle for the head and a slightly larger rounded shape below it for the body, overlapping a little. Add two big circles on the sides of the head for the ears and draw a ragged fringe around their outer edges. Drop one tall oval down the middle of the face for the nose, then set two small round eyes on either side of it, level with the top of that oval. Add two short arms reaching forward, two folded legs, and a branch running under the feet. Copy the pose from Cute Baby Koala Hugging a Tree Branch while you work.
Can I print these koala coloring sheets for a whole class?
Yes. Every design downloads as a free PDF and prints on standard US Letter paper. There is no account, no watermark and no limit on copies, so a classroom set, a library group or an Australia themed party all work.