Koala Coloring Pages

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 50 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 some of the heaviest outlines in the set and leaves wide 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 keeps the separate areas down to a handful. 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. Mother Koala Carrying Her Joey 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 its muzzle, and Two Koalas Sitting Together on a Branch sits a pair side by side with clear white space between them. Koala Peering Around a Tree Trunk leans one large face out from behind a plain trunk, and the trunk carries only a few long bark lines, so it colors faster than it looks.

The dressed up koalas sit square to the viewer and each get one thing to hold or wear, so the body stays simple and the detail collects in a single place. Koala Wearing a Bow Tie sets one bow at the neck of an otherwise plain animal. Koala Wearing Round Glasses rests two large round frames across the face, which leaves the eyes a lot of room to work in. Koala Wearing a Flower Crown lays a band of open blooms across the brow and turns every petal into its own small shape. Koala Holding a Slice of Watermelon adds a rind and a row of seeds to break up, and Koala Reading an Open Book holds an open book against both paws with the pages left blank.

Twelve sheets give the koala something to hold in both paws, which keeps the body plain and gathers the detail into one object. Koala Holding a Small Suitcase and Koala Holding a Lunch Box each arch one handle over a blank panel you can label. Koala Hugging a Square Cushion leaves a wide empty cushion face for a repeating pattern, and Koala Holding a Beach Ball draws its ball without panels so a child can divide it however they like. Koala Holding a Big Round Cookie carries four chips and one bite out of the rim. Koala Holding a Honey Pot and Koala Holding a Flower Pot both open at the rim, so the inside takes a different shade from the outer wall. Koala Holding a Toy Drum laces zigzag cords between a hoop at the top and another at the base, and Koala Holding a Wrapped Gift Box ties a looped bow over the top of the parcel. Koala Holding a Big Heart presses one broad heart against the chest and leaves the whole of it open, so the biggest shape on that sheet is also the one nobody has decided for you. The two busiest are Koala Holding a Basket of Eucalyptus Leaves, whose basket is drawn as a full lattice weave, and Koala Holding a Pineapple, which packs the whole fruit with a diamond grid.

Eighteen more sheets dress the koala instead. The hats sit between the ears, which is the one spot on a koala that a hat can take without fighting the fur. Koala Wearing a Chef Hat puffs one smooth dome above a banded base and keeps every area large, Koala Wearing a Party Hat runs diagonal stripes up a cone to a pompom, Koala Wearing a Knitted Winter Hat ribs the whole dome into narrow panels, and Koala Wearing a Nightcap flops its point and pompom off to one side. Koala Wearing a Baseball Cap and Koala Wearing a Graduation Cap take team colors and a tassel, while Koala Wearing a Wide Sun Hat sweeps a straw brim across the front of both ears. Koala Wearing a Crown sets three ball tipped points on a jeweled band. Koala Wearing a Top Hat stands one tall crown above a wide curved brim and leaves both parts plain, Koala Wearing a Pirate Hat lifts its brim into a point at each side and outlines a bone emblem across the front rather than filling it in, and Koala Wearing a Cowboy Hat creases its crown into two soft peaks over a plain band, and leaves the brim as one wide unbroken shape. It prints in paler ink than the sheets around it, so reach for pencils rather than crayons on this one. On the face, Koala Wearing Heart Shaped Glasses and Koala Wearing Square Glasses frame the eyes in two different shapes. At the neck, Koala Wearing a Scarf leaves its wool completely plain for a stripe of your own, Koala Wearing a Necktie drops one blank tie down the chest, Koala Wearing a Bandana spreads a wide triangle of cloth, Koala Wearing a Medal on a Ribbon centers a star inside a hanging disc, and Koala Wearing a Collar With a Tag adds a square name plate under the strap.

Pick your grays before you start, because a koala is never one flat shade. The back and the top of the head run a cool mid gray, 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 gray 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.

Four printable koala coloring pages step up in difficulty and drop the cartoon proportions. Realistic Koala Resting in a Eucalyptus Tree holds dozens of separate leaf and bark shapes and rewards 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.