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15 Free Printable Easy Animal Color by Number Pages

March 18, 2021 by Natasha Leave a Comment

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These free printable animal color by number pages are fun and educational for kids! Your child will love practicing their numbers and color sight words as they color these cute animal color by number pages.

These coloring sheets can be used for anytime fun or as part of a homeschool lesson plan.

Most of the color by number pages have numbers 1-5. A few have 1-6 and the some have numbers 1-4. The penguin is the easiest with only numbers 1-3. Animals include popular favorites like a dog, cat, lion, zebra, monkey, and raccoon. Just for fun, the final “animal” is a color by number unicorn! I hope your little learner enjoys.

A preview of seven printable color by number animal pages for children. Easy color by number animals include: cat, zebra, panda, unicorn, bear, fox, and lion. The pages are on a light blue background with colorful children's markers.

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How to print and use color by number coloring pages

Using these coloring pages is pretty straightforward – print them off and hand them over to your child. Here are some tips to make the most of your coloring pages and your time:

Some of the pages have dark and light versions of a color listed. Encourage your child to experiment with applying pressure with their crayon or pencil to change the color instead of buying the gazillion colors box of crayons.

I recommend printing the coloring pages on 32 lb bright white paper for the best coloring experience. Remember those yellow, rough coloring pages in coloring books as a child? They’re not that fun to color on. This 32 lb paper is smooth and bright for vibrant colors and easy coloring.

Another bonus is that the thicker paper doesn’t bleed through as quickly so markers are less likely to stain your table (again).

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Our favorite markers for children’s coloring are Crayola Supertips.  They’re affordable and fun for both adults and children. They’re pretty washable, available in a wide variety of colors, and can color large or small areas.

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My daughter’s favorite crayons are Honeysticks natural beeswax crayons. The colors palette is fairly limited, but the colors are rich and creamy. She used to always complain about not being able to see most of the colors from her major name brand crayon set. She never complains of not being able to see what she colors with Honeysticks.

These crayons have the added benefit of being pure beeswax and made in New Zealand with food grade pigments, which means they’re safe for little mouths that can’t always resist tasting their crayons.

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To save yourself time, you can laminate these pages for repeated use. We love Stabilo Woody 3 in 1 pencils. They’re basically a large wax crayon in a wooden pencil format. They can color on laminated pages, which means you can make reusable coloring pages. What a time saver! Just print and laminate them once for endless coloring fun. (The image below is from these free printable dinosaur coloring pages. Click over to that post to see a video of these pencils in action on a laminated page.)

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Stabilo Woody pencils are remarkably good at coloring on laminated pages with rich, vibrant colors. Reusable coloring pages are amazing – just wipe them down with a very lightly damp towel and the pencil comes right off. No more printing favorite pages a zillion times.

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Easy animal color by number download area

First, the boring but important part. These coloring pages are licensed for personal and single classroom use. This includes use with Scouts groups, library activities, therapy clients, etc. as long as you are personally organizing the activity.

You are not licensed to redistribute the files or printouts to others for their own personal or classroom use. Please refer your friends and coworkers to this page so they can download their own copies. Thank you!

Because children frequently want exactly the animal they want to color and nothing else will do, individual download links are located below each page preview. The link should open in a new tab/window and start downloading automatically. You may need to authorize downloads from Dropbox if a box appears asking for permission.

If your child loves coloring, save time by snagging the whole pack of 15 easy animal color by number pages in one easy PDF for the very low price of $1.29. (Keep scrolling a tiny bit more for the individual freebie links.)

An easy bear color by number page for children with numbers 1-4 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Bear color by number

An easy raccoon color by number page for children with numbers 1-5 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Beaver color by number

An easy bunny color by number page for children with numbers 1-4 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Bunny color by number

An easy cat color by number page for children with numbers 1-5 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Cat color by number

An easy deer color by number page for children with numbers 1-5 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Deer color by number

An easy dog color by number page for children with numbers 1-5 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Dog color by number

An easy elephant color by number page for children with numbers 1-4 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Elephant color by number

An easy lion color by number page for children with numbers 1-6 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Lion color by number

An easy monkey color by number page for children with numbers 1-5 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Monkey color by number

An easy panda color by number page for children with numbers 1-4 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Panda color by number

An easy cute penguin color by number page for children with numbers 1-3 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Penguin color by number

An easy bear color by number page for children with numbers 1-5 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Pig color by number

An easy raccoon color by number page for children with numbers 1-4 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Raccoon color by number

An easy zebra color by number page for children with numbers 1-4 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Zebra color by number

An easy unicorn color by number page for children with numbers 1-5 to color. The page is shown on a blue background with colorful children's markers.

Unicorn color by number

I hope you enjoy these animal color by number coloring pages! If you or your children enjoy coloring, be sure to grab these additional free printable coloring sheets while you’re here on The Artisan Life:

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