Dinosaur Coloring Pages

Welcome to a collection of 24 free dinosaur coloring pages from KaiaDraw. Each page is a printable PDF with a single line drawing or scene, ready for a quiet, screen-free activity at home, in a classroom, during homeschool time, or at the kitchen table with a cup of pencils nearby.

Every PDF is sized for US Letter paper, 8.5 by 11 inches, and also works on A4 when you select fit to page or shrink to fit. The drawings are cartoon-style line art rather than scientifically scaled reconstructions. That leaves room for imagination while the accompanying notes keep the names, time periods, animal groups, and key facts as accurate and clear as possible.

Choose a single animal page when you want a focused activity, or pick a scene when several people are coloring together. A child can give a Triceratops a bright frill, a homeschool family can compare a fossil track with a skeleton, and an adult can spend time layering color across the Archaeopteryx feathers or a wide prehistoric valley. The pages are designed to be useful without requiring a lesson plan, special supplies, or a trip to a copy shop.

There is also room to use the collection in small ways throughout the year. Keep a few printed pages in a folder for rainy afternoons, bring a page to a classroom table, or print only the animals that match a current book or conversation. Because each file is a separate free PDF, you can choose one page without downloading the whole collection.

For a reusable setup, keep colored pencils in a small cup and store finished pages in a flat folder. If a child is using markers, place scrap paper underneath and let the page dry before stacking it. Teachers and homeschool parents may want to print a few different difficulty levels at once, then let each child choose an animal or scene. The same black-and-white page can look completely different with crayons, pencils, or markers, so there is no need to buy a special coloring set or complicated supplies for everyday family use.

Download the combined PDF book with all 24 free dinosaur coloring pages and print the pages you want at home.

All 24 dinosaur coloring pages

Tyrannosaurus RexFree PDF pageTriceratopsFree PDF pageStegosaurusFree PDF pageBrachiosaurusFree PDF pageVelociraptorFree PDF pageSpinosaurusFree PDF pageAnkylosaurusFree PDF pageParasaurolophusFree PDF pagePteranodonFree PDF pageDiplodocusFree PDF pageIguanodonFree PDF pageGallimimusFree PDF pageAllosaurusFree PDF pageArchaeopteryxFree PDF pageMosasaurusFree PDF pagePlesiosaurusFree PDF pageCarnotaurusFree PDF pageTherizinosaurusFree PDF pagePachycephalosaurusFree PDF pageDilophosaurusFree PDF pageMaiasaura NestFree PDF pageT. rex FossilFree PDF pageDinosaur Valley SceneFree PDF pageDinosaur FootprintsFree PDF page

What’s in the dinosaur collection

Meat-eaters

These pages feature theropods with sharp teeth, unusual crests, feathers, or distinctive hunting anatomy. They make lively choices for children who want action, but each page also leaves room to talk about what scientists actually know.

• Tyrannosaurus Rex Coloring Page
• Velociraptor Coloring Page with Feathers
• Spinosaurus Fishing Coloring Page
• Allosaurus Coloring Page
• Carnotaurus Coloring Page with Horns
• Dilophosaurus Coloring Page with Twin Crests

Plant-eaters and feathered oddities

Plant-eating dinosaurs bring plates, horns, armor, crests, domes, and long necks to the collection. Therizinosaurus and Archaeopteryx are included here as reminders that dinosaur bodies came in many forms, including feathered ones.

• Triceratops Coloring Page
• Stegosaurus Coloring Page with Spiked Tail
• Brachiosaurus Coloring Page
• Ankylosaurus Coloring Page with Club Tail
• Parasaurolophus Coloring Page
• Diplodocus Coloring Page
• Iguanodon Coloring Page
• Gallimimus Coloring Page
• Therizinosaurus Coloring Page
• Pachycephalosaurus Coloring Page
• Archaeopteryx Coloring Page

Flyers and sea reptiles

Pteranodon, Mosasaurus, and Plesiosaurus lived alongside dinosaurs, but they were not dinosaurs. Pteranodon was a pterosaur, or flying reptile. Mosasaurus was a marine lizard, and Plesiosaurus was an aquatic reptile with four flippers.

• Pteranodon Flying Coloring Page
• Mosasaurus Underwater Coloring Page
• Plesiosaurus Coloring Page

Fossil and scene pages

Some pages focus on the traces dinosaurs left behind or on an imaginative setting. A fossil skeleton, a nest, a valley, and a track pattern can make a nice change from a single-animal portrait.

• Maiasaura Nest Coloring Page
• T-Rex Fossil Coloring Page
• Dinosaur Valley Scene Coloring Page
• Dinosaur Footprints Coloring Page

How to print these pages

1. Open the page you want and download its PDF from the download button.
2. In your printer dialog, choose US Letter paper and print at 100% scale. Avoid borderless enlargement if the outline needs to stay on the page.
3. Plain paper from 65-90 lb or 90-160 gsm works well for crayons and colored pencils.
4. Select black and white when you want a traditional coloring-page printout.
5. For A4 paper, choose fit to page or shrink to fit so the full drawing stays within the printable area.
6. Use cardstock when coloring with markers, and place a spare sheet beneath the page to catch bleed-through.

Choosing a page by age

There is no single right age for a coloring page. A child who loves dinosaurs may enjoy a detailed fossil page, while an adult may prefer broad, friendly outlines. Use the table as a starting point, then follow the interests of the person holding the pencil.

For ages 3-5, start with thick, simple outlines and only a few background elements. Ages 7-10 may enjoy crests, feathers, tracks, and fossil details, while adults often prefer the denser pages where color, pattern, and shading can carry the scene.

A note on dinosaur names and facts

The fact notes on these pages use the current fossil evidence as a guide, while keeping the language readable for families. Dinosaurs lived across different periods and places, so they did not all share the same landscape or moment in time. Some pages intentionally bring animals together for an imaginative scene; that is different from claiming they lived together.

Birds are living avian dinosaurs, and many non-avian dinosaurs had feathers or feather-like coverings. Pterosaurs, mosasaurs, and plesiosaurs are not dinosaurs, even though they lived alongside dinosaurs. Geological ages, lengths, weights, diets, and behavior are often approximate because fossils are incomplete and interpretations change as new specimens are studied.

Who makes these pages

Kaia is a professional painter living in Sonoita, in southern Arizona. She became a mother in 2020 and began making coloring pages for her own child before publishing them for other families. Kaia works alone, and the collection reflects one artist’s interest in making useful, welcoming pages for parents, homeschool families, teachers, and adult hobbyists.

Kaia prints and checks the pages on her own home printer before publishing them. Read more on the about page, see the note on how the coloring pages are made, and review the editorial policy for the site’s approach to accuracy and updates.

Free for home, classroom and homeschool use

All pages in this collection are free for personal, classroom, and homeschool use, with no signup and no email required. They are not for resale or redistribution; please read the disclaimer for the full terms.

Common questions about the dinosaur collection