Dinosaur Coloring Pages
Dinosaur coloring pages cover T. rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Velociraptor and Spinosaurus, plus baby dinosaurs, eggs, fossils, flying and sea reptiles and the woolly mammoth. Very simple pages suit toddlers, and detailed ones suit young experts.
Pages to start with
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Baby dinosaur face
Very simple
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Baby dinosaur with a heart
Very simple
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Sitting baby dinosaur
Very simple
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Baby dinosaur mom and baby
Easy
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Baby dinosaur on a snowy day
Easy
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Baby dinosaur reading a book
Easy
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Baby dinosaur with a crown
Easy
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Halloween baby dinosaur
Easy
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Baby dinosaur by a volcano
Medium
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Baby dinosaur in the jungle
Medium
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Baby dinosaur mandala
Detailed
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Patterned baby dinosaur with tropical leaves
Detailed
Dinosaur fans often know the long names better than adults do, so let them teach you. Talk about plant eaters and meat eaters, horns, plates and spikes, and what fossils tell us. Nobody knows the real colors of most dinosaurs, so kids can choose freely. Pterodactyls, Mosasaurus and Plesiosaurus lived at the same time but were not dinosaurs, a fact kids love to share. Mammoths came much later.
Baby dinosaur and egg pages suit toddlers who find big teeth too much. For a fossil page, use brown and tan crayons, then rub a sandy color over the background so the bones look buried in rock.
Fun facts to share while you color
- Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, long before there were any people.
- Birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, and many scientists say birds are dinosaurs.
- Pterosaurs flew in the sky while dinosaurs walked the land, but pterosaurs were not dinosaurs.
- Woolly mammoths lived long after the dinosaurs, and early people saw them.
- Scientists learn about dinosaurs from fossils, such as bones, teeth, footprints and eggs.
Ways to use these dinosaur pages
- Sort colored dinosaurs into plant eaters and meat eaters, then line them up from smallest to biggest.
- Bury cut-out dinosaurs in a sandbox and let kids dig them up with brushes like real fossil hunters.
- Color a baby dinosaur, cut it out and hide it inside a paper egg that kids crack open.
- Have kids invent a new dinosaur, give it a name and color it the way they picture it.
Questions parents and teachers ask
Is a T. rex page too scary for a toddler?
Very simple T. rex pages have round shapes and friendly faces that most toddlers enjoy. If big teeth worry a child, start with baby dinosaurs, eggs or a gentle long-necked Brachiosaurus.
What color were dinosaurs really?
For most dinosaurs, nobody knows. Skin color rarely survives in fossils, though scientists have found clues for a few small feathered dinosaurs, so kids can pick any colors they like.
Is a Pterodactyl a dinosaur?
No. Pterodactyls were flying reptiles called pterosaurs that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Mosasaurus and Plesiosaurus were sea reptiles, and they were not dinosaurs either.