Penguin Coloring Pages
Penguin coloring pages offer waddling, black-and-white seabirds that even toddlers can color with two crayons. Easy versions suit young children, and detailed ones give older kids feathers and markings to work on.
Very simple penguin coloring pages ages 2-4
Easy penguin coloring pages ages 3-6
Medium penguin coloring pages ages 6-10
Detailed penguin coloring pages ages 10+ and adults
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Kids are often surprised that penguins are birds that cannot fly. Talk about how their wings work like flippers for swimming. Many people picture penguins next to polar bears, but wild penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, many in and around Antarctica. Most penguins are black and white, and emperor and king penguins have yellow and orange patches on the head and neck.
Penguins make a good first page for very young children: black for the back, white for the belly and orange for the feet and beak. Older kids can add a blue sea and gray ice behind them.
Fun facts to share while you color
- Penguins are birds, but they cannot fly. Their wings work like flippers in the water.
- Almost all wild penguins live in the southern half of the world, not near the North Pole.
- The emperor penguin is the largest kind of penguin.
- Emperor penguin dads keep the egg warm on their feet under a flap of belly skin.
- A penguin's black back and white belly help it hide from predators in the water.
Ways to use these penguin pages
- After coloring, kids hold a ball between their knees and waddle across the room like penguins.
- Color penguins in several sizes, cut them out and line them up from biggest to smallest.
- Find Antarctica on a globe or map and tape the colored penguin there, then find the Arctic for comparison.
- Wrap a colored penguin around a cardboard tube to make a standing penguin for a winter shelf.
Questions parents and teachers ask
Do penguins live in the Arctic?
No. Almost all wild penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, around Antarctica and on southern coasts. Polar bears live in the Arctic, so the two never meet in the wild.
What colors do I need for a penguin?
Black, white and orange or yellow cover most penguins. Emperor and king penguins have yellow and orange patches near the neck.
Why can't penguins fly?
Their wings are stiff flippers that are great for swimming fast underwater, but they cannot lift a penguin into the air.
