Beautiful Butterfly Coloring Pages to Download and Print

These butterfly coloring pages will keep kids coloring happily this summer.  Fill your fridge door with a rainbow of beautiful colors! You’ll find some simple butterfly drawings and some detailed zentangle butterflies for teens and adults too. These easy butterfly coloring pages are all free printable pdf files.

Monarch Butterfly Coloring Page

Do you know someone who loves butterflies? With their brilliant orange and black wings, monarch butterflies are probably the most iconic of these beautiful insects. Their colors are more than decoration. The bright orange surrounded by black, almost creating a stained glass effect, is meant to warn birds and other animals that it’s toxic to eat.

Did you know that the colors in a butterfly’s wings are mostly caused by melanin, the same thing that creates our own skin tones, tans, and freckles? Their wing patterns are almost always symmetrical, except for small differences from side to side – kind of like us!

Supplies for butterfly coloring pages

• White printer paper
• Non-toxic crayons for toddlers, or…
• Your favorite way to color: crayons, colored pencils, thin markers, tempura paint, watercolors…
• Optional: You may want scissors or safety scissors for kids and glue sticks, glue dots or my favorite glue gun if you’re using these coloring pages for a craft project
• Home printer

Ready to color your monarch butterfly? Grab your most vivid orange and go! We like to experiment with contrast. Next, pick your background colors. A light blue makes a great sky color, and yellow or red flowers really pop. Or try a yellow background and purple flowers!

You might color the background first. Then add your orange and other bright colors in later. This can help prevent smudges if you’re using soft crayons or pastels. But if you’re really ambitious, try printing this on a heavier-weight paper and using watercolors!

More Free Printable Butterfly Coloring Pages

One of the most fun parts of coloring with a butterfly drawing outline is that everyone makes a picture of their own. In the end, the choice is up to you!

This butterfly drawing for kids is a simple coloring sheet perfect for preschoolers. The simple design will help them work on their fine motor skills.

Download —> Simple Flowers and Cute Butterfly Coloring Pages

Download —> Zentangle butterfly

Download –> Butterflies Coloring Sheet

Download –> Butterfly Coloring Sheet

Download —> Flower Butterfly Coloring Page

Coloring Pages Are Fun!

Are you looking for more free printable coloring pages for kids? We have so many coloring sheets for small children and older kids and even adults.

Make coloring time a family affair! Are your kids are looking for more fancy, detailed, or difficult pages to work on? We have a whole collection of amazing coloring pages for teenagers. These full-size outlines are sure to challenge your older kids and result in gorgeous art.

Finally, don’t forget to download a free pdf coloring sheet for yourself! Mandala coloring pages are great stress relief and a method of relaxation for all ages. I especially love coloring flowers. Kids love coloring these unicorn coloring pages.

Butterfly Crafts

Butterflies make a great crafting theme. Try these crafts:

• Learn How to Draw a Butterfly
• Butterfly Outlines – a perfect template for so many crafts!
• No-Sew Butterfly Costume – Let kids color the wings! Great DIY project.
• Paper Towel Butterflies – Beautiful!
• Butterfly Stuffie – great combo:  kid’s artwork, and beginning sewing project
• Butterfly suckers – YUM!
• Batik – butterflies are the  perfect motif for this technique
• Fingerpaint Butterflies