LOL Surprise Coloring Pages

Every LOL Surprise doll comes hidden inside a ball, wrapped in layer after layer of surprises, and the unwrapping is half the fun. These LOL Surprise coloring pages draw the little big-eyed dolls in the style of the toys, with their capsules, their outfits and their tiny pets.

The capsule is everywhere. A doll with a huge bow steps out of an open capsule in a dressing room, another sits on top of a pile of them, a capsule splits open to spill tiny shoes, hats, bottles and sunglasses, a kitten pet sits in half a capsule, and two matching dolls stand mirrored on either side of a tall capsule. A mandala of capsules, bows and hearts and a border of capsules and ruffled drapes turn it into a pattern.

Then the looks, which are the real reason to collect them. Dolls wear a unicorn onesie with a spiral horn, a tiger onesie with a curled striped tail, a kitty onesie, a bee dress with gauzy wings, a skirt of flower petals, a spotted jumpsuit on a spotlit stage, a fringed jacket with a heart-shaped bag, cloud pajamas with a sleep mask, a space suit on the moon, a mermaid tail, a ballet tutu at the barre, a snowsuit beside a little snowman, a chef's hat behind a layered cake, and a raincoat with bear ears. One has a towering beehive hairdo, one skates across a tiled floor, one rides a scooter, one sits on a skate ramp, one splashes in a puddle, one holds a lollipop in a candy garden, and one sleeps curled up in a teacup. Friends share a giant milk carton and a tea party, and a clothes rail of tiny outfits waits to be colored in any combination. The pets have pages too: a tiny pet sipping from a bottle, a puppy wearing a bow twice the size of its head, a kitten brushed by its doll.

Why the ball, and why the layers

L.O.L. Surprise! dolls were launched in 2016 by MGA Entertainment, and they became famous for the way they are sold: each one hides inside a sealed ball, and nobody knows which doll is inside until it is opened. The ball has several layers, each with a small surprise, a sticker, a secret message, a bottle, shoes, an outfit, until the doll appears last of all. Some dolls even change color in water. The idea came from the popularity of unboxing videos, where children watched other children open toys. The name stands for Lil Outrageous Littles.

The dolls are sorted into series and "clubs", and each has a short nickname linked to her look, which is why so many of them wear themed onesies and costumes like the ones on these pages.

Coloring big eyes and bold outfits

The style is simple and bold, which makes it very rewarding to color.

• Eyes: the huge eyes are the heart of the face. Leave the white highlights as bare paper, color the iris in one strong color, blue, green, violet or brown, and make the pupil darker.
• Hair: LOL dolls have hair in every color, pink, lilac, turquoise or rainbow. Color it in long strokes following the strands.
• Outfits: pick one theme and match everything to it: a bee means yellow and black, a unicorn means pastels, a tiger means orange with black stripes.
• Cheeks and lips: a little pink on the cheeks brings the face to life.
• Capsules: color them in bright bands and add a white curved streak for shine.

Mix and match from the wardrobe rail

The clothes rail of tiny outfits is a design exercise. Color each dress, skirt and pair of shorts in a different pattern, stripes, dots, checks, flowers, then decide which piece goes with which doll page. Cut the outfits out and lay them over the dolls to try combinations before gluing the favorite in place. It is how the toys themselves work: each doll arrives with a few pieces, and collectors swap them between dolls to build new looks. A child who has colored the rail once has a whole wardrobe to play with.

Tiny pets and busy scenes

The simplest pages are the pets and single dolls on a plain background, like the puppy with the bow, the pet with a bottle and the doll in the teacup. Quick to color, above the grid, begins with:

• Puppy with a giant bow
• Tiny pet with a bottle
• Asleep in a teacup

The detailed pages are packed with petals, candy and teacups. Lots of detail begins with:

• Petal skirt
• Tea party
• Lollipop doll

Make a paper surprise ball

The unwrapping game works on paper. Color a doll page and a few small pages, then cut out the doll. Fold her small and wrap her in a sheet of paper, then wrap that in another sheet with a tiny drawing or a sticker inside, and again, three or four times. Tape each layer and give the ball to a friend or a younger sibling to unwrap one layer at a time. It makes a good party game: every guest makes a ball, and the balls are swapped at the end.

Printing a collection

Every page is a free PDF drawn on A4 at 300 dpi. A4 prints at full size, and on US Letter "fit to page" makes the drawing about six percent smaller so the tallest hairdo fits. The printing guide shows where the setting is. Add to pack gathers a whole series into one file. More fashion dolls are in the Bratz coloring pages and the Barbie coloring pages, and more cute characters in the kawaii coloring pages and the bow coloring pages.