Princess Coloring Pages

A row of swans runs down one skirt, little dragons climb another, and a third gown carries the sun on one side and the moon on the other. Nothing in these free-to-print princess coloring pages matters more than the dress: each gown is cut into separate shapes, so a child decides what every fold is made of.

The princesses and their gowns, by kind:

• Ball gowns with a tiara or a crown, some plain, some patterned with swans, dragons, stars or the sun and moon.
• Princesses with something in hand: a rose, a high-heeled shoe, a crystal ball, a clock among gears.
• Snow princesses, one in a crystal gown with a snowflake wand.
• Mermaid princesses, one crowned among the stars, one holding a scallop shell.
• Adventurers: an archer in a flower crown, a princess in a space dress among the planets.
• Traditional Chinese dress, with fans and a phoenix headdress hung with beads, and a genie lifting a lit lamp.

Princess dress coloring pages to design yourself

A princess dress page is at its best when the child gets to invent the gown, and these sheets leave room for it. The skirt, the underskirt, the bodice, the sash and the trim are separate closed shapes, so a child can make one silk, one lace and one velvet without a single line to add.

The patterned gowns turn into small puzzles. Does each swan get the same color, or does the row fade from white to blue? Do the dragons on the dress match the crown? On the sun and moon gown, one half can be warm yellow and orange, the other deep blue and silver.

Making a gown look like silk

1. Choose one main color for the skirt and a lighter shade of it for the underskirt.
2. Leave a pale stripe down the middle of each fold.
3. Darken the fold edges with a second layer.
4. Color the pattern last, in a color that stands out from the dress.

A gold or yellow crown with one or two red or blue jewels finishes the page. Kids who like drawing their own outfits often move on to the Barbie coloring pages, where Barbie wears a ruffled princess gown in a castle garden.

Disney princess colors on an original princess

The princesses in this collection are original characters, drawn in one shared style for this site. Many children still want a Disney princess, and several sheets come close enough to dress the part with the right palette:

• Cinderella: the princess holding out a high-heeled shoe. A pale silvery blue gown and blond hair pinned up.
• Belle: the princess holding a rose. A golden yellow ball gown and brown hair.
• Ariel: either mermaid. A green tail, bright red hair and a purple shell top.
• Merida: the archer with her bow. Wild curly red hair and a dark green dress.
• Elsa: the snow princess with her snowflake wand. Icy pale blue and a platinum blond braid.

Coloring a princess as Jasmine

Princess Jasmine wears a teal top and matching loose trousers, with long black hair tied low down her back. Any princess in a fancy gown can switch to her colors, and the genie holding a lit lamp can go blue, like the Genie in Aladdin. Draw a tiger at her feet in pencil for her pet Rajah.

Princess Peach, Daisy and other game princesses

Game princesses have their own fans. Princess Peach, from Nintendo's Mario games, has a pink gown, blond hair and a gold crown set with jewels. She already waves beside Toad in front of her castle in the Mario coloring pages, where Rosalina holds her star wand too.

Princess Daisy wears a yellow and orange gown with shorter auburn hair. To make her, pick a princess with a simple flowing dress and color it in those warm shades.

In the My Little Pony coloring pages, Twilight Sparkle, who becomes a princess in the show, reads in a hammock and stacks books in a library.

Snow princess coloring pages for a princess Christmas

The snow princess wears a crystal gown and holds a snowflake wand, with flakes drifting around her crown. Another sheet shows a younger princess with long hair standing in the falling snow. Pale blue, lilac and silver, with plenty of white left showing, make the snow look cold.

For a princess Christmas, color one of them, glue it to folded card and write a greeting inside. Trees and stockings fill the Christmas coloring pages, while sleds and snowy scenes wait in the winter coloring pages. In the castle coloring pages, a castle made of ice with icicles on every ledge would suit the snow princess as a home.

Mermaid princess pages and princesses far from the ballroom

The mermaid princesses have long hair and scaled tails, one smiling under a crown among the stars, one holding a scallop shell with her tail curled beneath her. Color the scales in rows of two alternating greens or blues, and the tail shimmers. The ocean coloring pages carry on under the sea.

Other princesses travel further. One stands among planets in a space dress with two space guns, which leads easily to the space coloring pages. One in a Victorian dress holds a clock among gears and cogs, and another peers into a crystal ball under the stars.

The traditional Chinese dress pages show a girl with a single fan and another with two fans under a phoenix headdress. Red and gold are the classic colors for a celebration dress in China, a good choice for Lunar New Year.

Easy princess coloring pages with open skirts, detailed gowns for older kids

A few princesses stand alone in a plain gown with stars or snowflakes around them: the swan gown, the young princess in the snow, the princess with a crescent moon on her chest. Their large, open skirts suit chunky crayons, and pressing Quick to color brings them forward:

• Princess with a crescent moon bodice
• Princess in a swan gown
• Princess among falling snowflakes

The patterned gowns, the phoenix headdress, the archer among leaves and the clock with its gears suit colored pencils and a steady hand. Older kids and adults find them under Lots of detail:

• Woodland princess with a bow
• Mermaid princess with a crown
• A girl in Chinese dress with two fans

For a calmer evening of small shapes, the mandala coloring pages work at the same pace.

Princess tea party and birthday ideas

For a princess birthday, let each guest choose a princess and design her gown, then hang the finished pages along a ribbon as a royal portrait gallery. Crowns cut from yellow card complete the look.

A child who loves fairy tales usually wants the rest of the cast. The unicorn coloring pages bring a royal steed, the fairy coloring pages add wings and flower crowns, and a frog prince waits on the rim of a stone well in the frog coloring pages. A princess cat sits on a pillow in her crown among the cat coloring pages, and the ballerina coloring pages bring more tutus and twirls. A cake page from the happy birthday coloring pages finishes the party table.

A princess party stack, ready to print

The gowns take up most of each page, so a whole stack prints with very little ink. The free PDFs are drawn at 300 dpi for A4, where they print at 100 percent; a Letter printer set to fit to page keeps the tip of every crown on the paper. Add to pack puts one princess per guest into a single file, and a short guide to printing shows where the settings hide.