April coloring pages

Free printable April coloring pages bring spring showers, Easter eggs and Earth Day.

These free printable April coloring pages cover the whole month: April Fools' jokes, rain showers, Easter egg hunts and Earth Day. Toddlers get a smiling umbrella, a raindrop and a tulip, most with the word APRIL in outline letters to color. Kids get ducklings in puddles, a jester and a bunny with a basket. Teens and adults get a blossom tree, a rainy town and a decorated egg mandala, and seniors get bold garden scenes. There is also the story of the first Earth Day, and tips for coloring rain that looks wet.

One friendly spring shape is the easiest way in.

Easy April coloring pages for toddlers start with an umbrella, a raindrop or a tulip.

Toddler sheets hold one big smiling shape each. Start with the Umbrella, the Smiling Raindrop or the Tulip. The word APRIL sits at the top of most of them, so kids can color the letters while they learn the month.

Preschoolers can try the Easter Egg, the Spring Bunny, the Rain Boots or the Happy Earth. The April Flowers has bold tulips and daisies under big letters. After one spring shape, kids usually want a puddle to splash in.

April coloring pages for kids splash through puddles, pranks and egg hunts.

Kids love a rainy scene. In Ducks in a Puddle, four ducklings splash and flap. April Showers has a smiling cloud over an umbrella and tulips, and April Showers Bring May Flowers shows the old rhyme in one picture. The Rainbow after Rain arches over a flower garden.

April Fools' Day gets two pages. The April Fools Day jester juggles balls, and the April Fools Prank has a whoopee cushion and a jack-in-the-box. For Easter, try the Bunny with a Basket or the bold Chick in an Egg. The Duckling, Frog on a Lily Pad and Bunny and Carrot are quick, cheerful picks. The Spring Garden and Spring Bouquet are the most detailed kids' pages, full of tulips and daffodils. Older colorers usually want a whole blossoming scene.

Detailed April coloring pages for teens and adults bring blossom trees and rainy streets.

The Blossom Tree spreads over a stream and a little bridge, covered in flowers. The Rainy Town Street Zentangle fills a cobbled street with patterned umbrellas and reflections. The Decorated Eggs Mandala rings a pile of eggs with tulips and tiny patterns. The Earth Day Globe Zentangle surrounds the Earth with birds, animals and flowers.

Some of the richest pages have people in them. In the Egg Hunt, three kids search a garden with baskets. The Kite on a Breezy Day flies over a lake, and the Frog with an Umbrella shelters under a leaf. Walk in the Rain and Spring Baby Animals are lighter teen pages. For a cozy mood, try Easter Baking, the Garden Shed or the Spring Porch. Quick bold pages include the Flower Umbrella, Snail in the Rain and Garden Boots. Garden scenes with clear shapes are also a good fit for older colorers.

April coloring pages for seniors show gardens, nests and kites in bold lines.

The Earth Day Tree Planting shows three kids planting and watering a young tree. The Spring Nest has a parent bird feeding three hungry chicks. The Garden Helpers water flowers along a path, and Flying a Kite shows a girl running with her kite.

Planting a tree and watching a nest are springtime memories many people share. One of these pages also marks a day with a real history.

How did Earth Day begin?

The first Earth Day was held in April 1970. The US Environmental Protection Agency tells the story on its history pages. Senator Gaylord Nelson created the day to put pollution on the national agenda, and twenty million Americans took part in cities across the country. By December 1970, Congress had authorized the EPA itself.

Four sheets fit an Earth Day lesson. Color the Happy Earth for the youngest, the Recycling Helpers sorting cans and paper, the Earth Day Tree Planting and the detailed Earth Day Globe Zentangle. Earth Day falls in the rainy heart of spring, and rain is fun to color well.

How do you color April rain so it looks wet?

Color raindrops in light blue, and leave a small white spot near the top of each one. The white spot looks like light shining through water. On the Smiling Raindrop and Snail in the Rain, try two blues, a pale one inside and a darker one near the edge.

Puddles work the same way. Color them in soft blues and grays, then add a few white lines for ripples. On the Rainy Town Street Zentangle, repeat each umbrella color in the wet street below it as a reflection. Once the rain is done, the pages are ready for an April project.

April coloring pages become Easter crafts, tree charts and rainy-day games.

Colored eggs from the Easter Egg sheet can hang on a spring branch in a vase. Print them on cardstock so they hold their shape. On a rainy afternoon, the Ducks in a Puddle sheet pairs well with a walk in rain boots.

For Earth Day, kids can color a tree, then plant a real seed and watch it grow. If trees are a favorite, our tree coloring pages have many more. When April ends, our May coloring pages bring the flowers the showers were for.

From a smiling raindrop to a blossom tree, these free printable April coloring pages carry you from April Fools' Day to Earth Day. Pick an easy shape or a detailed scene, and give every raindrop a spot of light.