Do your kids love to draw and color? The best drawing and coloring books for kids will appeal to children of various ages and drawing skills. Whether your kids color to soothe their anxiety or they’re big-time artists and cartoonists in the making, there’s something for them on this list.
Best Drawing and Coloring Books for Kids
We’ve selected these 15 picks based on their paper quality (no one wants ripping sheets while kids color), kid appeal (think popular carton franchises) and of course, age requirements (including recs from toddler ages to tweens and up).
Here are 15 of the best drawing and coloring books for kids:
How to Draw 101 Animals
5 years and up
This cute drawing book details easy step-step guides for drawing just about any kind of animal your kid may want to attempt. Even young preschoolers will find this fun to use. Here’s what the pages look like on the inside.
How to Draw Book for Kids
5 years and up
If your kids aren’t into drawing animals, they may enjoy this drawing book for drawing “cute and silly” things like fairies, outer space, and yummy food. This book has 118 thick pages with large detailed drawings and anyone can use it! The manufacturer says it’s perfect for kids in K-8th.
Here’s a look at the inside:
How to Draw Cute Stuff
6 years and up
This drawing book for kids teaches how to draw people, animals, and things—and make it CUTE. All they have to do is follow the simple step-by-step how-to sequences. It uses Japanese kawaii, which emphasizes simple, rounded shapes; faces with large eyes and sweet expressions; and personifying inanimate objects. This one is recommended for kids ages 6 and up.
Here’s a sample page:
Learn to Draw Your Favorite Disney/Pixar Characters
6 – 8 years
Along the way, professional Disney artists share helpful tips and tricks for bringing the characters to life. Do your kids want to learn to draw characters like Woody, Buzz,Nemo, Dory, Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Joy and Sadness? Then this is the best drawing book for them! Professional Disney artists share tips to help them improve their skills and they get step by step guidance for drawing every character.
7 – 12 years
This drawing book is perfect for tweens who want to learn to draw or practice basic drawing skills. There are 42 art projects and the book itself has perforated easy-to-remove pages that are made from premium paper.
Here’s a sample page:
Toddler Coloring Book
1-4 years
Want to get your toddler ready for preschool? Get them coloring everything from the alphabet to numbers 1-10. Books like these help to improve recognition and fine motor skills, while letting them make the mess their heart desires. The paper is crisp white for a more pleasurable experience.
My Best Toddler Coloring Book
1-5 years
This toddler coloring book is perfect for any kids who want to combine their love for art with learning. Whether they’re aged 1-5 or over 5 years, they’ll enjoy coloring the shapes, numbers, letters, and objects in this book.
My First Big Book of Coloring
3 – 5 years
This coloring book is called BIG for a reason! It features jumbo images that younger kids will enjoy coloring. Here’s a sample page:
Unicorn Coloring Book
4 – 8 years
This coloring book will appeal to unicorn lovers of preschool and elementary ages. It includes 50 pages of drawings ready to be colored by your little Picasso. The A4 size makes it perfect for those little grabby hands.
Dinosaur Coloring Book
4 – 8 years
A coloring book for dinosaur obsessed kids, this one has 33 unique drawings — single-sided to prevent color bleed-through. This book shows a variety of dinos in their natural habitat for kids who can’t get enough of the prehistoric creatures.
4 – 8 years
Let your kids have an outer space experience with this space-themed coloring book. The thick bright white pages feature planets, astronauts, spaceships, aliens, meteors, rockets, sun, moon, and stars.Â
Super Mario Activity Book for Kids
5 – 7 years
Super Mario fans will be thrilled by this coloring book with mazes, puzzles, sudoku and more. Older kids will find this to be more than just a coloring book.
Playful Patterns Coloring Book
6 – 12 years
If your tween deals with anxiety, they may benefit from this mindfulness coloring book with soothing patterns that keep their hands and minds occupied. There are over 60 durable pages included in this one.
A Million Dogs: Fabulous Canines to Color
6 – 12 years
Dog lovers will squeal at this coloring book filled with countless dog breads all waiting to be colored. This is a delightful coloring experience that will keep even older tweens occupied.
Art of Coloring: Moana: 100 Images to Inspire Creativity
6 – 12 years
If your child is a fan of Moana and enjoys coloring as a past time, this is the perfect coloring book for them! With over 120 pages of portraits and landscape images to color, they’ll be set for a fun, cozy afternoon of coloring.
There they are: 15 of the best drawing and coloring books for kids of all ages! Do you enjoy using coloring books? Do you have any favorite drawing or coloring books? I’d love to hear! If your kids love arts and crafts, they may enjoy meeting the kids in these middle grade books about arts, crafting, and photography.
Who didn’t love these sorts of books when we were kids? Even today, as an adult, I love to colour, especially with my grandkids! Thanks for some great suggestions. These look like super gifts to me!