14 Snowman Coloring Pages (Free Printable PDFs)

Snowman coloring pages, easiest first

• Ages 2 to 5: The easy snowman has two round snowballs, a bobble hat and a long scarf. That is nearly the whole picture.
• Ages 3 to 6: Move on to the classic snowman in a top hat, with a patterned scarf and a small bird on the fence. The snowman face is great here too, since one huge grin fills the sheet.
• Ages 5 to 10: The snowman with a bird and the snowman and penguin add scenes and small parts.
• Ages 6 to 12: Try the snowman at night or the snow globe. The forest page sits at the top of this group, with tall pines and three animals to find.
• Ages 8 and up: The mandala takes the longest, and teens may like it best.

What each snowman is up to

No two snowmen here do the same thing. One bends over a telescope in his nightcap and points it at the moon, long after bedtime. Another races downhill past a sign that says SLOW! while his hat blows away. The forest snowman has packed a backpack and a walking stick for a hike, and a fox, a rabbit and an owl are watching him go.

Friends and family fill the gentler pages. The penguin shares one very long scarf with his snowman pal while the penguin fishes through the ice. A red bird lands on a stick hand on the bird page, and two yellow chicks call from a nest on top of a straw hat. The family page has five members, and even the snow puppy gets floppy ears.

Kids who like a joke will want the melting snowman. His nose hangs down, his hat slides sideways, and a sign says Back Next Winter while the sun looks on in sunglasses. Our kawaii snowman is all cute, with a hat that has bear ears and a mug of cocoa. And on the building a snowman page, a kid in a zigzag sweater is still adding the last touches.

How to color something white

Here is the odd thing about snowmen. The main character is white, and so is the paper. Most kids reach for the white crayon and find that it does nothing. Leave the body alone and color around it instead. A pale blue sky makes the snowman jump off the page right away.

Shade adds the rest. Take a light blue or a soft gray crayon and go along one side of each snowball, then fade out toward the middle. Your snowman now looks round, not flat. Add a thin line of the same color under the hat and under the scarf, where a shadow would fall.

Save your strongest colors for the small things. A carrot nose in bright orange, a red scarf and coal in dark gray will pop against all that white. Try gray for the coal rather than solid black, so the small marks in the drawing do not vanish. Scarves are where kids can play. The scarf on the classic page has a heart panel, stripes and a fringe, so three or four colors look great.

Skies and snow that look cold

Snow is not one color. Try light lavender in the dips of a snow bank and pale blue along its edge. Leave the top bare, as if the sun is on it.

The night page changes the rules. Fill the sky with dark blue and color carefully around the stars and the moon, then add yellow to the village windows and the lantern. For the snow globe, keep the glass pale and put the strong color on the chunky mittens that hold it.

Here is a trick for rainy days. Draw snowflakes on a page with a white crayon, pressing hard, then brush thin blue watercolor over the sky. The wax pushes the paint away and the snowflakes appear. Use thicker paper for this if you have it.

A hat for every snowman

Line up this set and you will notice the hats. Nearly every snowman here dresses up. There is a bobble hat on the easy page and a top hat on the classic. The family has a bowler, a wide brim and a baby bonnet. The forest hiker wears fur, the night watcher has a long nightcap, and the snow globe figure has an elf hat. The kawaii one even has bear ears.

That makes a fine sorting game for a young class. Cut out the hats and sort them into warm hats, fancy hats and silly hats. Then ask each child to design a new one for the easy snowman. Try a chef hat, a crown or a bike helmet.

Make a winking mask

The snowman face fills the sheet, which makes it a good mask for a winter party. Glue the colored page onto a piece of thin card, cut around the hat and the head, then cut out one eye and tape a craft stick to the side. A grown-up should handle the eye hole. Keep the wink as it is, since it gives the mask its cheeky look. A class can put on a short snowman parade with these and a song.

Why does a snowman melt?

The melting snowman is a handy start for a small science test. Put two ice cubes on two plates. Set one in a sunny window and one in a dark corner, then check them every few minutes. Your child can guess which will win and draw what they see. Ice melts when it gets warm, and the water can freeze again if it gets cold. Ask what the snowman could do to last longer, and you will hear some creative plans, such as a big hat or a move to the shade.

Print a snowman before the storm

The PDF button on each card gets you one drawing. The Download all button at the top of this page gets you all of them in one file, one drawing per sheet. Each page fits US Letter paper, and on A4 you should choose Fit to page. Heavier paper helps with markers or paint. If you are away from a printer, press Color and finish a snowman on a phone, tablet or computer.

Plans for the cold months

Snow days are a fine time to pull out this set, since you can print a stack before the storm. If there is real snow outside, build a snowman first, then color one that looks like it. Kids can copy the hat and the scarf from memory.

Teachers can use the family page for counting or the bird page to start a talk about what birds eat when it gets cold. For a writing prompt, show the melting snowman and ask where he plans to spend the summer. Younger students can draw a hat and glue it onto the easy snowman.

A class can also make a snowman parade. Cut out each finished figure and line them up along a hallway on a strip of blue paper.

More cold weather drawings are on our winter coloring pages, and holiday ones are on our Christmas coloring pages. All pages are free for home, class and library use under our free use license.

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