Cow Coloring Pages

Free Printable Cow Coloring Pages

Enjoy these 44 free printable cow coloring pages which offer a wide variety of designs that are perfect for your budding artist.

Your toddler will love the simple yet bold images of a cow face who is happy or a cow with large polka dots as these all require simple hand movements and color discernment for developing hand control and early painting skills.

For preschoolers, they can appreciate various settings with these printables as they’ll find cows in the fields, cows in party hats, and even a cow and a rainbow which can encourage creativity, storytelling, and fine motor advancement.

These pages are perfect for teachers and caregivers alike during an art center on a rainy day or as a bonus worksheet — just download and print! The cow coloring pages can also be used to help reinforce lessons on animals, habitats and vocabulary development so kids can stay focused and calm.

Coloring Themes

  • Simple & Friendly Cows — basic cow faces or full bodies with minimal background, ideal for younger children
  • Cows in Environments — cows in fields, barns, garden settings, or pastoral landscapes
  • Decorated & Accessorized Cows — cows with bows, flower crowns, hats, scarves, or sunglasses
  • Whimsical & Fantasy Cows — cows with wings, musical notes, or under moonlit or starry backdrops
  • Action & Interaction Scenes — cows doing things like eating grass, jumping fences, holding balloons, or with companion animals

What’s Next?

Once you’ve downloaded and printed the cow coloring pages, here are a few fun ideas for kids, parents, and teachers:

  • Color & Display: Use quality paper so colors pop, then hang the finished pages on walls, refrigerators, or classroom boards.
  • Create a Cow Gallery: Arrange multiple colored cow pages to make a “Farm Friends” art wall or corridor display.
  • Make Crafts: Cut out parts of the cows (ears, spots, accessories) to paste into mixed media collages or greeting cards.
  • Storytelling Prompt: Ask children to invent a story about their cow — where it lives, what it eats, what adventures it has.
  • Animal Learning: Use the pages to teach farm vocabulary (udder, pasture, barn, grazing) and ask kids to label parts of the cow.
  • Color Swap & Compare: Kids can swap their colored pages with friends or classmates to compare color choices and techniques.

Fun Facts for Kids

  1. Cows have nearly 360° vision! Because their eyes are on the sides of their heads, they can see almost all the way around without turning.
  2. Every cow has a unique pattern. Just like human fingerprints, no two cows have exactly the same spot pattern.
  3. Cows “moo” to talk to each other. They make different calls to communicate — from calves calling their mothers to cows greeting one another.

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