🧸 Early learning (ages 2-6) · 🎨 Art, music and story makers
Crayola free coloring pages
By Crayola, LLC (Hallmark). Visit Crayola free coloring pages
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
Printable coloring sheets from Crayola for kids and adults, sorted into categories such as animals, dinosaurs, holidays, color by number, nursery rhymes, vehicles and licensed characters including Disney. Families download and print a page, then color it by hand. A custom page creator turns an uploaded photo into a coloring page to edit and print. There are also adult coloring pages and educational sheets.
Our take: A quick, free source of printables for young kids; parents should do the photo uploads themselves.
Checked in a browser
A browser check on 2026-10-25: what loads, the ads and trackers we saw, and what a child meets first. Not a hands-on test.
| Child safety: 3 out of 5 | No ads shown, but on arrival a pop-up asks for a birthday and email address for the newsletter; it says it is for adults, yet it sits over a page children use. |
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| Data: 2 out of 5 | Google's ad.doubleclick.net ad-tracking host loaded before consent (not just the Analytics stats host), along with Listrak email tracking, Monetate personalization, an IP-location lookup (ipstack) and Google Tag Manager, and 22 cookies were set; no ad was shown. |
| Ease: 2 out of 5 | A newsletter pop-up and a cookie notice stack over the first screen, so a child has to close two layers before seeing the coloring pages. |
| Cost honesty: 4 out of 5 | The coloring pages are free; Crayola's shop and 'Where to Buy' links are on the page but no pay prompt is aimed at kids. |
What we found
- Contacted 15 third-party sites, including doubleclick.net, Listrak (email marketing), Monetate (personalization), ipstack (IP location) and OneTrust (cookie notice).
- 22 cookies set before any choice on the cookie notice.
- A 'Welcome to Crayola!' pop-up asked for an email address and birthday ('Adults, please provide your birthday...') with a Submit button.
- Categories include Disney characters, a photo-to-coloring-page creator and an 'Adult Coloring' section.
From the test: Free coloring pages from a well-known brand, but the first screen is a newsletter form asking for a birthday and email, and marketing trackers load before consent.
| Ages it suits | about 2 and up |
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| What its terms say about age | The terms of use do not state an age. The privacy policy says the site is for a general audience and Crayola does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. (terms) |
| Price | Free. Free to download and print (Oct 2026). |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | No account needed |
| Ads | None |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI stated; the custom page creator converts an uploaded photo into line art. |
What's good
- Large free library across many topics
- Prints for off-screen coloring
- Photo-to-coloring-page tool for personal pages
Watch for
- Branded and licensed character pages promote products
- Ad-network tracking on the site
- Uploading family photos to the custom tool shares them with Crayola
Data and privacy
The privacy policy says Crayola does not knowingly collect data from under-13s or sell or share data of under-18s, but the site uses third-party ad networks, analytics and social pixels for targeted advertising to visitors. The photo tool means a parent uploads a picture. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No study; the maker makes no learning claims beyond creativity.
In the Big Index
- On the list 18 best free printables and worksheet sites
- On the list 20 best DIY and maker sites for kids
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Where these facts come from
- https://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages
- https://www.crayola.com/create/custom-coloring-page
- https://www.crayola.com/company/terms-of-use
- https://www.crayola.com/privacy-policy
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