Back To School coloring pages

Free, printable Back to School coloring pages

Choose from 36 Back to School coloring pages featuring familiar school-day details and welcome-back messages. Color a pencil, apple, globe, or stack of books, or settle into a scene with a school bus, lockers, balloons, and a classroom. The range includes simple pictures for a quick activity and busy illustrations with plenty to work on.

Choose by age and coloring confidence

For preschoolers and young children, start with the schoolhouse or the cartoon school materials. Their broad, familiar shapes are easier to color, and the welcome sign gives children a simple detail to talk about. The bell with its bow and musical notes is another approachable choice for kids who want a little more to color.

Detailed back-to-school scenes for adults

Older children and adults may enjoy the more intricate school scenes, which make up much of this collection. Pick out the classroom art supplies, books, pencils, and globes, or work through the lockers, backpack, and welcome decorations one section at a time. A ruler beside a pencil, apple, and blackboard creates a classic school still life, while the entrance with balloons and a schoolyard gives you a larger scene to fill.

A few familiar signs of a new school year

Many of these drawings use objects that make the school setting clear at a glance. A backpack, notebook, ruler, and pencil suggest getting ready for class, while a blackboard, lockers, and classroom art supplies show different parts of the school day. Apples, globes, and books appear in welcome signs and posters, so children can name each object as they color.

Make a first-day school story

Choose a scene and tell what happens just before or after the picture. The bird flying toward an elementary school might be carrying a message, while the bus arriving at a schoolhouse could be bringing students to their first day. Use the School Bus pages alongside this collection to compare the vehicles, then let each child choose a destination and invent a short classroom story.

Cute back-to-school drawings

For a softer, playful look, color a panda peeking out of a backpack or ducks holding a welcome-back message. Their rounded faces and small accessories give children fun details to notice without making the whole picture feel too formal. The first-day scene with chibi students, pencils, and a school bus has more going on, so try coloring the students first and then filling in the school supplies.

Print Back to School coloring pages as PDFs

Select “Open the PDF” to view a page, or choose “Print” to send it straight to your printer, including from a phone. Use fit to page if the margins look tight. Plain paper works well with colored pencils, while thicker paper is a good choice for markers.