Free Back to School Coloring Pages for Kids

Add a splash of color and creativity to your child’s first day of class with these free printable back to school coloring pages.

This collection of free coloring pages for kids features festive and fun school-themed images, including school supplies, buses, backpacks, classrooms, books, chalkboards, apples, and more.

There’s no better way to kick off the new school year than with these school coloring sheets, which make a great activity for kids of all ages. Whether you are looking for coloring activities for young children, such as preschoolers or toddlers, or older kids, there are plenty of different designs to choose from with varying levels of detail and difficulty.

These free printables will ignite your children’s creativity and enhance their fine motor skills and color recognition abilities in a fun way. You can use them to entertain your kids during the summer-to-school transition or include them in their after-school routine as a fun activity.

Simply select your favorite images, click the link below each image, and print them.

For more fun back-to-school activities, pair these pages with these back to school crafts, back to school word searches, apple crafts, and apple coloring pages for extra fun!

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Back to School Coloring Pages

This simple ABC and 123 page is great for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early elementary kids. The large letters, numbers, apple, and open book make it easy to color while celebrating the start of learning adventures.

This backpack design has big bubbly letters, twinkling stars, and an adorable smiling face that makes back-to-school feel extra exciting.

Children will have fun coloring this schoolhouse scene to make their own unique first-day-of-school picture.

This kawaii crayon box is ready for a brand-new school year. Younger kids will especially love choosing rainbow shades for each crayon.

This is a classic back-to-school favorite, complete with clouds, bold lettering, and lots of fun bus details to fill in.

This first day of school design is full of personality with a smiling apple, a friendly glue bottle, and stars. It would be so cute colored with classic school shades like red, yellow, blue, and green.

This welcoming school supplies page features an apple, stacked books, pencils, a ruler, and a cup of markers under big "Welcome Back!" letters.

This is full of fun learning symbols, including books, an atom, a light bulb, a globe, a paper airplane, and a science flask. It's a great pick for older kids who enjoy STEM-themed designs.

This back to school coloring page has a bunch of assorted crayons that children will enjoy adding their favorite colors to. It is perfect for teaching your children about different shades.

Make kids excited for the start of a new school year with this backpack filled with all their favorite school supplies.

Discover the joy of reading with this one, showing a single book with an apple on top, complete with a cute little worm peeking out!

Gear up for the school year with this one, featuring a backpack stuffed with supplies and a pencil border.

Embark on a literary adventure with this stack of books! It shows a towering pile of books set against a festive backdrop of school supplies.

This features a chalkboard displaying the letters ‘ABC’ above a table adorned with a stack of books and a pencil cup.

Welcome the new academic year with this inviting chalkboard page, featuring a stack of books with an apple on a classroom table.

This page is bordered by an array of crayons for kids to color in their favorite shades.

Step back in time with this charming old-fashioned schoolhouse design. This picturesque scene provides a nostalgic coloring adventure for kids of all ages.

This school supplies coloring sheet features a bunch of classroom essentials as its background. It is perfect for teens and doubles as a personalized binder cover.

Get on board the journey to knowledge with this school bus coloring page. It shows a bus cruising down a scenic country road.

This illustration depicts a happy class of students and a friendly teacher.

Get ready for school to start! This shows a school building with buses parked out front.

This fun chalkboard coloring sheet features school supply borders and a background of classic notebook paper.

Show your back-to-school excitement with this fun welcome back design. It has a backpack stuffed with school supplies against a background of notebook-lined paper.

This classroom coloring page shows a boy, who is excited to learn, sitting at a desk with rows of bookcases in the background.

This schoolhouse coloring page is a fun way for kids to celebrate going back to school!

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