A small boy in a borrowed helmet is gripping the rink wall with both mittens, knees bent, ankles caving inward at angles that make every parent wince. His dad stands three feet away, pretending not to hover. Nobody is having fun yet.
Then he lets go for one glide, maybe two seconds long, and his whole face flips from panic to something close to triumph. That tiny victory is what our illustrators chased in these ice skating coloring pages, from the shakiest first steps to a fox leaping like he’s after a medal.
↓ Scroll to the free printable pagesOver 40 pages wait below, and they cover the whole range. Penguins glide, a polar bear hangs on to a railing for dear life, and one girl holds a pose in a sparkly dress like she was born in skates.
All of them are completely free, saved as PDFs you can print at home or in the classroom. Scroll down, pick a skater, and keep the crayons close.
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I love how this little chibi kitty sticks its tail straight out to stay steady on its skates. If only balancing were that easy for the rest of us! I’d give those skates a bright cherry red and let the kids dream up a wonderfully wacky fur pattern.
I’d give this little skater’s sparkly dress a swirl of purple and pink, with a few golden stars to catch the light as she spins. Those graceful twirls always amaze me. I’m pleased with myself if I can stay upright on the ice!
I’d give her a bright berry-red scarf so it swishes around with every twirl, then leave a few snowflakes white for that lovely wintry sparkle. Watching her spin makes me wish I were steadier on skates. I’m usually the one inching along the edge!
I love how a frozen puddle becomes a whole skating rink when you’re this tiny. What a lovely little winter adventure! I’d leave a few white streaks on the ice to make it look extra slippery under those busy mouse feet.
Those little double blades always make me think of wobbly first glides and very proud grins. I’d give each skate a different bright color. Matching is lovely, but a rainbow-footed trip around the rink sounds much more fun!
I think this cheeky seal has the right idea. Why bother with skates when you can slide along on your tummy? I’d try pale blue for the ice and bright, mismatched scarves for the skaters, just to make their chilly afternoon feel a little cozier.
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Figure Skater in a Sparkly Dress
She’s balanced on one blade, arms swept wide, the other leg lifted behind her, hair pinned up in a neat bun. Little diamond shapes cover the bodice of her dress, which I take to be the sparkle the file name promises. The skirt is short and ruffled.
This is the page for the kid who watches the Winter Olympics with their nose practically touching the TV. Nothing clutters the background, so every bit of attention lands on her costume.
Fox Doing a Graceful Jump
Up he goes. A fox in midair, one skate reaching forward, paws out like he’s showing off for a panel of judges, with pine trees behind him and a big fluffy tail curling out back.
Does a fox have any business on a rink? Probably not. But he’s clearly having the best day of his life, and kids around 5 to 7 love an animal that’s a tiny bit smug.
Frozen Canal With Skaters
Tall, narrow houses with fancy gabled rooftops stand along the back of this scene, with bare trees and an arched bridge in front of them. Below, two kids in knit hats and winter coats skate down the frozen canal, arms out for balance.
Leo asked whether the houses were real, then colored every windowpane before he’d let himself touch the skaters. It’s a detail page through and through… great for older kids and calm afternoons.
Frozen Lake With a Cabin at Sunset
Perched on a hill between the pines, a little cabin watches the sun sink behind the slopes, rays fanned across the sky. On the lake, two kids in knit hats skate side by side.
Peaceful. I’d save it for winter break, or for a seasons unit in class, because there’s a whole landscape to fill and nothing fiddly anywhere in it.
Kid Playing Ice Hockey
Helmet on, stick down, puck parked right in front of the blade. He’s leaning into the play with a big grin, pine trees lined up behind the pond.
Hockey families, this one’s yours. Call it the ice skating color page for every kid who thinks figure skating could use more pucks. His jersey stays blank, so any favorite team fits.
Kitten Wearing Ice Skates for the First Time
Oh, that face. Mouth in a small round “o”, arms thrown out wide, a scarf fluttering at the neck… this kitten has just realized ice is slippery.
Anyone who has stepped onto a rink for the first time knows this exact moment. Big, round shapes make it easy, so if you’re hunting for coloring pages ice skating fans under five can actually manage, start here.
Pair of Toddler Double-Blade Skates
Just the skates on this one. Two chunky double-blade skates sit side by side, each with a pair of wide straps across the front.
Some families keep a kid’s first skates on a shelf forever, and this is sort of the paper version. Toddlers can scribble the big boot shapes happily, and grown-ups at a busy craft table won’t have to supervise much.
Polar Bear Wobbling on Skates
Both paws locked on a metal railing, a big polar bear inches forward on his skates with one foot sliding out ahead, smiling bravely through what is clearly not his sport.
I’ve been that bear. Every grown-up who skated as a kid and then skipped twenty years has been that bear, clinging to the boards and insisting it’s fine. Kids find it hilarious that something so huge needs help.
8 Tips for Coloring Ice Skaters
Copy Sonja Henie’s White Boots, or Hide Them
Women mostly skated in black boots until Norwegian star Sonja Henie made white ones the look to copy. Three straight Olympic golds, 1928 through 1936, will do that to a fashion trend.
Modern skaters often pull skin-tone tights right over the boot to stretch the leg into one long line. Try it on the sparkly dress page by coloring her boots the same peach or brown as her legs, and she’ll look about two inches taller.
Trace a Figure Eight Under the Fox
Figure skating got its name from tracing figures, circles and eights carved into the ice with a single blade. Judges scored those tracings in competition until 1990, which honestly sounds like the most stressful homework ever invented.
Under the jumping fox, pencil a pale blue figure eight, twisted like a bakery pretzel, right where he’ll land. Fill him in with orange marker afterward and ask which loop he’s aiming for.
Neon Wheels for the Fox and Rabbit
Look closely and you’ll notice the fox and rabbit are racing on wheels, not blades. Inline skates caught on in the 1980s after two hockey-playing brothers in Minnesota started selling them for summer practice.
So go loud with the wheels, neon green or hot pink, the way inline skates looked when I was a kid. Pick one shirt color for the fox and a clashing one for the rabbit so it’s easy to tell who’s ahead.
Tape the Hockey Stick Blade
Players wrap the bottom of the stick in cloth tape for better puck control, usually black or white. Plenty of them swear black tape hides the puck from goalies… I’ve never seen proof, and I’m doubtful.
Diagonal tape stripes look right on the blade, colored with thin white gaps between each wrap. NHL pucks get frozen before games so they slide flat instead of bouncing, which is a fine excuse to press this one hard in solid black.
Give Each Canal House Its Own Dark Color
Real Dutch canal houses come in deep brick red, chocolate brown, bottle green and even near black, almost always with crisp white window frames. Give each house on the frozen canal page its own dark shade, then leave every frame white so the windows pop.
When the canals freeze thick enough, the whole country starts whispering about the Elfstedentocht, a skating race of about 200 kilometers through eleven Frisian cities. Nobody has skated it since 1997, so perhaps your two skaters are training for the next one.
Moonlight Changes the Skater’s Colors
In very dim light our eyes lean on rod cells, and reds slide toward black long before blues fade. Scientists call it the Purkinje effect, named for a Czech physiologist who noticed his red flowers darkening at dawn.
That’s why the moonlit pond skater looks better with her scarf and skirt in deep plum or maroon instead of fire-engine red. Save the blues and teals for her hat and the pines, and the page will feel like it’s really after bedtime.
Split a Heart Across the Double-Blade Skates
Double-blade skates strap right over a toddler’s ordinary winter boots, which explains those wide straps. And little kids put them on the wrong feet roughly 97% of the time, by my count.
From my classroom years, here’s a shoe trick that works on skates too. Draw half a heart on the inside toe of each skate so it only joins up when they sit on the correct sides, then fill it with one bright red.
Number the Wobbly Polar Bear’s Rental Skates
Rinks stamp the size big on the heel of every rental skate, a bit like the hospital bracelet that makes sure nobody goes home with the wrong baby. Write a number on the bear’s heel in black marker, then color his boots a scuffed gray-brown so they look borrowed.
Out in the Arctic, polar bears hardly need help on ice, since their paw pads are covered in tiny bumps and tufts of fur that grip. Make the railing a loud yellow, and tuck this one into the stack of printable ice skating coloring sheets for a nervous kid’s first rink day.