Here’s my prediction, and I’d bet a whole box of crayons on it. Within a day of printing these igloo coloring pages, someone at your kitchen table will try to build an igloo out of sugar cubes, couch cushions or the recycling bin, and it will cave in somewhere around the third row.
Let it. Inuit builders traditionally spent years learning which snow cuts clean and which crumbles like sugar, so a cushion dome that flops on the first try is right on schedule. On paper, though, the roof stays up for as long as anybody wants it to.
↓ Scroll to the free printable pagesOnly a few of the pages below are a dome sitting alone in the snow. A musk ox, a narwhal, a handful of hard-working penguins and a polar bear with a block in his paws all turn up to help.
Quiet night scenes sit right next to busy animal ones, so there’s something for winding down and something for the wigglier crowd. Each of these printable igloo coloring sheets opens as a PDF, ready for the printer.
Featured Igloo Coloring Pages
I’d give those blankets the brightest stripes and let the lantern glow a lovely golden yellow against the icy walls. It looks like just the spot to snuggle up with a story, though I’d definitely insist on extra socks!
I have a soft spot for this little penguin chef and the cozy igloo café. Somehow, I just know the hot chocolate comes with extra marshmallows. I’d leave a few snowy patches white and let the kids pick the brightest colors they can find for the café!
I love how the lanterns make this little igloo feel like a cozy hideaway, even on a chilly night. I’d try soft yellow around the lights and deep blue for the sky. Then imagine popping inside for a bedtime story!
I’d leave the igloo snowy white and let those northern lights go wild with swirls of green, pink, and purple. There’s something about this chilly little scene that makes me want to put the kettle on and find the good crayons.
I like to think this little otter is peeking out to see whether anyone remembered to bring snacks to its icy hideaway. I’d leave a few snowy patches on the igloo and try soft blues around the ice floe, though a rainbow doorway would be hard to resist.
This sleepy little seal has found the perfect spot for a snooze, and I love how cozy it looks beside the igloo. I’d try soft blues for the ice and a rosy pink nose, though a rainbow igloo would be hard to resist!
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Igloo Coloring Pages Highlights
Musk Ox Standing Beside an Igloo
A shaggy musk ox plants himself in front of the igloo like he’s guarding the door, horns curling down past his cheeks and back out again. His coat hangs in long wavy strands almost to his hooves, and a fluffy tuft sits on top of his head.
Most kids have never heard of a musk ox. Show them a photo first and watch the “wait, that’s a real animal?” face. The fur lines suit kids around 6 and up who don’t mind a bit of patience.
Built in the Shape of a Penguin
This one is an igloo and a penguin at the same time. The doorway is his tummy, the blocks wrap all the way around his round face, and a feather tuft sits right on top, with flippers out to the sides and two webbed feet peeking out below.
Sam asked whether a dinosaur igloo was coming next. I said maybe, which in parent language means… probably not. The chunky outline and that giant doorway belly are kind to preschoolers still working on their grip.
Icy Water With a Narwhal
An igloo sits on a flat ice floe with two snowy peaks behind it. Down in the water a narwhal swims past with a little grin, his long tusk drawn with a twist, while three chunks of ice bob nearby.
Unicorn fans grab this page fast, and I can’t blame them. It works for kids 4 and up, and those floating ice chunks make easy little wins for small hands.
Igloo Decorated With Snowflake Carvings
No animals here. Just a tall dome with five snowflakes carved into the blocks, three near the top and two lower down, a round cap block crowning it and a ring of drifted snow around the base.
Older kids who like fiddly work can spend ages on the snowflake arms alone. Hang a row of finished ones along a classroom wall and you’ve got a winter display for January without any extra effort.
Igloo Village With Three Small Igloos
Three igloos huddle together on a snowy hillside, joined by winding paths that wander down to the bottom of the page. Two pine trees stand on the hills behind them.
The paths give kids 5 to 8 long, easy ribbons to fill. In a classroom it doubles as a map-skills page. Which igloo is closest to the tree, and which path is the longest?
Arctic Fox Family Playing in the Snow
Two grown arctic foxes keep an eye on things while two kits play with a snowball in front of the igloo. One of the grown-ups is crouched low with its tongue out, clearly hoping to be invited.
Fluffy tails everywhere. It’s sweet enough for a preschool winter unit, but the fur details reward kids 6 and up who slow down.
Penguin Painting Stripes on an Igloo
A cheerful penguin holds a paintbrush in one flipper and a bucket in the other, paint dripping over the rim. He’s already added several wavy stripes across the igloo and looks very pleased with the result.
Is painting an igloo a good idea? Not really, since snow doesn’t hold paint for long. But this penguin doesn’t care, and kids who love to decorate will have a stripe color picked before the page is out of the printer.
Pet Igloo With a Cat Curled Up Inside
Not a snow house at all, but a pet bed shaped like one, with a little knob on top. Inside, a striped cat sleeps on a cushion with its tail tucked around the front.
Cat owners will recognize this exact pose. It’s also the one igloo color page in the bunch where nobody is cold, which little ones seem to find oddly reassuring.
8 Tips for Coloring Igloos
Give the Musk Ox Pale Socks and a Saddle
Real musk oxen are dark brown, but their lower legs are pale cream, like socks. Many also carry a lighter patch across the back called a saddle.
Pull a dark brown pencil downward in long strokes, like fringe hanging off the hem of a suede jacket. Keep the lower legs and a patch along his back light tan, and leave the horns creamy.
Twist the Narwhal’s Tusk the Right Way
A narwhal’s tusk is really a tooth that grows out through its upper lip. The spiral almost always turns to the left, and scientists still argue about what the tusk is for.
Color the tusk ivory, then trace each printed twist line in a darker tan so the spiral shows. Dot gray speckles across his back, because real narwhals are mottled and get paler as they age.
Color the Polar Bear’s Igloo in a Spiral
Most coloring pages of an igloo show the blocks in flat rings, but Inuit builders laid them in one rising spiral. Each new block leaned on the one below it as the wall climbed.
On the polar bear page, start at the bottom row and color the blocks around and up in one continuous path. Press a little lighter as you climb, so the block in the bear’s paws ends up the palest of all.
Make the Penguin’s Block the Key Block
The last block of an igloo is called the key block, trimmed to fit the hole at the very top. The builder usually sets it from inside and cuts the doorway afterward.
A stone arch needs a wooden frame until its keystone drops in, and a spiral igloo skips all that. Color the block in this penguin’s flippers a faint lemon or icy blue so everyone knows it’s the special one.
Leave the Arctic Hare White, Except the Ears
In the far north, arctic hares stay white all year long. Only the tips of their ears stay black.
Color just those ear tips with a black crayon pressed hard and leave the rest of the hare as bare paper. Real arctic hares sometimes bound upright on their back legs like small kangaroos, so ask for a demonstration.
Turn the Iceberg Into Glacier Ice
Only about a tenth of an iceberg shows above the water. Icebergs break off glaciers, and that old, tightly packed ice often looks blue.
Run a pale turquoise pencil down the cracks on the iceberg’s side for that deep glacier color. Then let kids sketch the hidden part under the waterline in light blue, much bigger than the top.
Give the Northern Lights a Sharp Bottom Edge
Real auroras usually have a crisp lower edge and fade out softly toward the top. In some Inuit stories, the lights are spirits playing a ball game across the sky.
Press hard along the bottom of each ribbon and ease off as you move up, whatever colors your kid picks. Colored pencil handles this much better than marker, which can’t really fade.
Color the Fox Kits Darker Than Their Parents
Arctic fox kits are born with dark gray-brown fur. Their thick white coat comes in later, as the weather turns cold.
Color the two little ones in a soft gray-brown pencil and keep the grown-ups nearly white. Snow can linger into June that far north, so the scene still works.