Free CatNap coloring pages: 34 printable designs featuring the character alone and alongside DogDay and other figures from the same game series. Each page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser.
CatNap is a character from Poppy Playtime, a video game series developed by Mob Entertainment, first appearing in Chapter 3 in January 2024. The character is designed as a purple, cat-like plush toy figure. It belongs to a larger in-game group of toy characters known as the Smiling Critters, which also includes DogDay, who appears alongside CatNap in several pages in this collection. Poppy Playtime has grown into a wider franchise with multiple game chapters, merchandise, and fan art communities.
This collection gathers 34 designs across that character group, ranging from solo CatNap portraits to scenes with DogDay and other Smiling Critters characters, plus a few simplified, cuter designs. Poppy Playtime is generally aimed at an older audience than most coloring page topics, so parents may want to preview the designs before sharing them with younger children.
What’s Inside This Collection
CatNap Solo Portraits
A large group of pages focuses on CatNap alone, giving colorers a clear, consistent look at the character’s rounded, plush-toy design.
CatNap with DogDay and Other Smiling Critters
Several pages pair CatNap with DogDay and other characters from the same in-game group, including PickyPiggy, Bubba Bubbaphant, KickinChicken, and Bobby BearHug.
Crossover with Other Poppy Playtime Characters
A smaller set of pages shows CatNap alongside other characters from the wider Poppy Playtime series, kept general here without going into character backstories.
Cute and Simplified Designs
A few pages simplify CatNap’s design into a rounder, friendlier style, offering a lighter alternative to the standard character portraits.
What CatNap Coloring Pages Do
Fine motor skill development. Fine motor skill development for children roughly 2 to 7 years old is one of the benefits the American Academy of Pediatrics connects to regular, structured coloring, and CatNap’s rounded, plush-toy shape gives that practice a consistent, approachable form to work with.
Practice with soft, fabric-like shading. Because the character is designed to look like a stitched, fabric toy, these pages give colorers a chance to practice soft, rounded shading rather than sharp, angular lines.
Calming, repetitive focus. A 2005 study in the Art Therapy Journal similarly found that structured coloring sessions were linked to a measurable drop in participants’ anxiety, and the large, simple shapes in this collection suit that slow, steady coloring.
A simplified entry point through the cute designs. For colorers who want CatNap’s recognizable shape without a more intense look, the cute and simplified pages offer a softer, rounder alternative within the same collection.
How to Color CatNap Coloring Pages Well
- Body: Use a deep Purple for the main body color, keeping the fill smooth and even to match the character’s plush, toy-like design.
- Face and eyes: Use a lighter accent color for the face area, with bold, contrasting eyes to keep the character’s expression clear.
- Fabric texture: Add subtle seam or stitch lines in a slightly darker purple to suggest a stitched, fabric surface rather than a flat, solid color.
- DogDay and other characters: Give each character in a group scene its own distinct base color so the different figures read clearly apart from one another.
- Background: A plain or lightly shaded background keeps the focus on the character group without adding extra visual noise.
- Cute and simplified pages: Use flatter, more saturated colors on these rounder designs, since they rely on shape rather than detailed shading.
5 Creative Craft Ideas With CatNap Coloring Pages
1. Character Standee
Color a solo CatNap page, mount it on cardstock, and cut around the outline to make a small standing display piece for a desk or shelf.
2. Character Bookmark
Color a simpler outline, laminate or cover it with clear tape, and trim it into a narrow bookmark shape.
3. Fan Greeting Card
Color a favorite character page and glue it onto the front of a folded cardstock card for a handmade greeting.
4. Character Garland
Color several CatNap and Smiling Critters pages, cut them out, and string them together with yarn or ribbon for a paper garland.
5. Group Collage
Arrange colored CatNap, DogDay, and other character pages together on a poster board for a full group display.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are CatNap coloring pages?
Printable line drawings of CatNap, a character from the Poppy Playtime video game series, shown alone and alongside DogDay and other characters. This collection includes 34 designs, available as free PDF downloads or as online coloring pages colored directly in the browser.
What is Poppy Playtime, and who created it?
Poppy Playtime is a video game series developed by Mob Entertainment, with CatNap first appearing in Chapter 3, released in January 2024.
Who is CatNap?
CatNap is designed as a purple, cat-like plush toy character and is part of an in-game group known as the Smiling Critters, which also includes DogDay.
What is the Smiling Critters group?
The Smiling Critters are a set of toy-styled characters within the Poppy Playtime series, including CatNap, DogDay, PickyPiggy, Bubba Bubbaphant, and KickinChicken, several of whom appear together in this collection.
What styles of pages are included?
This set spans solo CatNap portraits, group scenes with DogDay and other Smiling Critters, crossover pages with other Poppy Playtime characters, and simplified cute designs.
Is this collection appropriate for young children?
Poppy Playtime is generally aimed at an older audience than most coloring page topics, so parents may want to preview the designs before sharing them with very young children.
Can these CatNap pages be colored without printing?
Yes. Every design can be colored directly in the browser using the online coloring tool, with no printer, PDF reader, or account required, and pages can also be downloaded as a PDF to print later.
Does this collection include other Poppy Playtime characters?
Yes, a few pages pair CatNap with other characters from the wider Poppy Playtime series, alongside the core CatNap and Smiling Critters designs.
Start Coloring
Download any page by clicking the design. No account, email, or payment is required. Pages print directly from the browser at full resolution or open in the online coloring tool for screen use. Share finished pages on Facebook or Pinterest with the share buttons at the top of each design page.
