Free Goomba Coloring Pages: 33 free printable PDF designs featuring Nintendo’s mushroom-shaped Mario enemy, including classic solo portraits, winged Paragoomba variants, action poses, and scenes alongside Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Koopa Troopa. Every page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser, with no account required.
Goombas first appeared in Super Mario Bros. in 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System platformer directed by Shigeru Miyamoto that introduced Mario to most of the world. They are the first enemy new players encounter in the game, defeated with a single jump on top of their head, which makes them one of the earliest lessons the game teaches about how its world works. In Japan, the character is called Kuribo, a name built from the word for chestnut, though Nintendo has since described the design as based on a shiitake mushroom.
With 33 pages ranging from simple solo outlines to full scenes with Mario and friends, the set works well for a first-time colorist and a longtime Mario fan alike, since the character’s rounded, low-detail shape stays simple even in its more crowded pages.
What Is Inside This Collection
The 33 pages group naturally by pose, variant, and company, since Goomba rarely appears without some connection to the wider Mario cast.
Expressions and Poses
Eight pages focus on Goomba’s face and body language: sad, angry, and funny expressions alongside plain outline and classic drawing styles. These pages carry the least background detail in the set, which makes the face itself, especially the eyebrows, the main coloring decision on each one.
Winged and Variant Goombas
Four pages cover Goomba’s best-known variants: the Paragoomba, which adds a pair of wings, a Goomba With Wings design, a Flying Goomba pose, and a rounder Baby Goomba. Wings on these pages typically call for a lighter brown or tan than the body, since Paragoomba wings are visually distinct from the character’s main brown color.
Action and Scene Goombas
Five pages show Goomba mid-motion or set against a background: running, in action, cast in shadow, framed against a scene, and rendered in a rounder, cuter style. These pages give a colorist practice in filling in background elements alongside the character itself.
Goomba With Mario and Friends
Six pages place Goomba alongside other Mushroom Kingdom characters, including group scenes with Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Koopa Troopa. These pages are the most detailed in the collection, since each additional character adds its own set of colors to track.
Additional Goomba Designs
The remaining ten pages are further solo Goomba portraits and simple line-art versions of the character, useful as a fast, repeatable set for practicing the same basic brown-and-tan color scheme across multiple pages.
What Goomba Coloring Pages Do
Fine motor development. The American Academy of Pediatrics identifies fine motor skill development as a core benefit of structured coloring for children ages 2 through 7. Goomba’s simple, rounded shape gives a young colorist a forgiving outline to practice staying inside the lines before moving to more detailed subjects.
A gentle introduction to a well-known character. Because Goomba is often a child’s first Mario enemy, whether through the games or general pop culture, these pages give a familiar, low-stakes character to color before tackling more visually complex figures like Bowser or Mario himself.
Anxiety reduction through focus. A 2005 study in the Art Therapy Journal documented measurable reductions in anxiety following structured coloring sessions. The repeated brown body shape across most of this set gives colorists a steady, predictable form to return to between the more detailed group scenes.
Encourages simple color-matching practice. With most of the collection sharing the same basic brown-and-tan palette, the set is a useful way for a young colorist to practice keeping a single character’s colors consistent across many pages rather than picking a new palette each time.
How to Color Goomba Pages Well
- The body: a warm Crayola Brown or Sepia for the main body, since Goomba’s design is based on a mushroom cap rather than an animal, so the color should stay flat and even, rather than shaded like skin or fur.
- The feet: a darker Crayola Brown or Chestnut for the small, stubby feet, since a visible contrast between the lighter body and darker feet helps the character read clearly at a glance.
- The eyebrows: solid black is standard, since the sharp, angled eyebrows are the main feature that gives Goomba its recognizable scowl on most pages.
- Paragoomba’s wings: a lighter Crayola Tan or Almond for the wings, kept distinct from the body’s brown, so the wings stand out against the rest of the character.
- Group scenes with Mario and friends: keep Mario’s red and blue, Luigi’s green, and Yoshi’s bright green separate and consistent with their usual game colors, since a mismatched color on a familiar character is more noticeable than on Goomba alone.
- Background scene pages: a simple flat color, such as light green for grass or tan for a dirt path, keeps the background from competing with the character for attention.
5 Creative Craft Ideas With Goomba Coloring Pages
1. Goomba Stomp Flipbook
Color a running Goomba page and a flattened or funny-pose Goomba page, layer them a few pages apart in a small notepad, and flip quickly to animate the classic stomp moment from the games.
2. Mushroom Kingdom Enemy Line-Up
Color several of the solo portrait pages, trim them, and mount them in a row on poster board to build a small enemy roster display.
3. Goomba and Friends Scene
Color one of the group scenes with Mario and friends, mount it on a backing board, and add a simple hand-drawn brick or pipe background behind it for a game-inspired display piece.
4. Paragoomba Mobile
Color the winged Goomba designs, cut each one out, and hang them from a string or wire hanger at different lengths to build a simple hanging mobile.
5. Goomba Greeting Card
Fold a piece of cardstock in half, glue a colored Goomba face page to the front, and write a message inside for a birthday or just-for-fun card.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Goomba coloring pages?
Free, fan-made printable and online designs featuring Nintendo’s Goomba character from the Mario games. Not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by Nintendo, and intended for personal, non-commercial coloring only.
Who created Goombas, and when did they first appear?
Goombas first appeared in Super Mario Bros. in 1985, directed by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. They are one of the earliest enemies players meet in the game.
Why is the character called Goomba in English but Kuribo in Japanese?
The Japanese name Kuribo comes from the word for chestnut. Nintendo has since described the design as based on a shiitake mushroom, so the two names reflect different visual readings of the same character.
What is a Paragoomba?
A winged variant of Goomba that can fly or hop, losing its wings after one stomp and becoming a regular Goomba. Several pages in this set are dedicated to this variant.
How do players defeat a Goomba in the games?
A single jump on top of the head is enough, one of the first actions new players learn in Super Mario Bros. and most games since.
What Mario characters appear alongside Goomba in this collection?
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Koopa Troopa each appear in at least one group scene, in addition to the many solo Goomba pages that make up most of the set.
Are Goomba coloring pages suitable for young children?
Yes. Goomba’s simple, rounded shape and minimal detail make this one of the more approachable character sets for children around ages 3 and up.
Can Goomba coloring pages be colored online, or only printed?
Both. Every design can be downloaded as a PDF for printing at home or opened directly in the online coloring tool for use on a phone, tablet, or computer.
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.
