Single planets, the solar system, smiling planets, alien worlds, astronauts, animal astronauts, and rockets fill 55 printable designs: these planet coloring pages include five worksheets.
What’s Inside This Collection
Single Planets
Twelve pages show one planet at a time, including pages titled Saturn, Neptune, Mercury, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and Earth, a Mars page with a rover, and ringed planets among the stars.
The Solar System
Five pages show the whole family of planets, with a labeled orbit map, a dotted orbit path beside a smiling sun, rings of orbits around the sun, planets stacked in a column, and planets circling the sun.
Cute and Smiling Planets
Five pages give planets friendly faces, with a kawaii planet and its moon, a planet with sparkly eyes, a crowd of smiling planets, funny cartoon planets, and a smiling sun beside a rocket.
Worksheets and Activities
Five pages double as learning sheets, with a build-your-own planet page, a planet facts sheet, a label-the-planets page, an order-of-the-planets sheet, and a cut-and-color worksheet.
Alien Worlds and Planet Surfaces
Four pages explore other worlds, with a landscape of tall mushroom-like plants and small aliens, a rocky planet surface with craters, aliens on a planet, and astronauts meeting an alien.
Astronauts and Kids Exploring
Nine pages follow astronauts and children in spacesuits as they walk on a moon surface, climb a ladder, collect smiling stars, take a photo beside Earth, and explore planets.
Animal Astronauts
Ten pages put animals in space, including a rabbit, a monkey, a shark near a space station, a bear, cats and dogs in a flying saucer, a duck, a kitten, and a hedgehog.
Rockets and Space Scenes
Five pages show spacecraft, with a rocket circling planets along a dotted path, a rocket among planets, a rocket inside a sunburst frame, a round space creature holding a net, and a flying saucer above Earth.
What Planet Coloring Pages Do
The American Academy of Pediatrics describes fine motor skill building as a primary benefit when young colorists in the 2 to 7 age range take part in structured coloring. Hand single and smiling planets to early learners; hand labeled maps and worksheets to older colorists.
A 2005 Art Therapy Journal paper observed measurably lower anxiety after structured coloring activities. Stripes, rings, and stars on the planets invite a calm, unhurried pace.
The solar system has eight planets. Jupiter is the largest, and Venus is the hottest because its atmosphere traps heat, while the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet on August 24, 2006.
How to Color Planet Pages Well
- Earth: blue for the oceans, green for the land, and white swirls for clouds.
- Jupiter and Saturn: alternate stripes of tan, orange, and cream, and add a pale yellow shade to the rings.
- Mars: a rusty red-orange with darker brown patches, and gray for the rover.
- Uranus and Neptune: a pale blue-green for Uranus and a deeper blue for Neptune.
- Space background: a dark blue or purple background around the planets makes white stars and bright planets stand out.
5 Creative Craft Ideas With Planet Coloring Pages
1. Hanging Solar System Mobile
Color the planet pages, cut out each planet, and hang them in order from a hanger with a string.
2. Planet Facts Poster
Fill in the facts sheet and the order sheet, then mount them on construction paper for a classroom display.
3. Rocket Launch Card
Color a rocket page, fold a sheet of cardstock, and glue the rocket to the front with silver stars.
4. Moon Surface Diorama
Color a planet surface page and stand it up in a shoebox with cotton balls and paper craters.
5. Space Bookmark Set
Color the small planet pages, trim each into a strip, and cover them with clear tape.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are the five worksheet pages really free?
Yes, the five worksheet pages, along with the other 50 designs, are free to print, and no password is involved.
Can the rocket and space scene pages be finished online?
Yes, the rocket and space scene pages work on screen, and a Chromebook covers the whole job.
How many planets are in the solar system?
There are eight: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and the label sheet and order sheet in this collection follow that list.
Which planets have rings on these pages?
Ringed planets appear on several pages, led by Saturn, and a page titled Uranus draws a ring standing upright.
Why is Pluto missing from the solar system pages?
The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet on August 24, 2006, so the maps show eight planets.
Which pages work as worksheets?
Five pages are learning sheets, covering building a planet, planet facts, labeling the planets, the order of the planets, and cut and color.
Do any planet pages include animals?
Ten pages put animals in spacesuits and spaceships, from a rabbit and a monkey to a shark, a bear, and a hedgehog.
Is it possible to make something from a finished planet page?
A page from this set once colored works as the base of the Rocket Launch Card idea, the Moon Surface Diorama option, and the Planet Facts Poster option, with the Space Bookmark Set option as another route.
Planets, astronauts, and rockets fill the sky. Altogether, the 55 designs carry no price, and registration never comes up. Whatever gets colored here can reach a Facebook feed or a Pinterest board by selecting the sharing tool.
