Free Pusheen coloring pages: a large printable collection featuring the internet-famous gray tabby cat in everyday moments, holiday scenes, and fantasy themes. Each page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser.
Pusheen was created in May 2010 by artists Claire Belton and Andrew Duff for a webcomic called Everyday Cute, based on a real cat from Belton’s childhood. The character’s name comes from the Irish word puisín, meaning kitten. What started as a small comic strip grew quickly after Belton and Duff launched a dedicated Tumblr in 2011, and Pusheen became one of the internet’s most recognized characters once sticker sets rolled out on Facebook and other messaging platforms. Within the Pusheen universe, the character has a mom, dad, a younger sister named Stormy, and a younger brother named Pip, and frequently appears in reimagined forms, such as a unicorn, mermaid, or dinosaur, alongside her regular everyday scenes.
This collection gathers a wide range of designs across that world, from simple everyday moments like napping or snacking to holiday scenes, fantasy themes, and playful crossover-style art referencing other pop culture characters.
What Is Inside This Collection
Everyday and Cozy Moments
A large group of pages shows Pusheen in relaxed, low-key scenes, sleeping, lounging, working at a laptop, or simply looking pleased with herself, reflecting the low-stakes charm that made the character popular in the first place.
Food and Treats
A significant portion of the collection pairs Pusheen with food, including pizza, sushi, ice cream, dumplings, cake, and other snacks, playing into her well-known love of eating.
Holiday and Seasonal Pusheen
Several pages dress Pusheen up for the calendar year, including Christmas, Halloween, and Easter scenes, along with a few birthday and celebration-themed designs.
Fantasy and Crossover Themes
A smaller set of pages reimagines Pusheen in fantasy forms like a unicorn, mermaid, astronaut, or detective, alongside a few playful crossover-style designs that reference other pop culture characters.
What Pusheen Coloring Pages Do
Fine motor skill development. The American Academy of Pediatrics points to fine motor skill growth as one of the benefits of regular, structured coloring for children roughly 2 to 7 years old, and Pusheen’s rounded body and simple stripes make that practice approachable for beginners.
Practice with rounded shading. Pusheen’s plump, curved shape gives kids a chance to practice shading round forms smoothly, useful groundwork before tackling more angular or detailed subjects.
Calming, repetitive focus. A 2005 study in the Art Therapy Journal also found that structured coloring sessions were linked to a measurable drop in participants’ anxiety, and Pusheen’s low-key, unhurried scenes suit that same relaxed pace well.
Everyday mood and activity recognition. Because Pusheen is often drawn with a clear mood or activity, sleepy, cheerful, or curious, these pages give younger colorers an easy way to connect a facial expression or pose to a feeling or action.
How to Color Pusheen Coloring Pages Well
- Body base: Use a soft Gray for Pusheen’s main coat, keeping the tone light and even to match her plush, rounded design.
- Stripes: Add three darker Gray or Charcoal stripes along the back and tail, Pusheen’s signature marking, spacing them evenly.
- Rounded shading: Add a lighter highlight near the top of the body and a slightly deeper gray along the edges to bring out her soft, three-dimensional shape.
- Food and props: Use bright, appetizing colors for food items, warm Yellow and Brown for baked goods, Pink for ice cream, so treats stand out against Pusheen’s more muted gray tone.
- Holiday scenes: Lean into the season’s palette, red and green for Christmas, orange and black for Halloween, pastels for Easter, to help the scene read clearly.
- Fantasy themes: For unicorn, mermaid, or other reimagined designs, use bright, playful colors like Turquoise or Lavender to match the whimsical tone of these pages.
5 Creative Craft Ideas With Pusheen Coloring Pages
1. Pusheen Standee. Color a solo Pusheen page, mount it on cardstock, and cut around the outline to make a small standing display piece for a desk or shelf.
2. Cat Bookmark. Color a simpler Pusheen portrait, laminate or cover it with clear tape, and trim it into a narrow bookmark shape.
3. Holiday Greeting Card. Color one of the holiday-themed Pusheen pages and glue it onto the front of a folded cardstock card for a handmade seasonal greeting.
4. Snack-Time Garland. Color several Pusheen-with-food pages, cut them out, and string them together with yarn or ribbon for a playful paper garland.
5. Pusheen Family Collage. Arrange colored pages of Pusheen, Stormy, and Pip together on a poster board for a full Pusheen family display.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Pusheen coloring pages?
Printable line drawings of Pusheen, an internet-famous cartoon cat, are shown in everyday moments, holiday scenes, and fantasy themes. This large collection is available as free PDF downloads or as online coloring pages colored directly in the browser.
Who created Pusheen, and when?
Pusheen was created in May 2010 by artists Claire Belton and Andrew Duff for a webcomic called Everyday Cute, based on a cat from Belton’s childhood.
Does Pusheen have a family?
Yes. Within the Pusheen universe, the character has a mom, a dad, a younger sister named Stormy, and a younger brother named Pip, several of whom appear alongside her in this collection.
What styles of Pusheen pages are included?
This set spans everyday cozy moments, food and snack scenes, holiday and seasonal designs, and fantasy or crossover-style themes like a unicorn or mermaid version of the character.
Are these coloring pages suitable for young children?
Yes. Pusheen’s large, rounded shapes and simple stripe pattern make most designs approachable for preschool and early elementary colorers.
Can these Pusheen 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.
Why is Pusheen so popular online?
Pusheen’s popularity grew quickly after sticker sets launched on Facebook and other messaging platforms in the early 2010s, turning the character into one of the internet’s most recognized cartoon cats.
Does this collection include crossover designs with other characters?
Yes, a few pages present Pusheen in a playful crossover style referencing other pop culture characters, alongside the collection’s original everyday and fantasy 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.
