Selfie Coloring Pages

Free selfie coloring pages: 25 printable PDF designs featuring kids, animals, and characters posing for photos with phones and selfie sticks. Each page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser.

A selfie is a photograph a person takes of themselves, typically with a smartphone, and Oxford Dictionaries named “selfie” its Word of the Year in 2013 after tracking a sharp rise in the word’s use. The term is generally traced back to an Australian online forum post from 2002, though it did not become widely used until smartphones with front-facing cameras made the practice common. Selfies have since become one of the most recognizable habits of modern photography, appearing everywhere from family gatherings to vacation photos.

This collection spans 25 pages, grouped into people taking selfies, animal and character selfies, selfie equipment, and general printable designs. The coloring angle ranges from simple single-subject portraits to fuller scenes with props and multiple characters.

What’s Inside This Collection

The 25 designs group into four categories, from people posing for photos to the equipment used to take them.

People Taking Selfies

Ten pages show kids, friends, and even Santa Claus posing for a photo, including group shots and solo portraits. These make up the largest share of the collection and work well for colorists who enjoy filling in facial expressions and poses.

Animal and Character Selfies

Six pages put a playful spin on the theme, featuring a turtle, a cat, an alien, and an astronaut, each taking their own selfie. These pages add variety for colorists who want a more imaginative subject than a human portrait.

Selfie Equipment

Four pages focus on the tools of the selfie, including a smartphone on a tripod, a smartphone flash, and a selfie stick, giving colorists practice with everyday objects rather than a full figure.

General and Printable Sheets

Five pages are simple, single-session printable sheets suited to a quick classroom activity or a fast print at home.

What Selfie 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. Filling in a phone screen, a small selfie stick handle, or a facial expression without crossing the lines calls for the same kind of controlled pencil movement.

A familiar, everyday activity to color. Because selfies are a routine part of modern life, this theme gives colorists a subject they recognize from their own experience with phones and cameras, making the activity feel immediately relatable.

Anxiety reduction through focus. A 2005 study in the Art Therapy Journal documented measurable reductions in anxiety following structured coloring sessions. The steady, repetitive act of coloring a simple pose or object like a phone or selfie stick can offer that same calming focus.

Practice with expression and pose. Because many pages in this set show a face mid-pose or mid-smile, colorists get practice thinking about expression and body language, building basic observation skills alongside coloring technique.

How to Color Selfie Pages Well

• Smartphones: Use a light Gray or Silver for the phone body, with a soft Blue or White for the screen to suggest a glowing display.
• Selfie sticks: Use Black or dark Gray for the stick itself, with a bright accent color like Red on the handle grip for contrast.
• Skin tones: Use warm Tan, Brown, or Peach shades, varying them across different pages so each person or character looks distinct.
• Turtle and cat characters: Use Green shades for the turtle’s shell and skin, and warm Orange or Gray tones for the cat, keeping fur or shell texture in short, even strokes.
• Astronaut and alien pages: Use White or Silver for the astronaut’s suit with a dark Blue visor, and Green or Purple for the alien’s skin to keep the two characters visually distinct.
• Backgrounds: Keep backgrounds simple, using a single soft color like light Blue or light Yellow so the pose or expression stays the visual focus of the page.

5 Creative Craft Ideas With Selfie Coloring Pages

1. Photo Booth Prop

Color a selfie page, mount it on a craft stick, and use it as a handheld prop for a family or classroom photo booth.

2. Scrapbook Page

Glue a colored selfie design onto a scrapbook page alongside a real printed photo for a fun side-by-side keepsake.

3. Greeting Card

Fold cardstock in half, glue on a colored design, and write a cheerful message inside for a friend who loves taking photos.

4. Classroom Bulletin Board

Color several pages as a group and pin the cutouts to a bulletin board titled “Smile and Say Cheese” for a fun classroom display.

5. Paper Bookmark

Cut a small colored design into a bookmark shape and use it to mark a place in a favorite book.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are selfie coloring pages?

Selfie coloring pages are printable line-art designs showing people, animals, and characters posing for photos with phones and selfie sticks. This collection includes 25 free designs available as PDFs or online coloring.

What does the word “selfie” mean, and where did it come from?

A selfie is a photograph a person takes of themselves, typically with a smartphone. Oxford Dictionaries named “selfie” its Word of the Year in 2013, tracing the term’s origin to an Australian online forum post from 2002.

What kinds of selfie scenes are in this collection?

The collection includes people and friends posing together, a turtle, a cat, an alien, and an astronaut, each taking their own selfie, selfie equipment like sticks and tripods, and general printable sheets.

What is a selfie stick?

A selfie stick is an extendable handheld pole that holds a smartphone or camera farther away from the body, making it easier to fit more people or background into a photo.

How can selfie coloring pages be used in a classroom?

Teachers can pair a selfie page with a short activity about photography, expression, or friendship, or use the pages as a quick, low-prep coloring station during free time.

Is this collection just for people, or does it include animals too?

The collection includes both. Alongside pages showing people and friends, six pages give the selfie theme to animals and characters, including a turtle, a cat, an alien, and an astronaut.

Are selfie coloring pages suitable for young children?

Yes. The simple portrait and animal designs in this collection use bold, uncluttered outlines suited to preschool and early elementary colorists. At the same time, the multi-character scenes offer more detail for older children.

What is the difference between a selfie and a regular photograph?

A selfie is specifically a photo someone takes of themselves, usually holding the camera or phone at arm’s length or using a selfie stick, while a regular photograph is typically taken by someone else of another subject.

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.