Sleeping Beauty Coloring Pages

Free Sleeping Beauty Coloring Pages: 67 printable PDF designs featuring Princess Aurora, Prince Phillip, and their friends from the classic Disney film. Each page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser.

Disney’s Sleeping Beauty premiered on January 29, 1959, as the studio’s 16th animated feature, drawing on two classic fairy tale sources: Charles Perrault’s 1697 story and the Brothers Grimm’s “Little Briar Rose,” published over a century later. The film’s score was adapted from Tchaikovsky’s 1890 Sleeping Beauty ballet, and it was Disney’s first production filmed in Super Technirama 70 widescreen, a costly technical investment for its time. Although the film underperformed at the box office on release, it has since become one of Disney’s most visually admired classics, praised for its distinctive Gothic-inspired art style. In the story, Princess Aurora is raised in secret in the forest under the name Briar Rose to protect her from a curse cast by the sorceress Maleficent. This Sleeping Beauty Coloring Pages collection covers that world, from Aurora’s forest life to her romance with Prince Phillip and the three good fairies who raise her.

The set spans 67 designs, ranging from simple solo portraits to detailed scenes with multiple characters.

What Is Inside This Collection

The 67 pages fall into four recurring groupings.

Aurora and Prince Phillip Together

A large number of designs pair the two leads, whether dancing, holding hands, or sharing a quiet moment. These pages capture the central romance that drives much of the story.

Aurora as Briar Rose in the Forest

A group of designs shows Aurora in her forest life, picking berries, gathering leaves, and spending time with woodland animals. These scenes reflect the years she spends hidden away from Maleficent’s curse.

The Three Good Fairies and Supporting Characters

Some designs feature Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, along with Maleficent and her raven Diablo. These pages give colorists a chance to work on the wider cast beyond the two central characters.

Solo Aurora Portraits and Everyday Moments

A number of pages focus on Aurora by herself, in her dress, styling her hair, or simply smiling – these suit colorists who want to concentrate on one character’s detail without a busy background.

What Sleeping Beauty 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, and the layered gown details and flowing hair in this collection ask for more careful shading than a simpler subject would require.

A concrete connection to real film history. Because Sleeping Beauty has a specific, documented production history, from its Tchaikovsky-based score to its use of early widescreen technology, coloring a page gives fans a hands-on way to engage with that history alongside the story itself.

Calm focus through detailed forest scenes. A 2005 study in the Art Therapy Journal documented measurable reductions in anxiety following structured coloring sessions, and the layered forest backgrounds in several designs give colorists a slow, absorbing area to work through beyond the characters themselves.

A natural tie-in to nature and animal friendship. Because Aurora’s forest years center on her friendships with woodland animals, these pages give kids an easy opening to talk about nature alongside the fairy tale itself.

How to Color Sleeping Beauty Pages Well

• Aurora’s dress: Her gown is famously shown in both pink and blue across different scenes, so either a soft Carnation Pink or Sky Blue works well, with a lighter shade for highlights.
• Aurora’s hair: A warm Golden Blonde base with a slightly darker shade underneath gives her hair some natural depth.
• Prince Phillip’s attire: Deep Burgundy or Royal Purple suits his cape and tunic, with Gold for any trim or buttons.
• The three good fairies: Keep Flora in Scarlet Red, Fauna in Forest Green, and Merryweather in Royal Blue to match their classic color-coded designs.
• Maleficent: Black and deep Purple work well for her robes, with a sickly Green for her skin tone.
• Forest scenes: Layer Forest Green and Olive for foliage, with warm Sepia for tree trunks and forest paths.

5 Creative Craft Ideas With Sleeping Beauty Coloring Pages

1. Flower Crown Headpiece

Color a page featuring Aurora’s flower-adorned hair, then use it as inspiration to build a simple flower crown from paper flowers glued to a strip of cardstock sized to fit around a child’s head. Securing the ends with tape or a stapler finishes the headpiece. Wearing the finished crown alongside the coloring page makes for a fun pretend-play pairing.

2. Enchanted Forest Diorama

Color a forest scene featuring Aurora and woodland animals, cut it out, and glue it inside a shoebox turned on its side to build a small three-dimensional forest. Adding paper cutout trees, flowers, or berries gives the diorama extra depth. Cutting a small viewing window in the front of the box turns the finished scene into a miniature display piece.

3. Fairy Wand Craft

Color a page featuring one of the three good fairies, then use it as inspiration to decorate a simple star-topped wand from a wooden dowel and a cardstock star. Adding ribbon streamers below the star finishes the wand for pretend play. This works especially well paired with a dress-up or storytelling activity.

4. Once Upon a Dream Greeting Card

Fold a colored page featuring Aurora and Phillip dancing in half to make a greeting card, then write a short message inside for a friend or family member. Adding a hand-drawn border around the folded edge finishes the card. This works well for a birthday, thank-you, or just-because gift.

5. Sleeping Beauty Bookmark

Trim a simple character portrait to bookmark size and laminate or cover it with clear tape for a durable, everyday bookmark. Punching a hole at the top and threading a short ribbon through makes it easy to spot inside a stack of books. Making a small set with different characters gives a reader several to rotate through.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Sleeping Beauty coloring pages?

They are printable illustrations of characters from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, including Princess Aurora, Prince Phillip, the three good fairies, and Maleficent. This collection has 67 designs available as free PDF downloads or for coloring directly online.

What is the story of Sleeping Beauty?

Princess Aurora is cursed as a baby by the sorceress Maleficent to fall into a deep sleep before her sixteenth birthday. She was raised in secret in the forest by three good fairies under the name Briar Rose until true love’s kiss eventually breaks the curse.

What real fairy tales inspired the Disney film?

The 1959 film draws on Charles Perrault’s 1697 story “La Belle au Bois Dormant” and the Brothers Grimm’s “Little Briar Rose,” first published in the early 1800s, blending elements of both versions.

Why is Aurora sometimes called Briar Rose?

Briar Rose is the name Aurora uses while living hidden in the forest with the three good fairies, meant to protect her identity and keep her safe from Maleficent’s curse until her sixteenth birthday.

What colors work best for these designs?

Aurora’s dress appears in both pink and blue across the film, golden blonde suits her hair, and Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are traditionally shown in red, green, and blue.

Are Sleeping Beauty coloring pages suitable for young children?

Yes. The designs use gentle, non-graphic character art with no frightening content, making them appropriate for preschool through elementary-age children.

Can this collection be paired with other Disney princess collections?

Yes. Since this collection sits within the site’s broader Disney princess content, these pages pair naturally with other Disney princess coloring collections for a larger fan coloring session.

What makes the 1959 film notable in Disney’s history?

Sleeping Beauty was Disney’s 16th animated feature and its first film shot in Super Technirama 70 widescreen, with a score adapted from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet rather than original songs.

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