This collection has 22 free kangaroo coloring pages — 11 mother-and-joey scenes, 9 solo or group kangaroos on the move, and 2 detailed zentangle-pattern designs. Every page is set against an outback backdrop of gum trees, rolling hills or open grassland. All 22 are black and white, US Letter, free PDF, no signup.
A kangaroo’s pouch gives an illustrator a built-in second character for free — a joey’s head or paws can peek out without adding a single extra line to the scene. More than half this set uses that trick, pairing the mother’s rounded outline with a smaller joey tucked against her body, which is also what makes those 11 pages easier for a young colorer to fill in: two simple shapes instead of one busy one.
What’s in this collection
Eleven mother-and-joey pages, nine kangaroos on the move and two zentangle designs — 22 in total, in the grid below. Each has its own Download PDF and Print button, so you can take one page instead of the whole set.
Mother kangaroos with a joey
Eleven pages pair a mother kangaroo with her joey — most show the joey’s head and paws peeking out of the pouch while the mother stands in a gum-tree or open-field scene, a couple set the joey standing beside her instead, one shows the pair under a rainbow with hearts, and one widens out to a four-kangaroo family with two joeys under a tree. These are the roundest, least detailed pages in the set and the easiest to hand to a preschooler.
Kangaroos on the move
Nine pages drop the joey and show a kangaroo alone or in a small group instead: one grazing beside a rock formation, one hopping mid-leap through grass, three hopping together across a hillside, and four standing close-up portraits — by a pond, under a full moon, sniffing a flower, and framed against a rising or setting sun. These read more like wildlife portraits than family scenes.
Detailed zentangle kangaroos
Two pages replace the outback background with fine repeating patterns — spirals, scallops and dots filling the kangaroo’s body panel by panel, the way a shell or wing gets patterned on other animal pages in this style. Both want a fine-tip pen rather than a crayon and suit an older kid or adult colorer better than the mother-and-joey set.
How to print these
Every page is US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), pure black and white, with the drawing inside the printable margin. Plain copy paper works for the 20 outline pages; for the 2 zentangle designs, heavier paper holds up better against a fine-tip pen without bleeding through.
FAQ
Are any of these kangaroo pages simple enough for a toddler?
Yes — the mother-and-joey scenes use a single thick outline around a round-bodied kangaroo, workable from about age 3.
How many pages show a joey?
11 pages pair a mother kangaroo with a joey, either in the pouch or standing beside her. The other 11 show a kangaroo alone or in a group, without a joey.
Which pages suit an older colorer more?
The two zentangle designs, where the kangaroo’s body is filled with small repeating patterns instead of a flat outline.
Can I download all 22 as one file?
Not as a single file. Each page has its own Download PDF button in the grid, which keeps the files small and lets you build your own selection.
For more zentangle-style animal pages, the turtle coloring pages use the same mix of simple outlines and detailed shell patterns, and the animals and nature collection holds the rest of the free sets in this silo.