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Caterpillars have always been kind of cute to me. Some people see them as creepy crawlies, but I’ve always admired their colors, patterns and slow way of life.
Of course, we also remember that they will transform into beautiful butterflies one day! This collection of free caterpillar coloring pages is the ultimate celebration of these interesting creatures.
You will find plenty of caterpillars and even some butterflies along the way, so let’s begin this collection!
Have A Creative Metamorphosis With these Caterpillar Coloring Pages
1. A Glimpse Of The Future
Every caterpillar hopes to become a beautiful butterfly one day. This butterfly and caterpillar coloring page gives us a glimpse of that potential future.
It also gives you a lot of details to customize with your color creativity!
2. Caterpillar Mountain Adventure
There are some beautiful mountains in the background of this cartoon caterpillar printable to color for toddlers, and that’s never a bad thing!
3. Caterpillar With Too Many Leaves To Choose From!
Caterpillars love to eat leaves, and the one on this caterpillar coloring PDF is spoiled for choice!
4. Patience, Little Cocoon…
Before a caterpillar can become a butterfly, it must first seal itself in a cocoon.
This caterpillar cocoon on a branch coloring sheet shows this amazing process, and now it’s a matter of time…
5. Simple Caterpillar With Bubbles
This caterpillar coloring page printable is perfect for younger artists to test their skills!
There are also some bubbles in the background to finish off this scene.
6. Caterpillar Branch Adventure
What looks like a simple branch to you or me is a grand highway for a caterpillar.
This caterpillar coloring sheet shows this little guy off on an adventure.
7. This Caterpillar Has An Appetite!
Who doesn’t love to tuck into a good meal?
This caterpillar coloring page shows a cute cartoon caterpillar tucking into a tasty leaf.
I wouldn’t eat a leaf, but he makes it look like it must be delicious!
8. Hanging Out With A Caterpillar Pal!
Caterpillars love to hang out! This caterpillar hanging from a tree branch coloring sheet may look odd, but it’s probably preparing to build a cocoon.
9. It’s The Caterpillar Circle Of Life
This next caterpillar life cycle page to color shows the entire life cycle of the caterpillar. First, a butterfly lays eggs which hatch into a caterpillar.
Then, that caterpillar creates a cocoon to turn into a butterfly which lays eggs which then… I think you get the idea!
10. Detailed Life Cycle For A Caterpillar
If you appreciated seeing the caterpillar life cycle, then you will like this more detailed caterpillar life cycle coloring page for preschoolers.
It gives us a more detailed and realistic view of the process.
If you wish to color more insects, check our collection of ant coloring pages here.
11. Munch Time For This Caterpillar
We all need a snack every now and then.
This caterpillar printable coloring page shows this cute cartoon caterpillar having a great snack.
12. Wave To This Adorable Caterpillar
This caterpillar to color is giving you a nice friendly wave!
That should put you in a good mindset as you start coloring this cute page.
You could also add a background setting if you want to make it more unique.
13. Realistic Caterpillar Makes Its Descent
We’ve seen a few cartoony caterpillars in this collection so far, and they’re all great!
For some variety, we have this more detailed caterpillar walking down a tree branch coloring page.
This page will test your skills, so be sure to take your time with it!
14. The Amazing Caterpillar Transformation
On this caterpillar’s transformation from cocoon to butterfly coloring sheet, we get another look at what a caterpillar goes through in its lifespan.
It’s such an amazing process, and you could challenge yourself to label each phase.
If you want to focus on the later part of a caterpillar’s life, you can check out this amazing butterfly coloring collection.
15. Colorful Cartoon Caterpillar!
This colorful caterpillar PDF is perfect for you to use to express your creativity!
There are so many small details that you can bring to life.
If I were coloring this page, I would use as many bright and cheerful colors as possible.
16. Book Worm Or Book Caterpillar?
When someone loves to read, you can call them a book worm.
This cute caterpillar wearing glasses coloring sheet for kids is more of a book caterpillar, though!
I would be afraid to lend a book to a caterpillar, as they may eat the pages!
17. Alert Caterpillar Ready For Fun
The wide eyes on this easy caterpillar coloring page for preschoolers makes it look very alert!
Hopefully, this look will inspire you with the alertness you need to finish coloring every detail.
18. Educational Caterpillar Life Cycle
This educational caterpillar coloring page showing its life cycle gives you an even more detailed look at this process.
Unlike the other portrayals we have seen, this one has an extra step where we see the butterfly emerging from its cocoon.
19. Chow Time For This Caterpillar!
Slow down there little guy! This hungry caterpillar coloring printable shows this caterpillar stuffing his face.
Even when you’re very hungry, you need to pace yourself if you want to avoid a tummy ache!
20. Don’t Eat Too Much Of That Leaf!
This happy caterpillar eating leaves coloring page for kids presents a cute scene, but he needs to be careful!
If he eats too much of that leaf, he’ll have a very rude interruption of his dinner
21. Monarch Caterpillar Meal Time
The monarch butterfly is one of the most recognizable and stunning butterflies in nature.
It has to start like a caterpillar like any other butterfly, though.
This monarch caterpillar munching on a leaf coloring PDF for kids shows this caterpillar stocking up on calories before the big transformation.
22. Monarch Caterpillar Milkweed Feast
Here’s another detailed page for you to work on.
This Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed leaf coloring book page shows a realistic portrayal of this magnificent caterpillar on one of its favorite leaves.
23. A New Caterpillar Friend!
The previous few pages were quite detailed and realistic, so let’s get back to basics for a bit. This preschool caterpillar coloring sheet is perfect for younger kids.
Even though it looks simple, you can use lots of colors on this page!
24. Twig Vantage Point
This realistic caterpillar crawling on a leaf page to color shows another rather realistic caterpillar.
It’s drawn large on the page, so even though it’s more realistic, it’s still easy for younger kids to color the large sections of the caterpillar.
25. Another Look At An Amazing Process
We wanted to provide a few different takes on this amazing process.
So, this simple caterpillar life cycle from cocoon to butterfly coloring page gives anther look at what this cycle is like.
26. Smile As You Color This Cute Caterpillar
Smiling is infectious, and that’s certainly true as we work on this smiling caterpillar on a tree branch printable to color.
27. Sweet Spotted Caterpillar
How cute is this spotted caterpillar coloring page for kids? It will be even cuter with your color choices!
28. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is possibly the most well known caterpillar story out there.
This Very Hungry Caterpillar free PDF coloring sheet allows you to relive this tale.
29. Wiggler From Super Mario
To finish off the collection, we have this appearance from another series.
This Wiggler caterpillar from Super Mario coloring page finishes off things with a video game twist.
Fans of Mario can continue their adventure with this collection of Mario and his friends!
After You Color Your Caterpillars Pages
Keep Transforming These Pages With These Extra Ideas
- Use some crafts like glitter and stickers for the butterfly wings.
- Look up some facts about a caterpillar transformation for those pages.
- Draw some backgrounds inspired by your yard or favorite outdoor spaces.
- Add your favorite fictional caterpillars to these pages.
Caterpillars may be small, but there is something about them that is so interesting and engaging. I hope you enjoyed celebrating them with this collection of caterpillar coloring pages.
You can use any colors, art tools and techniques that strike your fancy as you work on these pages. Feel free to explore your creativity and see what happens!
Then, to finish off, share some of your completed pages on our social media pages so we can see how you chose to depict these awesome caterpillars.
