About this coloring page
If your kid loves dinosaurs, this Dino Footprint page is an easy win. The lines are thick enough to fill in confidently with a chunky crayon, and the negative space is varied — some big sweeping areas for younger artists, some smaller pockets that reward a more careful hand. We drew it specifically with the 3 – 11 crowd in mind, so nothing is so fiddly that a preschooler will give up halfway through, and nothing is so empty that a second-grader will lose interest.
For more dinosaurs-themed activities, browse our curated activity guide with pairing ideas for parents and classroom teachers.
The design works in a single black-and-white pass on any home or classroom printer. If you want to save toner, use draft mode — the outlines are thick enough to survive economy printing without losing definition. Younger kids tend to do best when you tear or cut the page along the bottom edge so the sheet is square and easier to rotate. Older kids will happily work on the full landscape sheet, and a few will even ask for two copies so they can try a different color scheme on each.
This page fits naturally into museum visits, dinosaur birthday parties, prehistoric units. Parents tell us they keep a small folder of printed sheets in the car for restaurant waits and waiting rooms; teachers stash them in their sub-plans folder for the days a lesson runs short. The Dino Footprint design works in either context because it doesn’t require any setup conversation — kids see it, recognize it, and start coloring without needing the activity explained.
Once it’s done, hang it on the fridge, mail it to a grandparent, or stack it in a binder of finished art. Coloring time is one of the few low-stakes ways small kids get to make creative decisions on their own — celebrating the result, even quietly, makes the next page that much more inviting. We try to keep at least three or four finished pages visible somewhere in the house at all times, and we rotate them weekly so nobody’s art ever feels old.
Coloring tips
- Outline each section in marker before filling with crayon for a stained-glass effect.
- Save a sticker sheet for the end — three or four well-placed stickers turn a finished page into a card or gift tag.
- Add a tiny pattern (dots, stripes, stars) inside one big area for visual interest without adding any drawing skill.
- Color the background first with a light wash so the Dino Footprint stands out.
- Use the side of a peeled crayon for big areas and the tip for small details — same crayon, two different looks.
- Layer two crayon colors on top of each other to invent a new shade; reds and yellows make a particularly good dinosaurs-themed orange.
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Conversation starters
Coloring time is a great moment to talk. Try these prompts while your child is working on their dino footprint page:
- If you could give it a name, what would it be?
- If this Dino Footprint could talk, what is the first thing it would say?
- If you drew the next page in the story, what would be on it?
- Who is this Dino Footprint’s best friend, and what do they do together?
- What sound does it make? Show me with your face.
Learn a little more
Most characters-themed pages on KidColor pull from the wider world of public-domain illustration, then get redrawn with thicker outlines and simpler shapes so they print cleanly and color easily. The Dino Footprint design is a friendly, kid-readable take on the subject — perfect as a jumping-off point for a quick conversation, a related picture book at the library, or a short field trip if the season is right. Pair it with one or two other Dinosaurs pages from this site for a longer activity, or use it as a single five-minute warm-up before moving on to something else.
Looking for an extension activity? Pair this page with companion craft kit ideas for a longer rainy-afternoon project.
