Crested Dinosaur Coloring Pages
6 printable coloring pages of original crested dinosaurs, each with its own name and species and drawn to keep the real animal's silhouette. Every dinosaur comes as a pair: a color reference and black-and-white line art to print. Follow the palette or pick your own.
6 pages Open a title to see the finished version and the line art side by side.
Ways to use this collection
Auroracrest the Parasaurolophus, Sylvathumb the Iguanodon and Lakecho the Corythosaurus are three original characters, each as a color reference and a line drawing, six pages in all. One has a crest stretching far back and another a crest rising round, so comparing crest shapes is the heart of this small set, and the color references show how the crest colors are laid out before you begin.
Activity ideas
- What might a crest have been for? Do not settle on one answer; let each child offer an idea, such as making sounds or helping dinosaurs recognize each other.
- Invent dinosaur voices with your mouth, let each group take one dinosaur, and have them present its name and its sound.
- Color Auroracrest's crest in layers of rainbow colors and Lakecho's crest in lake colors, taking color ideas from each name.
Tip With only three pages, split into three groups with one dinosaur each and print one copy per group, so all three finish in 20 to 30 minutes.