Coloring Book Maker
Make a printable coloring book in a few clicks. Pick pages from 66 of our own designs (13 fish, 13 motorcycles, 14 repeat patterns, 14 geometric and 12 abstract designs), add your own line art, and put the pages in the order you want. The book gets a cover with your title, a This book belongs to line or a name, and a picture from the book. Choose easy, medium or detailed lines for the whole book. Blank backs put one picture on each sheet so marker ink does not show through when you print double-sided. Print single pages on US Letter or A4, or a folded booklet of half-letter or A5 pages that comes out in the right order to fold and staple. Line art you add is made pure black and white and cropped to the drawing. Download a PDF, 300 DPI PNGs or an SVG. Nothing is uploaded.
100% private — everything runs in your browser. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Single pages: print at 100% (Actual size). Blank backs keep marker ink from showing through when you print double-sided. Booklet: print double-sided, flipping on the short edge, fold and staple on the fold.
Pictures
Page order
Book
A folded booklet needs half letter or A5 pages.
Runs in your browser with our own code: line art you add is read on your device and never uploaded, and nothing is saved. The designs are our own drawings: you may use them and anything you make with them, including things you sell, with no credit needed.
How to make a coloring book
- Tick the designs you want, or press Add all shown for a whole group.
- Add your own line art if you like: dark lines on a white background.
- Put the pages in order with the arrows, and remove any you do not want.
- Type the cover title and a name, choose the detail, the page size and single pages or a booklet.
- Download the PDF and print at 100% (Actual size).
What you can use it for
- A rainy-day coloring book for children
- Party bags and birthday favours with each guest’s name
- A classroom book with pupils’ own drawings added
- Travel and restaurant activity books
- Relaxing pattern books for adults
- Turning a child’s drawings into a book for grandparents
The 66 designs
| Group | Designs | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Fish | 13 | Clownfish in a sea anemone, Angelfish with long fins, Goldfish in a bowl, Pufferfish puffed up … |
| Motorcycles | 13 | Cruiser motorcycle, Sport bike with a fairing, Dirt bike with knobby tyres, Dirt bike jumping a hill … |
| Repeat patterns | 14 | Paisley rows, Flower garden, Rolling waves, Fish scales … |
| Geometric | 14 | Eight-point star lattice, Four-point star lattice, Six-point star lattice, Star and hexagon lattice … |
| Abstract | 12 | Overlapping bubbles, Flowing lines, Doodle blobs, Shards … |
Every design is our own drawing. Our tests draw every design at every detail level on every page size and check that it stays inside its frame and that no line is thinner than 0.3 mm.
Page order examples
| Book | Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|
| Single pages, blank backs | 9 | cover, blank, picture, blank, picture, blank, picture, blank, picture |
| Single pages, no blank backs | 5 | cover, picture, picture, picture, picture |
| Half-letter booklet, blank backs | 12 (3 sheets) | cover, blank, picture, blank, picture, blank, picture, blank, picture, blank, draw your own, back cover |
In a booklet with blank backs every picture is on a right-hand page, with a blank left-hand page facing it.
Page sizes
| Page size | Page | Prints as | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half letter 5.5 × 8.5 in | 139.7 × 215.9 mm | Booklet (2 pages on a landscape US Letter sheet) or single pages | 10 mm |
| A5 148 × 210 mm | 148 × 210 mm | Booklet (2 pages on a landscape A4 sheet) or single pages | 10 mm |
| US Letter 8.5 × 11 in | 215.9 × 279.4 mm | Single pages | 14 mm |
| A4 210 × 297 mm | 210 × 297 mm | Single pages | 14 mm |
Pictures sit in a frame below the picture name and an optional name line; repeat patterns fill the frame to its edges.
What prints
| Page | What is on it |
|---|---|
| Cover | Your title, This book belongs to and a name or a line, and the first of our designs in a frame |
| Picture | The picture name, a name line, the picture in its frame, a page number |
| Blank back | Nothing, so ink cannot show through |
| Draw your own picture | An empty frame (fills a booklet) |
| Back cover (booklet) | A Colored by line |
To make one page from a photo, use Photo to Coloring Page; to draw a symmetric design yourself, the Mandala Maker; for a picture painted by numbers, the Paint by Numbers Generator.
Tips for your own line art
- Use dark, closed lines on white paper; a scan or a phone photo in good light works.
- Crop away the table or background around the paper before you add it.
- Thicker lines print better for small children.
- Grey pencil may fade: go over it in black pen first.
More printables: the Word Search Maker, the Maze Generator and the PDF Booklet Maker for PDFs you already have.
Which tool to use
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| A book of many pages with a cover | Coloring Book Maker (this page) |
| One outline page from a photo | Photo to Coloring Page |
| A mandala you draw yourself | Mandala Maker |
| A booklet from a PDF you already have | PDF Booklet Maker |
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Frequently asked questions
How do I make my own coloring book?
Tick the designs you want from our library, add any line art of your own, set the order, type a title and a name for the cover and download the PDF. Print it at 100% and staple or bind it.
What are blank backs?
With blank backs on, every picture is followed by a blank page, so when you print double-sided each picture has a sheet to itself. Marker ink then cannot show through onto the next picture. Leave it off to print both sides or one-sided only.
Can I print it as a booklet?
Yes. Choose half letter or A5 pages and Folded booklet. The pages are imposed two to a landscape Letter or A4 sheet; print double-sided, flipping on the short edge, fold the stack and staple on the fold. Spare pages become Draw your own picture pages.
Can I add my own drawings?
Yes. Add a PNG or JPEG of dark lines on a white background, such as a scan or a photo of a drawing. It is turned into pure black and white, cropped to the drawing and fitted to the page.
How is this different from Photo to Coloring Page?
Photo to Coloring Page turns one photo into an outline page. This page puts many pages together into a book with a cover, page order, blank backs and booklet printing, using our own designs and line art you already have.
Can I sell the coloring books I make?
Yes, for our designs: they are our own drawings, so you can sell books made with them and you do not have to credit us. For line art you add, you need the right to use it.
What does the pattern number do?
The repeat patterns and geometric designs are drawn from a number. Change it for a new version of the same designs; the same number always gives the same pages.
How many pages can a book have?
Up to 40 pictures, plus the cover and any blank backs.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The pages are drawn by JavaScript in your browser, and line art you add is read on your device. Nothing is saved when you close the page.