Snowflake Coloring Pages
Make free printable snowflake coloring pages from 15 snowflakes we drew ourselves: a stellar dendrite, a simple star, a hexagonal plate, a sectored plate, a fern-like snowflake, snowflakes with plate tips and round tips, a heart snowflake, a ring of seven snowflakes, a snowflake medallion, a hexagon kaleidoscope, a lace snowflake, a twelve-arm snowflake, a stellar plate and an easy snowflake for little ones. Each one is drawn as a single arm turned six times round the centre, so all six arms match, as they do in real snow crystals. Print one big snowflake on a page, a grid of four or six small ones, snowfall over a little town, a fold-in-half card, or a snowflake mandala with a new pattern at the press of a button. Blank snowflakes to design prints 1, 2, 4 or 6 snowflakes with six plain arms, so children can draw their own branches; one fills a 186 mm square on US Letter. Type a child’s name for a name page, or paste a class list to get the same snowflake for everyone with each name at the top. Choose simple, medium or detailed lines, never thinner than 0.5 mm. Download one multi-page PDF for US Letter or A4, a 300 DPI PNG of every page, or an SVG. No sign-up, no watermark.
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Runs in your browser with our own code; names and words never leave your device, and nothing is saved. Every picture is our own drawing, black lines on white, with no film, book or cartoon characters, mascots, brands or logos. Every snowflake is our own drawing: one arm turned six times round the centre, so all six arms match. The blank snowflakes have six plain arms, for drawing your own branches. The designs are our own drawings: you may use them and anything you make with them, including things you sell, with no credit needed. The lettering fonts keep their own open licenses.
How to make and print snowflake coloring pages
- Choose what to make: one big picture, several small pictures, the snowfall over a little town scene, blank snowflakes to design, the lettering poster, a name page, a class set, a card, a mandala, or a whole pack.
- Pick the picture, or tick the ones you want for a grid or pack.
- Choose the lines: simple for little ones, medium, or detailed for older children and adults.
- Add a title, change the poster words, type a name or paste your class list, and pick the lettering.
- Choose US Letter or A4 and download the PDF, or a PNG of every page.
- Print on plain paper at 100% (Actual size).
What you can use it for
- A quiet activity on a snow day or in December
- Science lessons on how snow crystals grow, with the table below
- Symmetry practice: color one arm, then match the other five
- Blank snowflakes for children to design their own branches
- Cards and window decorations to color and cut out
- Detailed snowflake mandalas for teens and adults
The 15 snowflake pictures
| Picture | Shapes to color: simple | Medium | Detailed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stellar dendrite snowflake | 7 | 14 | 32 |
| Simple star snowflake | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| Hexagonal plate | 2 | 15 | 23 |
| Sectored plate | 7 | 25 | 38 |
| Fern-like snowflake | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| Snowflake with plate tips | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Snowflake with round tips | 7 | 20 | 32 |
| Heart snowflake | 13 | 20 | 32 |
| Ring of seven snowflakes | 49 | 62 | 68 |
| Snowflake medallion | 21 | 34 | 58 |
| Hexagon kaleidoscope | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| Lace snowflake | 9 | 21 | 40 |
| Twelve-arm snowflake | 13 | 20 | 32 |
| Stellar plate | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| Easy snowflake | 7 | 8 | 14 |
Shapes are the closed outlines the tool draws for each picture at each level, counted by the tool. Simple keeps the hub and the six arms; Medium adds inner hexagons, veins along the arms and small diamonds; Detailed adds dots, small stars and more veins. Every snowflake, at every level, is six-fold symmetric: turn it a sixth of a circle and it lands on itself.
How snowflakes form, and the shapes in our pictures
| Snow science | What the source says |
|---|---|
| How a snowflake starts | “A snowflake begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky” (NOAA) |
| How the arms grow | As the crystal falls, “water vapor freezes onto the primary crystal, building new crystals” (NOAA) |
| Six sides | “Although the six-sided shape is always maintained”, the branches can grow in new directions (NOAA) |
| What sets the shape | Mainly “the temperature at which a crystal forms” and, “to a lesser extent the humidity of the air” (NOAA) |
| Stellar dendrites | “Plate-like snow crystals that have branches and sidebranches” (Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Caltech): our stellar dendrite |
| Fern-like stellar dendrites | So many sidebranches “they look a bit like ferns” (Libbrecht): our fern-like snowflake |
| Plates | Sectored plates have ridges that split the arms into sectors; stellar plates are “thin, plate-like crystals with six broad arms”; simple prisms can be “thin hexagonal plates” (Libbrecht): our sectored plate, stellar plate and hexagonal plate |
| Twelve sides | Libbrecht’s guide shows 12-sided snowflakes formed with “a 30-degree twist”: our twelve-arm snowflake |
Sources: NOAA, “How do snowflakes form? Get the science behind snow” (2016, updated 2022), and Kenneth G. Libbrecht, “A Guide to Snowflakes”, Caltech, read on 9 November 2026. The simple star, heart, ring, medallion, kaleidoscope and lace snowflakes are decorative designs of our own, not crystal types.
Blank snowflakes to design
| Snowflakes per page | Each fits (US Letter) | Each fits (A4) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 186 mm square | 181 mm square |
| 2 | 120 mm square | 129 mm square |
| 4 | 89 mm square | 86 mm square |
| 6 | 77 mm square | 83 mm square |
Sizes are for the page with No title chosen; a title at the top makes them a little smaller. Each blank outline is a hexagon hub with six plain arms (7 shapes), so the design is up to you.
Simple to detailed lines
| Lines | Outlines | Small details | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple | 1.8 mm | 1.4 mm | Toddlers, chunky crayons, big markers |
| Medium | 1.1 mm | 0.8 mm | Most children, colored pencils |
| Detailed | 0.75 mm | 0.5 mm | Older children and adults, fine pens and pencils |
Line widths are measured at print size. The thinnest line on any page is 0.5 mm, so every shape stays open to color.
What you can make
| Page | What prints |
|---|---|
| One big picture | One picture filling the page, with an optional title at the top and an optional frame |
| Several small pictures | Four or six pictures on one page, each in its own box |
| Snowfall over a little town | Two big snowflakes over rolling hills with three little houses and falling snow; Medium adds doors, windows and more snowflakes, Detailed adds more windows and small flakes |
| Blank snowflakes to design | 1, 2, 4 or 6 snowflakes with six plain arms, to design |
| Lettering poster | Two lines of big hollow letters to color (“Let It” and “Snow” or your own words) above three pictures |
| Name page | Words such as “Colored by” and a name in large hollow letters, with three pictures |
| Class set | The same picture for every child, each page with one child’s name at the top (up to 40 names) |
| Fold-in-half card | Picture and title on the front, a small picture on the back: 139.7 × 215.9 mm (5.5 × 8.5 in) from US Letter, 148.5 × 210 mm (A5) from A4 |
| Snowflake mandala | A symmetric pattern with six-point snowflakes round the edge; every pattern number gives a new design |
| Whole pack | Your ticked pictures, one per page, plus the scene, the poster, three mandalas and a name page if you choose |
Titles you can choose: Snowflakes, Let It Snow, Hello Winter, Snow Day, Happy Winter, First Snow, or your own words. Lettering styles: Fredoka, Baloo 2, Sniglet, Cherry Bomb One.
Coloring ideas
- Icy blues: pale blue, turquoise and lilac, with white left in the middle of each arm.
- Symmetry game: color one arm, then copy the same colors onto the other five.
- Night snow: color the snowflake in light colors, then shade the paper around it dark blue so it glows.
Printing tips
- Every page keeps a 12.7 mm (half inch) margin from the paper edge, on US Letter and A4.
- Plain paper is fine for crayons and pencils; use thicker paper or card for markers, paint or glitter glue.
- Print one page first and check it before printing a whole pack or class set.
- Choose Detailed lines only with fine pens or sharp pencils, and Simple lines with chunky crayons.
More things to make
- Fold and cut real paper snowflakes: Paper Snowflake Template.
- A card for your colored snowflake: Christmas Card Template.
- Turn a colored snowflake into an ornament shape: Ornament Template.
- Turn a photo of a real snowflake into line art to color: Photo to Coloring Page.
More free winter printables
More snowflakes to make?
Paper snowflakes to fold and cut, cards, ornaments, gift wrap and line art from your own photos: free tools that run in your browser, with no sign-up and no watermark.
Frequently asked questions
Are these snowflake coloring pages free?
Yes. Every page is free to make, download and print, with no sign-up and no watermark. All the snowflakes are our own drawings.
Which snowflakes are there?
15: stellar dendrite snowflake, simple star snowflake, hexagonal plate, sectored plate, fern-like snowflake, snowflake with plate tips, snowflake with round tips, heart snowflake, ring of seven snowflakes, snowflake medallion, hexagon kaleidoscope, lace snowflake, twelve-arm snowflake, stellar plate, easy snowflake. On top of those there is a snowfall scene, blank snowflakes, a mandala, a lettering poster and name pages.
Why do snowflakes have six sides?
Snow crystals are made of ice, and NOAA explains that as water vapor freezes onto the first crystal the arms grow, and “the six-sided shape is always maintained”. Each arm meets the same conditions as it falls, which is why the arms match.
Are any two snowflakes alike?
Each one takes its own way down: NOAA notes that “individual snowflakes all follow slightly different paths from the sky to the ground”, so each meets slightly different air and grows its own pattern.
Can children design their own snowflake?
Yes. Choose Blank snowflakes to design and pick 1, 2, 4 or 6 per page. Each has a hexagon in the middle and six plain arms. With no title, one fills a 186 mm square on US Letter; six fill 77 mm squares.
Which snowflake pages suit toddlers and preschoolers?
Choose Simple lines: big shapes with thick outlines. The hexagonal plate and the easy snowflake have the fewest shapes, as the table shows.
Can I make a page for every child in my class?
Yes. Choose Class set, pick a picture and paste the names, one per line, up to 40. Each child gets the same picture with their own name in hollow letters at the top, all in one PDF.
Are there snowflake coloring pages for adults?
Yes. Choose Snowflake mandala with Detailed lines: each pattern number gives a different symmetric design. Choose 16 repeats for the most intricate pattern.
Can I sell what I make with these pages?
Yes. The pictures are our own drawings, and the note under the tool sets out how you may use them, including for things you sell.
How do I print the coloring pages?
Download the PDF and print it on plain paper. Choose 100% or Actual size to keep the margins and sizes as drawn; Fit to page also works if your printer cuts off the edges.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Everything runs in your browser. Names and words are not sent anywhere, and nothing is saved when you close the page.