Easter Coloring Pages
Twenty free Christian Easter coloring pages drawn from the great paintings of Holy Week, from Giotto and Leonardo da Vinci to Caravaggio and Carl Bloch. Each one comes with the real painting and a short story to read together, in the order of the story: Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and the days after Easter.
The Easter Coloring Book
All twenty in one printable booklet. On each left page, the painting and its story for children; on the right, the same scene to color. Forty-four pages, with a cover, a table of contents and a Bible verse for each day of Holy Week.
Palm Sunday
Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
The Entry into Jerusalem
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a little donkey. People spread their cloaks on the road, and two boys have climbed the trees to cut branches: the very first Palm Sunday.
Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem
A busy, joyful crowd waves palm branches and lays cloths on the ground, while Jesus, a humble King, rides calmly on the donkey.
Read more: the life of Christ in twenty paintings
Holy Thursday
This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me.
Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet
Jesus kneels like a servant to wash Peter’s feet, and Peter can hardly believe it. The coloring page shows the right side of a painting more than five meters wide.
The Last Supper
Jesus has just said that one of his friends will betray him. The twelve apostles react in four groups of three, while Jesus stays calm in the middle.
Christ in Gethsemane
After the supper, Jesus prays in the garden of olive trees while his friends sleep. An angel comes from heaven and holds him close.
The Kiss of Judas
Torches, lanterns and sticks rise above the crowd as Judas wraps Jesus in his big yellow cloak. Jesus looks straight at him, calm and sad.
The Taking of Christ
This painting was lost for almost two hundred years, until it turned up in Dublin in 1990. The man holding the lantern is Caravaggio himself.
Read more: ten Agony in the Garden paintings
Good Friday
For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son.
Ecce Homo
Pontius Pilate shows Jesus to the crowd: Ecce Homo, Behold the man. We stand behind them on the balcony, looking down at the people.
Christ Carrying the Cross
Only Jesus, his cross and the sky. He holds the wood gently and looks up to his Father: the simplest page of the set, perfect for young children.
The Crucifixion
Jesus gives his life on the cross. Mary Magdalene hugs the wood, and Mary’s friends hold her up, under a sky that Fra Angelico covered with gold.
The Lamentation
Mary holds her son, his friends weep around him, and even the angels in the sky are crying. But in three days, Jesus will be alive again.
The Entombment
Nicodemus and the young apostle John carry Jesus to the tomb, while one of the women lifts both hands to heaven.
Read more: the Stations of the Cross, with a free booklet · More to color: Jesus on the cross coloring pages
Easter Sunday: He Is Risen
He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid.
The Resurrection
Jesus rises from the tomb inside a huge sun, his robe flying, while the soldiers tumble over, dazzled. A big round halo, wonderful to color.
The Resurrection of Christ
Raphael was still a teenager when he painted Jesus rising with his white banner, two angels beside him and the soldiers waking up with a start.
The Resurrection
Jesus steps out of the tomb and looks straight at us, while the soldiers sleep. This fresco was saved during the Second World War by a British officer who held his fire.
The Resurrection
Early on Sunday morning, Jesus steps out of the tomb full of light, his arms raised to heaven, with two angels kneeling at the door. He is risen!
The Holy Women at the Tomb
The women come with perfume and find the tomb empty. An angel sits on the edge and points up: He is not here, for he is risen.
Noli Me Tangere
Mary Magdalene thinks she is talking to the gardener, until Jesus says her name. Two figures in a garden full of flowers: the easiest page for little ones.
Read more: eight famous Resurrection paintings
After Easter
Blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed.
The Supper at Emmaus
Two disciples recognize Jesus the moment he breaks the bread. One jumps up, the other throws his arms wide open, and the basket of fruit is about to fall off the table.
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
Thomas would not believe until he saw. Jesus shows him his wounds, and Thomas says: My Lord and my God!
Read more: the Divine Mercy novena, from Good Friday to the Sunday after Easter
About These Coloring Pages
Are these Easter coloring pages free?
Yes. Every page can be downloaded on its own, and the whole booklet as a PDF, without giving an email. Print as many copies as you need for your family, your parish or your Sunday school class.
Are they religious Easter coloring pages?
Yes, no bunnies and no eggs here. Every page tells a moment of the Easter story from the Gospels, from Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to Thomas meeting the risen Lord, drawn after a famous painting.
What age are they for?
The drawings were simplified from the paintings for children, roughly ages 5 to 12. The easiest are the El Greco, the Fra Angelico Noli me tangere and the Giotto pages; older children and adults enjoy the more detailed ones, like the Tintoretto, the Rubens or the Caravaggio arrest.
Are the Good Friday pages too sad for young children?
They are gentle: no wounds are shown in detail, and the booklet tells each scene simply, always pointing to the joy of Easter morning. You can also start with the Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday pages, and add the others as your child grows.
How should I print them?
Choose US Letter or A4, print on one side of the paper so markers do not bleed through, and print the painting pages in color if you can: they are the color guide.
Do you have something for Lent too?
Yes: a free Lenten calendar with forty paintings, one for each day, and the Stations of the Cross in a printable booklet.
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