Coloring Books: Animals

Coloring Books: Animals is an HTML5 colouring game that keeps its features clearly listed. You get six animal pictures to choose from and a palette of 24 different colours, which is wide enough to go beyond the basics and try out shades for fur, feathers and backgrounds.

What sets this one apart is what happens after you finish. The game includes a feature to save your image and another to print it, so a picture coloured on screen can become a real page on the fridge. The description is honest that these options may not work on some browsers, so it is worth testing once before promising a child a printout.

The coloring itself is described as fully customisable, giving the artist control over how each part of the animal looks. With only six pictures it is a compact set, but the save and print options give each finished drawing a life outside the game, which is a nice touch for kids proud of their work.

1. Choose which of the six animals to colour.
2. Pick from the 24 available colours.
3. Fill in the picture area by area.
4. Save or print your finished image if your browser supports it.

Try the print option on a simple page first. Since it may not work in every browser, it is better to know before a child finishes a picture they want to keep.