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Snowflake coloring pages
20 free printable pages, gathered from themes across the site. Every page downloads as a crisp PDF in Letter or A4. Updated October 13, 2026.
About these pages
Snowflakes from simple to very fine. Young children get a six-armed snowflake outline, a smiling six-armed snowflake and a cosy mitten with a big snowflake. Winter scenes show snowflakes falling around a curious penguin, a snowflake garland across a window and a gingerbread house with falling snowflakes. The detailed pages follow real crystal shapes, such as a snowflake with fern-like arms, one with plate crystal tips and one with a hexagon centre, alongside a lacy snowflake mandala with swirls and a pine branch snowflake mandala.
There are 4 easy pages for ages two to four, 4 for ages four to eight and 12 detailed pages for older kids and adults. Snowflakes are mostly white, so colour them in pale blue, lilac and silver, or leave the flake white and fill the background dark blue. In class, pair a page with paper-cut snowflakes. For more, see the winter pages, the winter pages for adults and the snowman pages.
Each design is its own page with a Letter and an A4 PDF, a description, and related pages, so you can print one sheet or a whole set.
Questions
Why do snowflakes have six arms?
Water molecules freeze into a hexagonal lattice, so ice crystals grow with six sides or six arms. Cartoon snowflakes are sometimes drawn with eight, but a real one always has six, which children can check by counting on the simple outline pages.
How do I cut a paper snowflake with six arms?
Fold a square of paper in half into a triangle, then fold that into thirds so it makes a narrow wedge, and cut small shapes along the edges. When you unfold it, it has six arms like a real crystal.
What shapes can real snowflakes take?
Scientists sort them into types such as stellar dendrites, with branching fern-like arms, and plates, which are flat hexagons. The shape depends mostly on the temperature and moisture of the air where the crystal grows.
Can I print on A4 paper?
Yes. Every page has a Letter and an A4 version. Pick the one that matches your printer.