Gorilla Coloring Pages

A gorilla getting its fur groomed has something in common with a child having a stubborn tangle sorted out: sometimes it helps to have another pair of hands. For gorillas, grooming is also a social occasion, a way to spend time together between looking for food, moving around, and resting.

Gorilla coloring pages celebrate an animal whose day has room for both a nap and a play session. Young gorillas are especially keen on play, though adults join in too. Being an impressive great ape apparently does not require being solemn all the time.

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Give the Peekaboo Tree Some Bark Texture

The baby gorilla has chosen a substantial tree to hide behind, although its face and gripping hand give the game away. That broad trunk is a good place to bring a little real bark texture into the drawing.

Make a bark rubbing on a separate piece of thin paper with the side of a brown crayon. At home, use a few of its broken lines as a guide for marks inside the printed trunk, keeping them away from the fingers curled around its edge.

A soft gray gorilla and warm brown bark will separate the two shapes. Let the small flowers at the foot of the tree have brighter petals.

Layer a Few Leaves Around the Seated Gorilla

This seated gorilla has a leafy frame already: hanging vines above and broad split leaves at the sides. A few pieces of green paper can make the outer leaves stand slightly forward without covering the smiling face.

With adult cutting help, make two paper leaves shaped like the broad ones near the page edges. Glue only the base of each over a matching printed leaf. Their loose tips can lift gently above the picture, while the center remains flat.

Color the gorilla brown with a lighter face and chest, and give the bananas beside its hand a warm yellow. The hanging leaves can stay a single green so their heart shapes remain clear.

Let Sunlight Reach the Rainforest Path

The path beneath this gorilla is scattered with leaves and small stones. Rather than making the whole forest equally dark, imagine a little sunlight reaching the ground between the surrounding plants.

Use dark gray for the gorilla and green for the foliage, leaving a few pale yellow patches along the path as suggested sunlight. Keep those patches irregular, with some partly hidden behind the printed leaves and knuckles.

The ground between the arms offers room for one larger patch, while smaller ones can continue toward the bottom of the page. Let a few scattered leaves cross those pale areas. Their outlines will show through the suggested light, keeping the path leafy rather than turning it into a glowing strip.

Turn the Two Banana Bunches into a Counting Page

Two separate banana bunches sit in front of this smiling gorilla, one on either side. They make a useful starting point for a little counting together, with the curved fruit still joined at the stems.

Choose yellow for the bananas and a warm gray for the gorilla, keeping the outlines between neighboring bananas visible. The leaves behind its shoulders can be green.

Point to each banana once, first in the left bunch and then in the right. Write each total beneath its own bunch, then add them together below the gorilla's feet. A child can use counters beside the paper if the curved, overlapping shapes are difficult to keep track of.

Send a Flower-Forest Hello

An open hand and a broad smile make this gorilla a cheerful messenger. For someone who lives too far away for a quick visit, the waving pose gives a handwritten hello a friendly place to begin.

Write a short greeting in the open space beside the raised arm, checking that the words fit below the bird's branch. Add one real bit of news underneath the picture, such as something planted in the garden or a recent family outing.

Try a brown gorilla with pink flowers and a small blue bird. Fold the finished sheet with the picture facing inward for the envelope, so the recipient opens it to find the waiting wave.

Bring Out the Gorilla's Long Fur

Lay down a light gray coat, then add a few darker crayon strokes in the direction of the printed fur. Leave the face, knuckles, and toes smoother so they look different from the hairy arms.

With no forest around it, this gorilla's shoulders and long arms carry the whole picture. The printed tufts along the arms offer a useful guide for adding a little texture without turning the coat into a solid black shape.

Concentrate the extra marks on the outer forearms and shoulders, where the tufts are longest. Around the eyes, the existing lines already describe the expression. The broad hands can stay especially clear, with each folded finger visible against the white ground.