Hello Kitty Coloring Pages (Free Printable PDFs)

What’s in this Hello Kitty coloring collection

There are 50 original Hello Kitty coloring pages here, sorted from easiest to most detailed: 18 Easy, 18 Medium and 14 Detailed. They star a chubby kawaii kitten with a big bow on her ear, along with a bunny in a hood, a little frog, two puppies, a penguin and a twin sister.

Hi, I’m Niks. When a kid asks me for Hello Kitty pages, there’s almost always a reason: a birthday party on Saturday, a sleepover, a Christmas card for Grandma. So besides a difficulty rating, every page here has an occasion, and the whole set downloads as one PDF.

Which page fits your occasion?

Each page belongs to one of five occasions, so you can print the right stack for a party or a holiday. Nothing here is scary. The Hello Kitty coloring pages for Halloween have bats, a witch hat and jack-o’-lanterns, and that’s as spooky as it gets.

Planning a birthday? The Party and treats row alone gives you nine pages, enough for a whole table of guests to trade.

Our favorite Hello Kitty coloring pages

Kitty Waving Hello

A chubby kitten in a little dress waves from a grassy line with stars around her. It has 19 big spaces. If you want easy Hello Kitty coloring pages for a preschooler, start here; it’s the one I print most.

Kitty and Friends Group Hug

Four friends squeeze into one hug: the kitten, the bunny in a hood, the little frog and the floppy-eared puppy. It’s Medium, and all those overlapping ears and arms suit kids aged 6 to 9.

Kitty Baking an Apple Pie

Kitty in an apron holds a lattice apple pie at a kitchen counter, with apples, a mixing bowl and a curtained window. The lattice looks great in two shades of golden brown. My niece colored hers purple. Honestly? I respect it.

Twin Kitten Sisters Holding Hands

Two twin kittens in polka dot dresses hold hands among tulips, daisies and butterflies. Their bows sit on opposite ears, which is how you tell them apart. Give each sister her own dress color and two siblings can share the page.

Kitty on a London Street

Kitty in a raincoat stands on a London street with a double-decker bus, a phone box, a clock tower, a lamp post and row houses with window boxes. It’s Detailed (90 spaces), and it’s the one I’d hand a teen who loves travel.

Kitty Face Mandala

A kitten face sits in the middle of a round mandala of hearts, flowers, bows and petals. With 201 spaces, it’s my pick among the Hello Kitty coloring pages for adults who like slow, repeating patterns.

Which Hello Kitty coloring page is right for your child?

Go by the child’s age and patience. Easy pages have 15 to 57 spaces, Medium 31 to 117 and Detailed 90 to 217, so each step up is a real jump.

Hello Kitty and friends coloring pages

Eleven pages bring in Kitty’s friends, all our own characters drawn in the same round kawaii style. Four of them get a page to themselves: Little Frog Friend on a Lily Pad, Floppy-Eared Puppy Friend, Chubby Puppy in a Beret and Penguin Friend in a Bow Tie. The bunny in a hood is the most social one. She turns up at the picnic, the group hug, the sleepover, the cafe and trick-or-treating.

My trick: give every friend one signature color and keep it on every page. Pink bunny hood, green frog, blue beret: kids love spotting the same friend from page to page. If the bunny and the frog are the real stars at your house, our animal coloring pages have plenty more critters.

How to color Hello Kitty pages: 6 tips

1. Keep Kitty white, but make her stand out

A white kitten vanishes on white paper. Color the background, her dress and her bow, then trace a pale pink or light gray pencil just inside her outline.

2. Make the bow the brightest thing on the page

Save your boldest color for the bow. Red is classic, hot pink and purple work too. A slightly darker shade near the knot makes it look puffy instead of flat.

3. Add rosy cheeks

A soft circle of pink pencil on each cheek is the fastest kawaii trick I know. Press lightly. A heavy crayon blush looks like a sunburn.

4. Pick four pastels

Baby pink, mint, lavender, butter yellow and sky blue all suit this style. Choose four before you start. On Kitty’s Sweet Shop, a small palette keeps 217 spaces from turning into confetti.

5. Make the treats look tasty

Leave a tiny white spot on the apple, the cherries and the strawberry so they look shiny. Color frosting lighter than the cake under it, and give cones and pie crusts two browns.

6. Match the tool to the child

Chunky crayons for little hands on the Easy pages. Colored pencils for the mandala and the sweet shop. Markers for bright Medium pages, on heavier paper so they don’t bleed.

A little Hello Kitty history to share while you color

Our kitten is an original character, but she was inspired by a very famous one. A few facts for the coloring table:

1. The Japanese company Sanrio created Hello Kitty in 1974.
2. Her full name is Kitty White, and her birthday is November 1.
3. Sanrio’s story says she lives in the suburbs of London, England. (Hence our London street page.)
4. She’s said to be five apples tall, and her favorite food is her mother’s apple pie.
5. She has a twin sister named Mimmy, who wears her bow on the other ear.
6. The real Hello Kitty has no mouth, while our kitten smiles, so you can always tell them apart.

Hello Kitty party and classroom ideas

Last spring I brought a stack of these to a friend’s Hello Kitty birthday party. Twelve kids colored for half an hour straight, which at a party is close to a miracle. Here’s what works there and in class:

• Occasion sorting. Print a mixed stack and let kids sort it into the five occasions. Explaining each choice is sneaky talking practice.
• Vocabulary hunt. Words like beret, lattice, double-decker, carousel, mandala and tutu are hiding in these pages. Kids label each one as they color.
• Counting. Count the three candles on Kitty and Her Birthday Cake, the three presents in Kitty in a Christmas Tree Costume and the four friends in the group hug. Add them up: ten.
• Story sequence. Line up Kitty Waving Hello, Kitty Riding a Bike with a Flower Basket, Kitty and Bunny Friend’s Picnic and Kitty Sleeping on a Cloud. Kids tell the story of Kitty’s day.
• Party favor books. Print the all-pages PDF (or only the Easy pages for little guests), add a hand-drawn cover, staple it and tuck one into each party bag.

Teachers, our free classroom license spells out what you can print.

Printing tips for the best results

• Make a Hello Kitty coloring book. The all-pages PDF is sorted by level: pages 1 to 18 are Easy, 19 to 36 Medium and 37 to 50 Detailed.
• Print in black and white with “Fit to page.” The PDFs are US Letter and print fine on A4.
• Use heavier paper for markers. Light cardstock or 24-32 lb paper keeps bright pinks from bleeding through.

How I made and checked these pages

These Hello Kitty coloring pages are original ColorTheDay designs, not copies of Sanrio’s artwork. I look over every page before it goes live. The outlines have to be bold and closed, the Easy pages have to work for a three-year-old, and each title has to match what’s actually drawn. The difficulty ratings and occasions are my own calls, and the “spaces to color” numbers are counted from each page, not guessed.

Want more characters? Browse all our character coloring pages, or try the cute-not-creepy Halloween coloring pages. Then scroll back up, pick your favorite of these Hello Kitty coloring pages and tap Download PDF!