Cheerleading coloring pages with pom-poms, megaphones, and stunts
This collection brings together cheerleading scenes kids recognize from pep rallies, football sidelines, and competition mats: pom-poms in motion, megaphones, big hair bows, jumps, pyramids, and smiling squads. Younger colorers can start with bold single objects like a megaphone or uniform; older kids can tackle pleated skirts, shoe laces, packed bleachers, and stunt groups with overlapping arms and legs. It is a good fit for sports fans, cheer teams planning spirit-week activities, coaches making handouts, and children who want to design their own squad colors before the big game.
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Fun facts to share while coloring
Cheerleading grew out of college “yell leader” traditions in the late 1800s. In 1898, University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell led a crowd chant often cited as the first organized cheer. Women began joining college cheer squads in the 1920s, and the activity later expanded far beyond sidelines into competitions. The National Cheerleaders Association was founded in 1948 by Lawrence “Herkie” Herkimer, whose name lives on in the Herkie jump. Pom-poms were originally made from paper; modern vinyl pom-poms became popular because they were brighter, tougher, and better in wet weather. Today a routine may combine chants, motions, jumps, tumbling, dance, and partner stunts, all timed tightly to music or crowd cues.
Coloring tips
A classic cheerleading palette starts with two school colors for the uniform, bright white for sneakers and socks, skin and hair tones for each athlete, silver or gold for metallic pom-poms, and a bold black outline on letters. Pleated skirts and sleeve stripes look best when you color every other fold a slightly darker shade, then leave a thin white highlight along the sharp crease. For pom-poms, use short flicking strokes from the handle outward instead of filling them like a solid circle. Try a theme twist by inventing a team identity: add a mascot paw, lightning bolt, or initials to the megaphone, then echo that symbol on the bow and uniform.