Cute kawaii lion cub sitting in grass with clouds and small paw prints

Smiling Kawaii Lion Cub with Tiny Paw Prints

A cheerful lion cub sits on a grassy hill, smiling beside three tiny paw prints under puffy, wide-open clouds.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Lion collection, made for ages 5–7 and drawn in a Kawaii style.

🎨 How to color it

Color the lion cub golden yellow, his fluffy mane warm orange, the grass bright green, and the little paw prints sandy brown. Use chunky crayons or broad marker strokes for the cub’s big face and paws, then add the grass blades with quick upward flicks. For a playful twist, make the three paw prints three different colors, as if a silly friend tiptoed by with painted feet.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 32 zones and 9 colors, sized for kids. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Pip Shares the Giggle — Under the puff-puff clouds, Pip the lion cub tried to hold in a giggle. It wiggled in his belly, buzzed in his nose, and popped out as, “Hic-roar!” The grass shivered. Read the full story →

Under the puff-puff clouds, Pip the lion cub tried to hold in a giggle. It wiggled in his belly, buzzed in his nose, and popped out as, “Hic-roar!” The grass shivered. Pip clapped both paws over his mouth, but another happy sound bounced out.

Then three tiny paw marks appeared in the dust. Plip. Plip. Plip. A beetle wearing wet berry paint marched past Pip’s toes, leaving little prints and a very serious frown. “Your laugh is making my feet dance,” she said.

Pip snorted. The beetle snorted. Soon they were hic-roaring and plip-plipping together until the hill seemed to grin. Next time you spot those tiny tracks beside Pip, can you hear the joy hopping from paw to paw?