Bold easy lion cub coloring page with big eyes, fluffy mane, jungle leaves, and sun

Smiling Lion Cub Under Jungle Leaves

A cheerful lion cub peeks out with round ears, a fluffy mane, bright eyes, leafy plants, and a sunny sky above.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Lion collection, made for ages 2–4 and drawn in a Bold & Easy style.

🎨 How to color it

Give the lion cub a honey-gold face, a cinnamon-orange mane, emerald jungle leaves, and a sunny yellow circle in the corner. Use chunky crayons to fill the big face, mane, and leaf spaces; staying inside every line is optional for little hands. Add a tiny white spot on the black nose so it looks shiny, just like a secret sun sparkle.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 37 zones and 6 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

The Secret Nose Sparkle — Behind the big leaves, Beni made up a game: sniff the sunbeam. Sniff-sniff! Read the full story →

Behind the big leaves, Beni made up a game: sniff the sunbeam. Sniff-sniff! The warm light smelled like dry grass and sleepy flowers. Beni wanted to catch it before it slid away.

“Psst, come here,” he whispered to a beetle. He tipped his nose up. Plink! The sunbeam stuck there, bright and round. Beni giggled so hard his whiskers wiggled.

Ever since, little lions keep a shiny spot on their noses for sun-sniffing games. Can you find Beni’s secret sparkle?