Smiling cartoon lion with a big fluffy mane, paw pads, grass, clouds, and a tufted tail.

Smiling Lion with Fluffy Mane

A cheerful lion sits with wide round eyes, giant paw pads, a curly mane, and a tufted tail in the grass.

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

Use golden yellow for the lion’s face and paws, orange for the big loopy mane, pink for the paw pads, and sky blue for the clouds. Chunky crayons are perfect for the wide face, round paws, and big mane bumps; it’s okay if little hands color over the thick lines. Try making every other mane bump a darker orange so the lion looks extra bouncy.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 40 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

Zuzu’s Brave First Pounce — In the bright meadow edge, Zuzu tapped one soft paw. Thump. Read the full story →

In the bright meadow edge, Zuzu tapped one soft paw. Thump. He wanted to make his very first pounce before the clouds slid away. The grass tickled his toes. His tail went swish-swish.

He crouched low. His mane puffed round. “Ready?” he whispered. Hop! Zuzu landed with a happy bump.

Then—boing! A grasshopper sprang up from the grass and pounced too.

Zuzu giggled. Hop, boing, hop, boing! Next time you see his big paws and swishy tail, can you find where the tiny pounce began?