These 25 free owl coloring pages for kids follow Ollie the Owl through one whole day of feelings in the forest, from a happy morning song to a sleepy bedtime story and a big celebration with all his friends. Every page is free to download and print, or to color right in your browser, with no sign-up needed.
Meet Ollie the Owl: a little owl with two tall pointed ear tufts, two big round eyes with bright white highlights, a heart-shaped face with a scalloped feather edge, a small pointed beak, and a chest of layered scallop rows. His wings fold at his sides, and his feet have curved talons when he perches. Ollie does not grow through this book. He stays the same little owl all day. What changes is how he feels: happy, grumpy, sorry, brave, surprised, proud, dreamy, cozy, and sleepy.
Pick a page below to jump straight to it, or scroll through the whole story in order. You do not need a printer to enjoy these pages: tap Color Online under any picture to color it on your screen.
Choose your favorite Ollie the Owl coloring page
Find a page fast: pick a story moment, check its feelings group and difficulty, then tap the title to jump to it.
| Page | Story moment | Feelings group | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Meet Ollie | Meet Ollie, the little owl in the forest. | Morning Feelings | Simple |
| 2. Ollie Wakes Up Happy | Ollie wakes up happy in the morning. | Morning Feelings | Simple |
| 3. Ollie Sings a Morning Song | Ollie sings a happy morning song. | Morning Feelings | Medium |
| 4. Ollie Meets a Butterfly | Ollie meets a pretty butterfly today. | Morning Feelings | Simple |
| 5. Ollie Chases a Butterfly | Ollie chases the butterfly through the trees. | Morning Feelings | Medium |
| 6. Ollie Shares His Berries | Ollie shares his berries with a friend. | Big Feelings | Medium |
| 7. Ollie Gets Grumpy When He’s Hungry | Ollie feels grumpy when he is hungry. | Big Feelings | Simple |
| 8. Ollie Says Sorry | Ollie says sorry and shares a berry. | Big Feelings | Simple |
| 9. Ollie Feels Brave in the Dark Woods | Ollie feels brave in the dark woods. | Big Feelings | Detailed |
| 10. Ollie Is Surprised by a Frog | Ollie is surprised by a little frog. | Big Feelings | Simple |
| 11. Ollie Plays Hide-and-Seek | Ollie plays hide-and-seek behind a tree. | Big Feelings | Medium |
| 12. Ollie Has a Forest Picnic | Ollie has a picnic in the forest. | A Forest Day | Simple |
| 13. Ollie Meets Mama | Ollie meets Mama in the forest. | A Forest Day | Medium |
| 14. Ollie Flies with Friends | Ollie flies happily with his friends. | A Forest Day | Medium |
| 15. Ollie Collects Acorns | Ollie collects acorns in his basket. | A Forest Day | Simple |
| 16. Ollie Counts His Acorns | Ollie counts his acorns one by one. | A Forest Day | Simple |
| 17. Ollie Rakes Autumn Leaves | Ollie rakes the crunchy autumn leaves. | A Forest Day | Medium |
| 18. Ollie Stands Tall and Proud | Ollie stands tall and feels proud. | Cozy Evening | Simple |
| 19. Ollie Gazes at the Stars | Ollie gazes at the twinkling stars. | Cozy Evening | Medium |
| 20. Ollie Pulls a Little Wagon | Ollie pulls his little wagon along. | Cozy Evening | Simple |
| 21. Ollie Bakes Acorn Muffins | Ollie bakes yummy acorn muffins today. | Cozy Evening | Simple |
| 22. Ollie Wears a Warm Scarf | Ollie wears a warm, cozy scarf. | Cozy Evening | Simple |
| 23. Ollie Reads a Bedtime Story | Ollie reads a quiet bedtime story. | Cozy Evening | Simple |
| 24. Sleepy Ollie | Sleepy Ollie closes his tired eyes. | Cozy Evening | Simple |
| 25. The Big Forest Celebration | Ollie celebrates with all his friends. | The Celebration | Detailed |
How to use these owl coloring pages
Jump to a part of the day: Morning Feelings (pages 1–5) · Big Feelings (6–11) · A Forest Day (12–17) · Cozy Evening (18–24) · The Celebration (25)
Choose a picture below, then tap Download to print it or Color Online to color it in your browser. Each page carries one line of Ollie’s story, so reading the lines in order tells the whole tale.
Simple pages have large open shapes and few details. Medium pages have more objects and smaller spaces. The two Detailed pages have the densest backgrounds in the book.
Morning Feelings (Pages 1–5): Ollie Wakes Up in the Forest
Ollie’s day starts in the forest morning: meeting Ollie on his branch, waking up happy with the sun rising, singing a happy morning song, meeting a pretty butterfly, and chasing the butterfly through the trees.
1. Meet Ollie
“Meet Ollie, the little owl in the forest.” Ollie sits on a branch in the forest, his two tall ear tufts up and his big round eyes looking right at you.
Difficulty: Simple (one big owl on a branch, three clouds). Try this: Find the three clouds around Ollie.
2. Ollie Wakes Up Happy
“Ollie wakes up happy in the morning.” Ollie wakes up on his branch with one wing raised in a happy wave, the morning sun rising behind him.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl on a branch, rising sun). Try this: Color the sun rising behind Ollie.
3. Ollie Sings a Morning Song
“Ollie sings a happy morning song.” Ollie sings in profile with his beak open, three music notes floating in the air beside him.
Difficulty: Medium (profile pose, three music notes). Try this: Count the three music notes floating by Ollie.
4. Ollie Meets a Butterfly
“Ollie meets a pretty butterfly today.” A close-up of Ollie meeting one pretty butterfly, its wings open beside his face.
Difficulty: Simple (close-up owl, one butterfly). Try this: What color will the butterfly be?
5. Ollie Chases a Butterfly
“Ollie chases the butterfly through the trees.” Ollie leaps off his branch with both wings spread wide, chasing the butterfly through the trees.
Difficulty: Medium (leaping owl with spread wings, motion lines). Try this: Follow the butterfly Ollie is chasing.
Big Feelings (Pages 6–11): Sharing, Grumpy, Sorry, Brave
Then comes the part of the day with the biggest feelings: Ollie shares his berries with a friend, feels grumpy when he is hungry, says sorry and shares a berry, feels brave in the dark woods, is surprised by a little frog, and plays hide-and-seek behind a tree.
6. Ollie Shares His Berries
“Ollie shares his berries with a friend.” Ollie holds out a leaf with three berries to share with his small bird friend on the branch.
Difficulty: Medium (two birds, three berries in a leaf). Try this: Count the three berries in Ollie’s leaf.
7. Ollie Gets Grumpy When He’s Hungry
“Ollie feels grumpy when he is hungry.” Ollie feels grumpy with an empty bowl in front of him, his wings crossed and his eyes narrowed. Grumpy-cute, never scary.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl, one empty bowl). Try this: What would you put in Ollie’s empty bowl?
8. Ollie Says Sorry
“Ollie says sorry and shares a berry.” Ollie says sorry with droopy eyes, holding out one berry on his wing to share.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl offering one berry). Try this: Color the one berry Ollie is sharing.
9. Ollie Feels Brave in the Dark Woods
“Ollie feels brave in the dark woods.” Ollie stands brave between three tall trees in the dark woods, a crescent moon above him.
Difficulty: Detailed (three full trees with dense leaf canopies, crescent moon). Try this: Find the crescent moon above the trees.
10. Ollie Is Surprised by a Frog
“Ollie is surprised by a little frog.” Ollie stares wide-eyed at a little frog sitting on the branch right below him.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl, one little frog). Try this: Find the little frog on the branch.
11. Ollie Plays Hide-and-Seek
“Ollie plays hide-and-seek behind a tree.” Ollie peeks out from behind a big tree trunk, one wing gripping the bark.
Difficulty: Medium (peeking owl, big tree trunk). Try this: Peek! Who is hiding behind the tree?
A Forest Day (Pages 12–17): Picnic, Mama, Flying and Acorns
The middle of the day is a forest day: a picnic with a muffin, an apple and a juice box, meeting Mama in the forest, flying happily with his friends, collecting acorns in his basket, counting his acorns one by one, and raking the crunchy autumn leaves.
12. Ollie Has a Forest Picnic
“Ollie has a picnic in the forest.” Ollie sits on a checkered picnic blanket with one muffin, one apple and one juice box.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl, picnic blanket, three snacks). Try this: Count the three snacks on the picnic blanket.
13. Ollie Meets Mama
“Ollie meets Mama in the forest.” Ollie sits on a branch facing Mama, who is clearly larger with a flower behind one ear.
Difficulty: Medium (two owls on a branch). Try this: Find Mama, then find Ollie. Who is bigger?
14. Ollie Flies with Friends
“Ollie flies happily with his friends.” Ollie flies with his wings spread wide, three small bird friends flying around him.
Difficulty: Medium (flying owl, three small birds). Try this: Count the three bird friends flying with Ollie.
15. Ollie Collects Acorns
“Ollie collects acorns in his basket.” Ollie holds one acorn in his wing beside a basket with three more acorns inside.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl, one acorn in wing, basket of acorns). Try this: Count the acorns in Ollie’s basket.
16. Ollie Counts His Acorns
“Ollie counts his acorns one by one.” Ollie points at a row of exactly five acorns, counting them one by one.
Difficulty: Simple (a counting page with five acorns in a row). Try this: Touch each acorn as you count from one to five.
17. Ollie Rakes Autumn Leaves
“Ollie rakes the crunchy autumn leaves.” Ollie rakes a pile of five crunchy maple leaves with his rake.
Difficulty: Medium (an owl with a rake, five maple leaves). Try this: Count the five maple leaves in Ollie’s pile.
Cozy Evening (Pages 18–24): Proud, Stars, Wagon, Muffins and Bedtime
The evening turns cozy: Ollie stands tall and feels proud, gazes at the twinkling stars, pulls his little wagon along, bakes yummy acorn muffins, wears a warm cozy scarf, reads a quiet bedtime story, and closes his tired eyes.
18. Ollie Stands Tall and Proud
“Ollie stands tall and feels proud.” Ollie stands tall and proud beside a big tree, his chest out and his eyes bright.
Difficulty: Simple (one proud owl, one big tree). Try this: Stand tall like Ollie, then color his tree.
19. Ollie Gazes at the Stars
“Ollie gazes at the twinkling stars.” Ollie gazes up at exactly five twinkling stars and one crescent moon.
Difficulty: Medium (a counting page with five stars and a moon). Try this: Count the five stars, then find the crescent moon.
20. Ollie Pulls a Little Wagon
“Ollie pulls his little wagon along.” Ollie pulls his little wagon along behind him, holding the handle in one wing.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl pulling a wagon). Try this: What would you put in Ollie’s wagon?
21. Ollie Bakes Acorn Muffins
“Ollie bakes yummy acorn muffins today.” Ollie holds a tray with exactly three yummy acorn muffins.
Difficulty: Simple (a counting page with three muffins on a tray). Try this: Count the three muffins on Ollie’s tray.
22. Ollie Wears a Warm Scarf
“Ollie wears a warm, cozy scarf.” A close-up of Ollie in a warm plaid scarf with tassels, his eyes bright and happy.
Difficulty: Simple (close-up owl in a plaid scarf). Try this: Give Ollie’s scarf your warmest colors.
23. Ollie Reads a Bedtime Story
“Ollie reads a quiet bedtime story.” Ollie reads an open book by the warm light of a small oil lamp, his eyes half closed with sleepiness.
Difficulty: Simple (one owl reading, one oil lamp). Try this: What story is Ollie reading?
24. Sleepy Ollie
“Sleepy Ollie closes his tired eyes.” Sleepy Ollie closes his tired eyes on the branch, exactly three stars and one crescent moon above him.
Difficulty: Simple (a sleeping owl, three stars and a moon). Try this: Count the three stars, then find the crescent moon.
The Celebration (Page 25): The Big Forest Celebration
The book ends with one joyful page: Ollie celebrates with all his friends, Mama beside him and three bird friends flying above with three balloons.
25. The Big Forest Celebration
“Ollie celebrates with all his friends.” Ollie celebrates with Mama and three bird friends flying above, exactly three balloons floating over the forest party.
Difficulty: Detailed (two owls, three birds, three balloons). Try this: Choose happy colors for the big celebration.
How to download, print, or color online
Download: tap the Download button under any picture to save the clean image file, then print it from your device on plain paper.
Color Online: tap the Color Online button under any picture to open it in the coloring tool in your browser. Pick a color, then tap inside a shape to fill it. The black outlines stay put, and you do not need a printer at all.
Both options are free, and neither one needs a sign-up.
Ollie’s colors
Ollie looks the same on every page, and his colors stay the same too:
- Warm brown feathers.
- Soft tan scallops on his chest.
- Cream face disc.
- Golden-yellow beak and talons.
- Two tall pointed ear tufts with inner feather lines.
- Heart-shaped facial disc with a scalloped feather edge.
- Chest of layered scallop rows, no belly patch.
- Eyes closed on the sleepy page (page 24).
Those are Ollie’s colors in the book. Your child can follow them, or choose any colors they like. Ollie stays the same little owl all day. What changes is how he feels.
Owl fun facts for curious kids
- A group of owls is called a parliament.
- A baby owl is called an owlet.
- Owls can turn their heads up to 270 degrees.
- Many owls are nocturnal.
- An owl’s soft fringed feathers let it fly almost silently.
Creative ways to enjoy Ollie’s owl coloring story
- Read and color: read each page’s story line aloud before coloring its picture.
- Count the details: count the five acorns on page 16, the five stars on page 19, the three muffins on page 21, the three stars on page 24, and the three balloons on page 25.
- Compare the first and last page: look at Ollie on page 1, then at Ollie on page 25. Same little owl, but the first page is quiet and the last page is a big celebration.
- Choose a color palette: give Ollie’s whole day one color theme, from his brown feathers to the autumn leaves.
- Tell the story back: ask your child to retell Ollie’s day using the finished pages.
Talk about feelings while you color
Ollie feels grumpy when he is hungry on page 7, sorry on page 8, brave in the dark woods on page 9, proud on page 18, and sleepy on page 24. While you color, ask: when do you feel grumpy? What do you do when you feel sorry? What makes you feel brave? It is a good conversation starter for little ones.
Owl coloring pages: questions
Are these owl coloring pages free?
Yes. All 25 pages are free to download or color online, with no sign-up needed.
Do I need to sign up to download a page?
No. Tap Download under any picture to save the clean image file. No account, no email.
Can I color the pages online?
Yes. Tap Color Online under any picture to open it in the coloring tool in your browser. No printer needed.
Do I need a printer?
No. Every page can be colored online. If you do want to print, download the image and print it from your device.
What ages are these pages for?
Ages 3 to 8. Simple pages suit the youngest colorers, and Medium pages give older kids more to color.
Do I have to follow Ollie’s story in order?
You can, and it is the best way to enjoy the story, but every page also works on its own. Pick a favorite and start there.
Which pages include counting?
Five pages: page 16 has five acorns, page 19 has five stars, page 21 has three muffins, page 24 has three stars, and page 25 has three balloons. Point to each one and count out loud as you color it.
More forest books to color
Ollie is one of our forest books. See the forest coloring pages for the whole set as it grows. Milo the Mushroom also lives in the forest: see the mushroom coloring pages for another forest story to color.
