Little
Ages 3–5
Very thick lines and a few big areas. Easy for small hands.
Kudu Coloring Pages
The kudu is a large African antelope with long horns that twist like a corkscrew, huge rounded ears and thin white stripes running down its sides. On the little page, for ages 3 to 5, the kudu has very thick outlines and big shapes with no background. Children aged 6 to 8 get thick lines and a sunny grassy scene, and the detailed page for ages 9 to 12 adds finer lines, a spiky mane, a small beard and plenty of small areas to fill.
Choose a level and print
The same drawing in three levels. Print it from the page or download a PDF.
Kids
Ages 6–8
Thick lines and a simple background to color.
Detailed
Ages 9–12
Finer lines, more areas and patterns for older children.
Color online
Choose a color, then tap an area of the picture to fill it. When you are happy, save it as an image or print it.
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Real colors to try
These are the natural colors of this animal. Use them, or pick your own.
- grey-brown coat
- chalk white stripes
- dark horn brown
- ivory horn tips
- nose black
- bush leaf green
Kudu facts for kids
- Kudus are antelopes that live in Africa, in woodland and bush with many trees and shrubs.
- Kudus eat leaves, picking them from bushes and low branches.
- Male kudus have long horns that twist round and round in a spiral, like a corkscrew.
- The thin white stripes on a kudu's body help it hide among the trees and shadows.
- A kudu has very large, rounded ears that help it hear sounds around it.
How to use this coloring page
- Little level: start with the large body in grey-brown, then use a darker crayon for the twisting horns.
- Kids level: leave the stripes and the V between the eyes white, so they stand out against the brown coat.
- Detailed level: color each twist of the horns a little darker at the base and lighter toward the tips.
- At school, talk about how stripes help a kudu hide in the bush, then let children add leafy shrubs around it.
- Print at 100% on plain paper. Thicker paper works better if you color the big body with markers.
Pip's idea
Hide the kudu in a leafy forest: draw shrubs and branches around it, then color the coat and the shadows in similar browns so the white stripes look like streaks of sunlight.
Questions and answers
- Do all kudus have twisting horns?
- No. Only the males grow the long spiral horns. Females have no horns, so you could draw a second kudu without them and color the pair side by side.
- Why does a kudu have white stripes?
- The thin white stripes break up the shape of its body, so a kudu standing still among bushes and trees is hard to spot. Leave them white when you color for a real look.
- Which kudu page should a five-year-old start with?
- The little level, made for ages 3 to 5. Its very thick outlines and big shapes leave room for crayons, and the horns are wide enough to fill without going over the lines.
