These free acorn coloring pages include simple outlines, cut-and-assemble templates, woodland animals, autumn scenes and decorative patterns. Choose from 19 individual wordless PDF printables for coloring and crafts at home or in the classroom. Most designs have generous coloring spaces, with a few more detailed options for children who enjoy smaller patterns.
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Large Acorn Template
This large acorn coloring page keeps the design simple, with a plain cap and plenty of room inside the outline. It is a good choice for children who enjoy broad coloring spaces or want to add their own marks and patterns.
Use the page as an acorn template for a paper collage, an autumn display or a tracing activity. Children can color the whole shape, fill it with torn paper, or cut around the outside after decorating it.
Two-Piece Acorn Craft Template
This printable separates the acorn cap from the body so children can decorate each piece before putting them together. Keep both pieces on the same printout so their relative sizes stay the same.
Color or collage the pieces, cut them out, and overlap the cap with the top of the body before gluing. Try brown paper for the cap and a different color or texture for the lower piece.
Acorns in Different Sizes
Five acorns give children several small designs to color on one sheet. Their different sizes work well for a mix of crayons, colored pencils and simple paper crafts.
Cut out the finished acorns to make a garland or add them to a fall bulletin board. For an optional comparison activity, invite children to arrange the paper acorns from smallest to largest.
Acorn Pair Coloring Page
Two acorns hang together from a short twig in this simple coloring page. The open shapes offer more room for coloring than the smaller acorns in the patterned designs.
Children can choose matching colors for the pair or make each acorn different. Leave the background white, or invite them to draw their own autumn setting around the twig.
Acorns on an Oak Branch Coloring Page
This branch combines acorns with oak leaves in one nature-themed picture. The broad leaf shapes and patterned caps offer a mix of large coloring areas and smaller details.
Choose greens, yellows, oranges or browns for a seasonal palette, or let children choose their own colors. After coloring, they can trace the branch with a finger to see how the illustrated leaves and acorns connect.
Fallen Acorns and Leaves Coloring Page
Acorns and overlapping oak leaves make a small autumn scene on the ground. This design suits children who want a nature picture with a little more detail than a single acorn.
Try a different color for each leaf, or repeat a few colors across the page. Children can also look for the acorns hidden between the leaves before they begin coloring.
Basket of Acorns Coloring Page
A basket overflowing with acorns gives this coloring page a gathered-autumn feel. The woven basket, smooth acorn bodies and patterned caps provide several kinds of shapes to color.
Children can use one brown for the basket and another for the acorns, or create a more colorful design. This page also works as the center of an autumn display surrounded by finished paper acorns.
Gathering Acorns Coloring Page
A child gathers acorns beneath a tree, with a small basket ready nearby. This fuller scene includes leaves, grass and a tree trunk for children who enjoy coloring a complete outdoor picture.
Use it after an autumn walk or as a prompt for a short story. Children can describe what the child notices, decide what happens next, or draw another leaf on the ground.
Squirrel Eating an Acorn Coloring Page
This squirrel holds an acorn close to its mouth. Its large tail and open body shapes keep the picture approachable, while the acorn cap adds a smaller patterned area.
Children can color the squirrel and then add a woodland background of their own. For a simple observation prompt, ask them to find the paws, ears and tail in the picture.
Squirrel Burying an Acorn Coloring Page
A squirrel bends toward a small hole with an acorn between its paws. The action makes this page different from the sitting squirrel design and gives children a scene to talk about as they color.
Invite children to describe what is happening in the picture. They might add fallen leaves around the hole or tell a story about the squirrel returning to this spot.
Chipmunk with an Acorn Coloring Page
A striped chipmunk holds an acorn beside a fallen log. The stripes, curved tail and rings on the log give children several different lines and shapes to follow.
Color this page on its own or pair it with one of the squirrel pages. Children can compare the illustrated animals and point out the details that make each picture different.
Blue Jay Carrying an Acorn Coloring Page
This blue jay carries an acorn with its wings spread. The wing and tail feathers provide separate coloring spaces, while the acorn stays easy to spot in the bird’s beak.
Children can use blue pencils or crayons for the bird and choose their own colors for the acorn. Add a sky or a distant tree if they would like to extend the scene.
Acorn and Oak Leaf Wreath Coloring Page
Acorns and oak leaves form a wreath around an open center. The circular arrangement makes this a useful choice for an autumn decoration as well as a coloring page.
Children can repeat a color pattern around the wreath or give every leaf a different shade. Use the center for a drawing, a name or a short message added by hand.
Acorn and Oak Leaf Pattern Coloring Page
This decorative page repeats acorns and oak leaves across the design. It offers more small areas to color than the plain templates without adding a complicated background.
Choose a small set of colors and repeat them, or make each acorn and leaf unique. The finished page can become a cover for an autumn notebook or a piece of seasonal artwork.
Patterned Acorn Coloring Page
A large acorn outline holds smaller acorns and oak-leaf patterns inside. This is an ornamental design for children who enjoy taking their time with smaller coloring spaces.
The interior patterns are decorative rather than a diagram of the inside of an acorn. Children can repeat colors between the large cap, small acorns and leaves to bring the design together.
Woodland Acorn Scene Coloring Page
A squirrel sits beside a tree trunk, with acorns and leaves scattered around the roots. This woodland scene brings several of the collection’s subjects together on one page.
Try warm colors for the fallen leaves and a different shade for the trunk and roots. Children who enjoy storytelling can describe the squirrel’s surroundings or imagine what lies beyond the edge of the picture.
Sprouting Acorn Coloring Page
This simple science-themed coloring page focuses on a sprouting acorn. The illustration shows a root emerging from the acorn and branching into smaller roots.
Keep the coloring activity simple, or use the picture as an observation prompt: find the cap, the acorn body and the branching root. Children can follow the root with a finger before coloring the page.
Acorn to Oak Life Cycle Coloring Page
This wordless overview arranges an acorn, a sprout, a seedling, a young tree and a mature oak in a cycle. Arrows guide children from one illustrated stage to the next.
Children can color the stages and then describe the changes they see, such as the appearance of roots, leaves and a larger trunk. Use it as a conversation starter rather than a labeled worksheet.
Different Acorn Shapes Coloring Page
Four acorns show a variety of rounded and elongated shapes. The patterned caps add detail while the open bodies leave room for broad areas of color.
Invite children to compare the outlines and find a pair that looks similar. They can color all four in a shared palette or make each acorn different; the page does not assign species names.
Printing and Using the Acorn Coloring Pages
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The pages are designed for US Letter paper (8.5 × 11 inches). Print in portrait orientation. Choose “Fit” if your printer clips the artwork or when printing on A4 paper. Plain white paper works well with crayons and colored pencils; cardstock is useful for cutout crafts.
You may print these coloring pages for personal and classroom use.
More Autumn Coloring Pages
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