Subject shelf

Outer Space coloring pages

Rockets, planets, a space station, a friendly alien, a crowned UFO, and astronauts — including a teddy-bear astronaut with a starred flag — share this shelf. Pick an open sky scene or a busier craft-and-planet sheet.

12 printable sheets on this shelf.

About outer space coloring pages

Some pages stay simple: a rocket past the moon, a waving astronaut, or a saucer hovering over flowers and grass. Others add cratered planets, station detail, or a full spacesuit with pockets and a scarf. The mix suits kids who want a quick space sheet and kids who want to linger over stars, suits, and ship shapes.

Big planet and helmet shapes suit younger colorists; cratered planets and floating astronaut scenes fit kids who enjoy more detail.

Activity ideas

  • Ask which planet or sky the page might show before choosing colors.
  • Print an astronaut page and a planet page to color as a matching pair.
  • After coloring, invent a short “mission log” sentence about the picture.

Printing guidance

Print on US Letter at 100% so helmets and planet rings are not cut off. Ordinary copy paper is fine for crayons and colored pencils.