Printable coloring sheets made from your own photos

How to make a printable coloring sheet

1. Pick a photo

   Open Penna and take a photo or choose one from your library: your child, the dog, grandma's garden, a day at the beach.

2. Choose a style and level

   Cartoon for big, simple shapes, classic coloring book in three levels of detail, or anime.

3. Print the sheet

   Tap Print and choose A4 or US Letter. Penna makes every sheet at print quality (300 dpi).

4. Print a stack

   Made several sheets? Put them into one PDF book and print them all at once.

Ideas for coloring sheets of your own

For homeschool and the classroom

Coloring sheets of your own photos fit a lesson. Print the plants from a nature walk, the animals from a farm visit or the buildings from a field trip, and let the children color and label them. Family history works too: print a sheet of a grandparent's old photo and talk about it while the children color.

Teachers: use photos you have permission to use, and check your school's rules before taking photos of children. Penna deletes each photo right after processing.

From simple to detailed

Simple sheets have bold lines and big shapes for small hands and chunky crayons. Detailed sheets have fine lines for older children, and for grown-ups who like to color too.

Printing tips

Any printer works. The sheets are black and white, so a black-and-white printer is enough.

• Paper: everyday printer paper for crayons and colored pencils, heavier paper (28 to 32 lb, 105 to 120 gsm) for markers.
• Print it again: your sheets stay in Penna's Library on your phone, so you can print a second copy for a sibling or a friend.
• Save ink: the simple level uses fewer lines than the detailed one.

More about paper and printing is in the FAQ. To turn a stack of sheets into a book, see how to make a custom coloring book.

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