Hot Air Balloon Coloring Pages (Free Printable PDFs)

Soar into creativity with our free, printable hot air balloon coloring pages!

Explore delightful illustrations of colorful balloons in flight, scenic landscapes, and whimsical sky adventures.

Colors to Use

Bright primaries like red, yellow and blue are classic for the balloon itself. Greens and browns for the landscape below.

Don’t just float along with ordinary shades! Give your hot air balloon vibrant personality by coloring fun patterns or characters on the surface.

How to Color a Hot Air Balloon

A. Color Combinations: For the balloon’s envelope, use a vivid red base. Add yellow highlights along the top and orange accents around the bottom.

B. Blending Techniques: To create a realistic sky backdrop, blend blue at the top fading into paler shades like white and yellow towards the horizon line.

Interactive Coloring Challenge: Aerial Inspiration

Let your artistic spirit soar by designing a hot air balloon scene that celebrates a cause, interest or cherished memory that’s special to you.

If you love animals, render creative balloon shapes like a giraffe or panda and surround them with naturalistic habitats below. Or pay tribute to a loved one by incorporating their favorite colors and imagery. This personal approach allows you to create a meaningful masterpiece.

DIY

Get ready to craft your way to new creative heights with these soaring projects!

Paper Bag Balloons

Necessities:

• Hot air balloon coloring pages
• Paper grocery bags
• Assorted colored tissue paper
• Scissors
• Glue, tape or stapler
• Markers, crayons or colored pencils

Inflate Your Imagination:

1. Color hot air balloon drawings focusing on patterns/details.
2. Cut out just the balloon basket and envelope shapes.
3. Crumple tissue into small puffs for hot air inside bags.
4. Glue, tape or staple balloon cutouts around bag openings.
5. Add extra designs to the bag balloons using markers.

Yarn Pom-Pom Baskets

You’ll Need:

• Hot air balloon basket coloring pages
• Yarn in assorted colors
• Scissors
• Cardboard pieces or plastic lids
• Glue or tape

Weave a Whimsical Ride:

1. Color intricate basket drawings with bright hues.
2. Cut out the basket shapes carefully from printouts.
3. Wrap yarn tightly around cardboard to create pom-poms.
4. Knot the wrapped yarn and trim the pom-pom shapes.
5. Glue colored basket cutouts atop the fuzzy yarn pom-poms!

Paper Plate Hot Air Vents

Gather These Supplies:

• Hot air balloon fire compartment coloring pages
• Paper plates
• Red and orange tissue paper
• Scissors
• Glue or glue stick

Feeling the Heat:

1. Color drawings of hot air balloon fire compartments.
2. Cut out just the burner and flame shapes neatly.
3. Crumple red/orange tissue into small fire ball shapes.
4. Glue tissue fire balls around the centers of paper plates.
5. Once set, glue on the colored burner/flame details.

Straw Hot Air Balloons

What You’ll Need:

• Hot air balloon with scenery coloring pages
• Drinking straws in assorted colors
• Scissors
• Glue stick or double-sided tape
• Markers or colored pencils

Set Sail with This Light Craft:

1. Color hot air balloon drawings with landscapes below.
2. Cut out the balloon shapes as well as backgrounds.
3. Use scissors to simple cut straw pieces into short segments.
4. Glue or tape colored balloon cutouts around straw pieces.
5. Complete by gluing on the background scenery details!

Paper Cup Gondolas

Requires:

• Hot air balloon basket or gondola coloring pages
• Paper cups
• Brown crayons or markers
• Scissors
• Glue, tape or stapler
• Yarn or string (optional)

Board This Uplifting Adventure!

1. Color gondola or basket drawings for hot air balloons.
2. Cut out the basket shapes with care.
3. Use brown to fully color and add details to paper cups.
4. Glue, tape or staple basket cutouts around cup rims.
5. Add yarn or string loops as optional carrying handles!