How to Color a Realistic T-Rex (Step-by-Step Guide for Kids)

How to Color a Realistic T-Rex (Step-by-Step Guide for Kids)

05 Sep 2025
How to Color a Realistic T-Rex (Step-by-Step Guide for Kids)

How to Color a Realistic T-Rex (Step-by-Step)

Bring your T-Rex to life with this quick, kid-friendly coloring tutorial. Use colored pencils or crayons—markers work too!

What You Need

  • Colored pencils: light green, dark green, olive, brown, black, white
  • Optional: blending stump or cotton swab

Steps

  1. Base Coat: Light green across the body. Keep strokes in the same direction.
  2. Shadows: Add olive under the jaw, belly, and tail underside.
  3. Texture: Dot dark green along the back to suggest scales.
  4. Details: Brown for claws, amber for eye; add a tiny white highlight.
  5. Depth: Soft black in the mouth and behind legs; blend gently.

Pro Tips

  • Leave a thin rim of light along the top of the snout for a shiny effect.
  • Mix two greens for natural variation; avoid flat, single-tone fills.

Ready to try? Grab a T-Rex coloring page and follow along!

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