About these Ramadan and Eid coloring pages
Ramadan and Eid coloring pages help children share in the most festive month of the year for Muslim families: glowing lanterns, crescent moons and stars, mosques with domes and minarets, a table set for iftar with dates and water, and cards that say "Ramadan Mubarak", "Ramadan Kareem" or "Eid Mubarak" in big bubble letters. Our free printable pages include simple moons and lanterns for toddlers, decorated lanterns and Eid cards for school-age kids and detailed geometric patterns for teens and adults.
Print them on US Letter or A4 paper, or color them online. Families use them to decorate the home during the month, teachers use them to introduce Ramadan to a class, and children color Eid cards to give to grandparents, cousins and friends on the morning of Eid.
Decorating for Ramadan and Eid
In many homes, the start of Ramadan is marked by putting up decorations: strings of lights, paper lanterns, crescent moons and stars. Colored pages make an easy, child-made version. Cut out colored lanterns and moons, punch a hole at the top and string them across a window or above the table where the family breaks the fast each evening.
A Ramadan calendar is another favorite. Print a page with 30 small moons or lanterns and let children color one each evening after iftar, so they can see how many days are left until Eid. Younger kids, who usually do not fast, enjoy having their own way to take part in the month.
For Eid, children color cards to give to family members during visits. Fold a colored page in half, write "Eid Mubarak" and a short message inside, and it becomes a card made entirely by them.
Ramadan and Eid pictures and what they mean
These are the images children see most often during the month, and each is easy to explain while coloring.
In a classroom with children of many backgrounds, these pages are a friendly way to learn about a neighbor's celebration. A child who celebrates Ramadan at home can explain what their family does, while classmates color a lantern or a crescent moon. Keep it simple and factual: what people eat, when they eat it, how the month ends with Eid. Finished pages can go on a "How we celebrate" wall next to pages from other holidays through the year.
- The crescent moon: the new moon whose sighting marks the start of the month on the lunar calendar
- Lanterns (fanous): colorful lanterns that light up streets and homes, a tradition especially loved in Egypt
- Dates: often the first food eaten when the fast is broken at sunset
- The iftar table: family and friends sharing the evening meal together
- Mosques: with domes and tall towers called minarets
- Gifts and sweets: part of the Eid celebrations, especially for children
Ramadan and Eid facts to share while you color
- Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which follows the moon, and lasts 29 or 30 days.
- Because the lunar year is shorter than the solar year, Ramadan moves about 11 days earlier each year and passes through every season over the years.
- During Ramadan, adults who are able fast from dawn until sunset; young children usually do not fast.
- The meal before dawn is called suhoor, and the meal that breaks the fast at sunset is called iftar.
- Eid al-Fitr, the "festival of breaking the fast", marks the end of Ramadan and begins with the sighting of the new moon.
- On Eid, families often wear new clothes, visit relatives, share sweets and give children small gifts or money.
- Common greetings are "Ramadan Mubarak" and "Ramadan Kareem" during the month, and "Eid Mubarak" on Eid.
- Eid al-Adha, the other main Eid of the year, comes about two months after Eid al-Fitr.
Which Ramadan and Eid page for which age
- Toddlers (2–3)
- One big crescent moon, a star or a simple lantern with thick lines. Yellow and gold crayons are a good start.
- Preschool (3–5)
- Lanterns with a few big panels to color, moons and stars to count, and "Eid Mubarak" letters to fill in with help.
- Kids (5–10)
- Decorated lanterns, mosques at night, iftar tables and Eid cards with space for a message. A quiet page in the late afternoon also helps the wait until sunset pass more easily.
- Teens and adults
- Detailed geometric patterns, ornate lanterns and arch designs with fine lines that take time to finish, calm to color in the quiet hour before iftar.
Coloring tips and color ideas
- Use rich jewel colors: deep blue, emerald green, ruby red, purple and gold.
- Color the night sky dark blue or purple so the moon and lanterns glow against it.
- Make a lantern shine by coloring its center pale yellow and the edges deep orange.
- Gold and silver gel pens bring out the patterns on lanterns, domes and borders.
- On geometric pages, repeat the same two or three colors around the whole pattern so it stays balanced.
- Color the crescent moon in soft yellow and add a few small white stars around it.
Ideas for home, school and parties
- Lantern garland: cut out colored lanterns and moons and string them above the iftar table.
- Ramadan countdown: color one moon or lantern each evening until Eid.
- Eid cards: color, fold and write "Eid Mubarak" inside for grandparents, cousins and teachers.
- Classroom: color lanterns and moons while learning how friends and neighbors celebrate Ramadan.
- An Eid family coloring book: upload photos from iftar or Eid visits and Coloriki turns them into a coloring book the children can color together.
How to print Ramadan and Eid coloring pages
- Open the page you like and press Print it. A PDF opens, sized for US Letter; the A4 PDF is next to it.
- In the print window choose "Fit to page" or 100% scale, and plain white paper. Thicker paper (100 to 120 gsm) is better for markers and paint.
- Print a few copies: kids like to try different colors on the same picture.
- Prefer screens? Press Color it online and color with a tap on a phone, tablet or computer.