Angels and Shepherds Coloring Page
Drawn for Childhood Bible Stories · Free for home & Sunday school use · Updated September 2026
Working men on a night shift, and then the sky opened. This free printable puts the shepherds in the middle of that moment: staffs in hand, sheep scattered around them, and an angel above with light spilling across the field. It prints on letter paper and suits a Sunday school class of any size.
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The story behind this page
God becomes a baby in a manger in Bethlehem. Shepherds hear the news first, and wise men travel far to find Him.
Story 17 of 23 in our Bible stories in order plan. Up next: Jesus Feeds 5,000 People.
About this scene
The shepherds fill the lower half of the sheet. Two have gone down on their knees with their hands resting on them, and the two behind are still upright, holding their staffs, faces turned up. Luke does not say how many were in the field that night, so we drew a group and left it at that. Their sheep are drawn woolly and round, which makes them the easiest thing on the page to color and the first thing most children reach for.
Above them the angel stands with open hands, wings spread, long rays running out in every direction. A dozen big five-pointed stars fill the rest of the sky, drawn large and well apart so there is something left to color up there. Luke says the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were terrified, so the light is meant to feel like the biggest thing in the picture.
“Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.”
Luke 2:10 (World English Bible)
Coloring ideas for this page
- Try coloring the sky and leaving the angel and the light rays white. It reads as glowing without any special pens.
- Give each shepherd a different robe color so children can tell one from another when they retell the story.
- White wool with a gray outline edge looks more like sheep than solid gray does.
- The stars are big enough to color one at a time. Give a couple of them a different shade so the sky is not all one note.
- If you have a gold or silver pencil, this is the one page in the set worth using it on.
What this page teaches
The announcement went to the night shift first. Not to the palace, not to the temple, but to shepherds keeping watch in a field (Luke 2:8-10). The angel's first words were do not be afraid, and the news was for all the people. Children who feel small and unnoticed hear that verse differently than adults do.
Questions parents ask
How many angels were there?
Luke describes one angel who speaks, and then suddenly a multitude of the heavenly army praising God. Our page draws only the one who spoke, large and central, since a sky full of angels would leave a child nothing to color and the verse we quote is the one that angel said.
Did the shepherds go to see the baby?
They did. Luke 2:15-16 says they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the baby lying in the feeding trough. Print this page alongside the nativity sheet and the two read as one evening.
My child is scared of the angel picture. What do I say?
You can say the shepherds were frightened too, and that the very first thing the angel said was not to be afraid. That line does a lot of work at bedtime.
Is this page good for a large group?
Yes. It has enough separate areas that a class can color it for a long while, and the passage behind it reads aloud in under a minute.
