Birthday Cake with Candles Coloring Page

About this page

A single round cake sits in the middle of this page, topped with three tall candles. Each candle is wrapped in a spiral stripe, has a drip of wax near the top and holds a teardrop flame with an inner flame shape. The candles stand on small puffs of frosting on top of the cake. Wavy icing drips down from the top edge onto the side, and below it a band of five round dots circles the cake's lower half. The cake sits on a flat base with no plate or table, and the page has no other objects. The shapes are big and the lines are even, so each part, from the flames to the icing, is easy to fill in. It is a simple, bright easy page for young children celebrating a birthday.

In this picture

• birthday cake
• three candles
• candle flames
• spiral stripes
• icing drips
• frosting puffs
• dot band

Coloring ideas

• Color the three candle stripes in different colors, one per candle
• Make the flames a gradient of yellow and orange with a red center
• Paint the icing drips in pink and the cake body in chocolate brown
• Color the five dots on the cake side in five different shades

Suggested palette

• frosting pink
• chocolate brown
• flame orange
• candle blue
• yellow
• white

Good for

• a birthday party activity table
• a card cover to give to the birthday child
• a counting-the-candles page for a class party

Coloring tips

• Start with the largest areas, then add detail.
• Test markers on spare paper to prevent bleed-through.
• Use lighter layers first when working with colored pencils.

Print guide

1. Choose the PDF that matches your paper size.
2. Print at 100% scale or “actual size”.
3. Use portrait orientation and normal print quality.