Color by Number for Kids

Each color by number sheet has a key that matches numbers to colors. Children find the number in each part of the picture, pick up the right crayon and watch the picture appear. It practices number recognition, color names and careful coloring inside the lines.

The easiest sheets use just four numbers, with big shapes such as a duck on a pond, a cat with a ball of yarn, a butterfly or a sailboat, so they suit preschool and kindergarten. When those feel easy, move on to the busier scenes with nine or ten colors: an ice cream truck, a garden, an ocean full of sea animals and a fairy-tale adventure land.