Easy coloring pages

Four to six is the age where staying inside the lines starts to be the point, and it is also the age where a sheet can be too simple. A drawing with eight shapes on it gets finished in two minutes and then nobody wants another one.

These sit at around forty areas each. That is enough to hold attention for a sitting without being the kind of dense pattern that ends in a tantrum, and nine tenths of the space is still in areas at least 4 mm across, wide enough for a colored pencil.

4 versions

Ambulance

Easy · 4–6 Vehicles

5 versions

Bear

Toddler · 2–4 Animals

4 versions

Long-Necked Dinosaur

Toddler · 2–4 Dinosaurs

Outline drawing of a cat sitting upright, sitting down

5 versions

Cat

Toddler · 2–4 Animals

Outline drawing of a cow standing, standing and facing forward

2 versions

Cow

Toddler · 2–4 Farm

5 versions

Dolphin

Easy · 4–6 Under the Sea

5 versions

Dragon

Easy · 4–6 Fantasy

5 versions

Elephant

Toddler · 2–4 Animals

4 versions

Flower

Toddler · 2–4 Nature

Outline drawing of a fox standing, walking to the side

4 versions

Fox

Toddler · 2–4 Animals

Giraffe

Goat

Horse

Jellyfish

Easy · 4–6 Under the Sea

Lion

Monkey

Owl

Penguin

Toddler · 2–4 Animals

Outline drawing of a pig standing, sitting down

Pig

Ringed Planet

Princess

Pterodactyl

Rabbit

Toddler · 2–4 Animals

Rainbow

Rocket Ship

Sailboat

Shark

Easy · 4–6 Under the Sea

Sheep

Space Shuttle

Squirrel

Toddler · 2–4 Animals

Swan

Tiger

Flying Saucer

Raptor

Magic Wand

Toddler · 2–4 Fantasy

Whale

Easy · 4–6 Under the Sea

55 sheets at this grade. If they land too young, the full library has more detailed ones.

Using these at a nursery or school

Print and photocopy as many as you need. There is no per-classroom licence to buy and nothing to attribute, because the artwork is original rather than licensed from anyone.

The symmetrical sheets are the useful ones for a group. Color one half, fold, and match the other side: it turns a coloring activity into something with a rule in it, which holds a room of five-year-olds considerably longer.

Questions

What is the difference between easy and toddler?

Region count, mostly. An easy sheet has about twice as many areas to fill in, and some of them are small enough to need a bit of care. Nine tenths of the space is in areas at least 4 mm across, the width of a colored pencil tip, so a crayon covers most of it and a pencil finishes the rest.

My four-year-old finds these too simple. What next?

Look at anything graded medium. Those add fine detail such as scales and patterns, which want colored pencils or fine-tip pens rather than crayons.

Can I print several to a page?

Yes. Choose "2 pages per sheet" in your printer dialog. The artwork is vector so it stays sharp when it is shrunk, though the smallest areas get fiddly at half size.