Free Color By Number Printables for Kids
Last Updated: May 14, 2025 by the Homemade Gifts Coloring Team
Check out these free color by number printables for kids! I don’t know about you, but I find color by number pictures super relaxing. It’s like coloring, but even more zen because I’m not even picking out the colors. These color by number printables are mostly for the little ones, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get in on the fun and relaxation as well. Embrace the joy and zen of coloring by joining your kids for a chill-out session with color by number printables.
Color by number pictures are a fun way to help younger children learn their numbers and colors. And those aren’t the only educational benefits. These worksheets are great for the classroom as well as home because they can teach numbers, language, even self-regulation. The color by number printables on this page range from easy pictures for preschoolers and young children in kindergarten to more detailed pictures for older children.
Color By Number Printable Worksheets
Scroll down to grab your free color by number printables. They include cute animals, pretty flowers, dinosaurs, space scenes, magical mermaids and unicorns, and fun seasonal images for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
These printables are for personal, non-commercial use only.
Educational Benefits of Color By Number Printables
While you’re having fun with these color by number printables, you might also enjoy some sneaky educational benefits. Here’s a few reasons you might want to include these worksheets in your classroom or homeschooling curriculum.
Get Kids to Concentrate and Focus
Obviously, in order to complete a color by number printable, kids will have to sit down and focus for long periods of time. They will need to concentrate on what they’re doing in order to color in the right spaces in the right colors. This is a good way to teach young children about how to focus and concentrate. In an age when our attention is so often divided and scattered, this is an invaluable lesson. Perhaps us adults could learn a thing or two as well.
Teach Numbers and Colors
Kids will also need to learn about numbers and colors, of course. Young learners will get to learn numbers not just as a thing they memorize, but as something they can apply for a practical purpose. They will have to recognize the numbers in order to identify them in the correct spaces in the color by numbers printable. This gives them an easy exercise where they can practice, but they won’t even realize it. They think they’re coloring, but all the while they’re learning their numbers.
Incorporate Language Learning
Young children in particular might get some language learning benefits from color by number printables. In order to complete a color by number printable, children have to identify not just numbers, but also colors and shapes. They may discover they need words for those things. Take the chance to teach them those words in a context where they can immediately put their new knowledge to a practical purpose that can help them remember it.
Instill Self Regulation
A color by number printable is essentially a solitary activity. That inherently comes with the need for patience and self-control in order to complete the worksheet. This isn’t just a matter of focus, but also a matter of regulating your emotions to achieve something. Kids might even encounter frustrations at times. Overcoming and managing those frustrations is an important lesson for children to learn.
Learn Fine Motor Skills
Of course, the actual coloring requires fine motor control and dexterity. These types of skills are still developing in young children, so the more practice they can get, the better. It might seem like a small thing to us as adults, but it takes time to learn to color within the lines, and it is actually something we need to practice at. A fun activity is a great way to do that.
Christmas Color By Number Printables
These color by number printables are all themed around the most magical time of the year: Christmas! Color Frosty, Santa, and all your other Christmas faves. You can get all our Christmas color by number printables in this collection. 🎅🦌❄️🎄🎁
More Coloring Pages
We have a huge collection of free coloring pages for kids, including these fun collections that you might enjoy:
Number Tracing Worksheets
Dot to Dot Printables
Animal Coloring Pages
Coloring Pages for Girls
Coloring Sheets for Kindergartners
Mandala Coloring Pages
Unicorn Coloring Pages
Mermaid Coloring Sheets
Dinosaur Coloring Pages
Dragon Coloring Pages
Truck Coloring Pages
Space Coloring Pages
If your child is really into numbers, why not also check out our printable multiplication charts? We even have rainbow colored ones to make learning fun. Or if you have a younger child who's just learning to write, help them master writing their name with our name-tracing worksheet generator and learn to count with a math word search.
