3rd grade color by number printables
Third grade sheets are the most demanding: every square of the grid is split into two triangles, which doubles the number of spaces and blurs the outline of the picture. With ten to fourteen colors, it works best to color one color at a time, top to bottom, rather than space by space.
Older kids and adults enjoy them too, for the pleasure of watching a picture appear out of a shapeless pattern. Plan on an hour or more.
23 free sheets, no account, no email. Each button prepares the PDF as US Letter or A4, to print and copy freely.
The turtle
10 colors
The parrot
10 colors
The flamingo
12 colors
The tiger
10 colors
The dolphin
11 colors
The horse
10 colors
The squirrel
12 colors
The llama
12 colors
The raccoon
10 colors
The peacock
12 colors
The toucan
11 colors
The octopus
10 colors
The jellyfish
10 colors
The monarch butterfly
10 colors
The Eiffel Tower
12 colors
The astronaut
11 colors
The planet
11 colors
The sandcastle
12 colors
The bouquet
13 colors
The rose window
11 colors
The ice cream cone
12 colors
The reindeer
10 colors
The seal
10 colors
How to use them
Print the sheet at actual size ("Actual size" or 100% in your print settings): the numbers in small spaces become hard to read as soon as the page is scaled down. Regular printer paper is fine, but slip a sheet underneath if your child uses markers.
The color key is at the bottom of the sheet. The easiest start is to color the dots of the key with the crayons you actually have, rather than hunting for the exact shade: what matters is that two different numbers don't end up the same color.
Where do these sheets come from? From the same program that makes our personalized books. It splits an illustration into color areas, merges the ones too small for a child to color, numbers the rest and draws the color key.
The difference with our books comes down to one page: here, the picture stays hidden, like a real mystery picture. In our personalized color by number books, the colored model is printed on the facing page, because you are coloring your own family and want to see how it should look.
What about a photo of your child?
The same program can turn your own photo into a coloring page. The preview is free, you receive it by email, and you don't have to buy anything to see it.
Try it with my photo