Shapes Coloring Pages

• One shape per page: a large circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, heart and rhombus, each with its name underneath
• Polygons: pentagon, hexagon and octagon on one sheet, with the corners marked for counting
• Shape chart: ten flat shapes on one labeled page
• Shape pictures: a house, a robot, a train, a rocket and a city skyline built entirely from basic shapes
• Shapes in real life: a clock, a wheel and a cookie for the circle, and a stop sign for the octagon
• 3D shapes: sphere, cube, cone, cylinder and pyramid
• Shape patterns: rows that repeat circle, square, circle, square for kids to continue

Here are the names and numbers to have ready.

• Circle: no sides and no corners.
• Triangle: 3 sides, 3 corners.
• Square: 4 equal sides and 4 square corners.
• Rectangle: 4 sides and 4 square corners, with opposite sides equal. A square is a special kind of rectangle.
• Rhombus: 4 equal sides, often called a diamond.
• Pentagon: 5 sides. Hexagon: 6 sides. Octagon: 8 sides.

Flat shapes are called 2D. Solid shapes are 3D: a ball is a sphere, a dice is a cube, a can is a cylinder and a party hat is a cone.

Color by rule. On a shape picture, give a rule such as "circles red, squares blue, triangles yellow." Kids have to identify each shape before coloring it.

Go on a shape hunt. After coloring the hexagon, look for one in a honeycomb or on the head of a bolt. After the octagon, find a stop sign on the way home.

Count corners. Touch each corner, count out loud and write the number inside the shape.

Cut and build. Cut the colored shapes out and make a new picture. Two matching triangles can make a square, and six can make a hexagon.