Vehicle coloring pages for toddlers and preschoolers

Trucks and trains from the street, ready to color

Children spot vehicles everywhere: the garbage truck on collection day, the bus, the fire truck with its siren on. A vehicle coloring page lets them make their own version, in whatever colors they like.

Our vehicles have big round wheels, soft corners and a cheerful face on the front. The shapes are large and the outlines are thick, so wheels, windows and doors are each easy to fill. The background stays almost empty: a ground line and maybe one cloud.

The smiling fire truck is marked Simple. It has a ladder, a siren light and a coiled hose to color. Pages marked Very simple keep to the body, the wheels and the face, for the youngest children.

Ideas while you color

• Name the parts

  Wheels, windows, ladder, light. Pointing at each part and naming it builds vocabulary and gives a natural order to color in.

• Red is optional

  A fire truck can be every color of the rainbow. If your child wants a classic red one, that's fine too.

• Count the wheels

  Count the wheels, windows or ladder rungs together. Vehicles are full of things that come in twos and fours.

• Add a road

  Older children can draw a road, a house or traffic lights around the vehicle. The empty space on the page leaves room for it.