Musical Instruments coloring pages

Instruments a young child might see or hear before ever naming them: a guitar with its curved body and strings, a piano and a keyboard piano side by side, and a triangle waiting to be struck. The shapes range from the piano's neat grid of black and white keys to the guitar's looser curves, so there is something for a child who likes coloring inside careful lines and something for one who prefers broad, simple shapes.

For a child who is starting to notice instruments at preschool, in picture books or during a family sing-along, these pages offer an easy way to talk about sound and shape while they work. Coloring the piano keys or the guitar strings is also a gentle way to practice steady hand control, since both call for shorter, more careful strokes than an open outline would need.