Boat Coloring Pages

These boat coloring pages show vessels from a bath toy to a cruise ship: a sailboat at sunset, a speedboat leaving a white wake, a fishing boat with nets, a canoe on a quiet lake, a wooden rowboat on a pond, a kayak on rapids, a tugboat in a harbour, a car ferry, an old paddle steamboat and a large cruise ship with decks and round windows.

The toy bath boat, rowboat, sailboat and canoe use big simple shapes and suit ages 2 to 7. The speedboat, fishing boat and kayak pages add water, fish and spray for ages 5 to 10. The tugboat, ferry, paddle steamboat and cruise ship pages are the most detailed and suit ages 6 to 11. No boat carries a name, logo or number, so children can paint their own on the hull.

A few true facts for teaching: a sailboat is pushed along by wind in its sail, a rowboat and a canoe are moved by oars or paddles, and a tugboat is small but strong enough to pull a much larger ship into a harbour. Kids can sort the boats into wind-powered, muscle-powered and engine-powered groups after colouring. Pages print on US Letter or A4 paper and are free for home and classroom use.