Valentine Color by Number

How to use these pages

Each space in the picture has a number, and the key under the picture says which colour goes with it. Colour every space and the Valentine picture appears. The big heart, love letter and heart balloons have large spaces and suit ages 4 to 6; the teddy bear, cupcakes and flowers suit ages 5 to 8.

Every PDF has the page three ways: a colour swatch key for children who can’t read colour words yet, a “3 = pink” word key and a number-word key (“three = pink”). Page 2 is the finished picture, so checking takes a second.

The color by code pages are maths practice in disguise: sums within 10 for kindergarten, sums and subtraction within 20 for first grade, and the 2 and 4 times tables for second and third grade. For a class party, print one picture per child and let them give the finished page as a valentine. More to colour: the Valentine's Day colouring pages and heart colouring pages.