Rectangle Shape Coloring Page with a Door and a Book

A tall rectangle with a big smile fills the middle of this rectangle shape coloring page. It gives a thumbs up with one hand and rests the other hand on its side. The word RECTANGLE runs across the top in hollow capital letters, and a paneled door and a closed book stand below the big shape.

It is a free printable for preschool and kindergarten, about ages 2 to 6, and the thick outlines make it an easy page for a shape of the week.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "one big rectangle standing tall in the middle of the page, with the word RECTANGLE in hollow capital letters above it and a small door and a small book below it, drawn with simple bold outlines for preschool and kindergarten, with the whole drawing kept above an empty white margin at the bottom of the page".

The words "standing tall" set the rectangle upright, so its two long sides run from top to bottom and its two short sides sit at the top and the bottom. "Hollow capital letters" gave the word RECTANGLE thick outlines with empty insides, so a child colors inside each letter. "Below it" placed the door and the book in the lower part of the sheet, side by side and at about the same height.

What This Rectangle Shape Coloring Page Shows

A rectangle has four sides and four square corners. The two long sides are the same length, and so are the two short sides. On this page the big rectangle is about a third taller than it is wide, so the long sides and the short sides are easy to tell apart.

The door and the book repeat the same shape at a smaller size, which gives a class three rectangles to compare in one picture. Children can trace each long side with a finger and count the four corners. After that, the page can start a shape hunt for doors, books, tablets and windows around the room.

The big rectangle has two curved eyebrows, two oval eyes with a black pupil and a white shine dot, and a wide open smile with a tongue. The hand on the left makes a thumbs up, and the hand on the right rests on its side.

The door sits in a frame, with two hinges on the left and a step at the bottom. Four small panels decorate it, two above and two below. Counting the door itself, these pieces make nine rectangles, and a round knob on the right adds one circle. The book stands upright with its pages showing along the top, a rectangle label on the cover and two bands across the spine.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

Color the big rectangle in one bright color and trace its four sides with a darker crayon, so the long and short sides stand out. Brown or red suits the door, with a lighter shade for the four panels and gray or gold for the knob and the hinges.

The book can be any color a child likes, with the label left white for a title or a name. Crayons fill the big shape quickly, and colored pencils give more control on the hinges and the letters.

To follow this page with the next figure, design a shape of the week page with a child's name above it.

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