Thomas & Friends Coloring Pages

For preschoolers and toddlers who cannot get enough of Thomas the Tank Engine, and Thomas & Friends, here is a guide to the best free coloring pages online. These are official, high-quality coloring pages of your preschooler's favorite engines and train cars.

Guide for Parents

When to Print the Pages - Print out these Thomas & Friends when you have a few spare moments, before toddlers and preschoolers ask for them.

Saving Ink - The Thomas the Tank Engine coloring pages print with solid and wide lines. Save yourself some ink by adjusting the printer settings to "quick print" or lower the setting from "best" to a lower quality setting.

Travel Book - Use the coloring pages to make travel books for kids for road trips. Purchase an inexpensive clip board and clip the blank pages to the clipboard.

Room Decorations - Print out the Thomas the Tank Engine coloring pages and let kids color and paint them. Hang up their favorite images in their room.

Busy Book - Include these Thomas the Tank Engine coloring pages in a homemade busy book for preschoolers. Include blank pages, some stickers, and other printables. Place in a binder or attach the sheets with brads (not for toddlers).

Party Decorations - Use these free Thomas the Tank Engine coloring pages to make decorations for a preschool birthday party.

Greeting Cards, Invitations and Thank You Cards - Shrink down the images using a scanner or copy machine and turn the free Thomas the Tank Engine coloring pages into cards.

Velcro Train - Print out, color and cut out the trains. Place double-sided velcro on the back, and create a track on a bulletin board with the rest of the Velcro.

Thomas & Friends Coloring Pages

Thomas

The Great Discovery - Thomas at the end of a bridge

Thomas - The Number 1 Engine Right on Time, Thomas - Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt

Rocky

Rocky - Big crane

Salty - train engine

Coloring Pages with Multiple Thomas & Friends Characters

Troublesome Truck, Mavis, Thomas & Percy - with sheep!

James, Thomas, Harold & Percy - Three trains and a helicopter

Mavis and James - Mavis and the Number 5 engine, James

Molly and Neville - Yes, there are some girl trains, too.

Thomas & Sir Topham Hatt - The top engine with everyone's favorite conductor

Activities

Easy Line Maze with Elizabeth - Which path is correct?

Troublesome Trukcs - Preschoolers can match the item to the troublesome truck.

Follow the Lines - A race between Thomas and Bertie Bus

Sources

Personal Experience

Thomasandfriends.com, http://www.thomasandfriends.com

Random House, http://www.randomhouse.com