Children Helping Prepare Thanksgiving Dinner Coloring Page

Two children work at a kitchen counter, one stirring a bowl and the other holding a wooden spoon up, with vegetables, a bag of flour and a mixing jug laid out around them. An adult's hands reach in from one side. The style is open with big uncomplicated shapes, and the kitchen behind is barely sketched, so attention stays on the two figures. Good for four to eight.

Food is the fun part of this page. There is no reason for the vegetables to be realistic, but if you want to steer, orange for the carrots and squash and deep green for the beans gives a satisfying contrast against the pale flour and bowls. Aprons are a good place to let a child invent a pattern of their own, and stripes are easy for small hands to keep even.

Getting children into the kitchen has a measurable effect. Studies on cooking with children consistently find they are more willing to eat a vegetable they helped prepare, which is roughly the cheapest trick in the parenting book.