How Food Digests: Digestive Anatomy With a Boy in the Kitchen
Coloring guide
A wide-eyed boy stands in a cozy kitchen with his mouth open, and dashed arrows show a sandwich and an apple heading his way. His T-shirt is see-through, so kids can follow the food down the long esophagus to the stomach and then through the coiled small and large intestines. Use it to talk about digestion before a science lesson or after a snack. The room has lots to color: a fruit bowl on a round table, a wooden chair, a curtained window, a framed mountain picture, trailing houseplants, kitchen utensils in a jar, a backpack on the floor and a sleeping puppy in the corner. Pink or soft red make the organs stand out against a yellow or blue shirt, and the apple looks best in shiny red. Download this free page for a classroom project or weekend craft. Kids who like Anatomy coloring pages usually enjoy Alphabet and Disney Alphabet too.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- royal blue
- light peach
- dark brown
- navy blue
- cream
- golden yellow
- sage green
- coral red
- caramel brown
- apricot
- chocolate brown
- bright red
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Color the boy's hair dark brown and the skin areas light peach, leaving the eye whites and the bright window clouds white.
- 2Fill the t-shirt with royal blue and the jeans with navy blue, keeping the shirt's lines open around the belly.
- 3Paint the big intestine loops golden yellow and the smaller coils in the middle apricot.
- 4Color the stomach and the tongue coral red, and the sandwich bread soft yellow, then add the bright red apple.
- 5Fill the kitchen cabinets with sage green, the table and chair wood with caramel brown, and the fruit bowl with light sky blue.
- 6Optional: add a little darker shading along the edges of the shirt and the cabinets to make the colors pop.
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