16 Cheese Coloring Pages
There are more than a thousand kinds of cheese, all made from milk that is thickened into curds and then pressed, salted and aged. The holes in Swiss-style cheese, called eyes, come from gas bubbles made by bacteria as the cheese ages. This collection serves cheese in fun ways. A classic wedge, cheese and crackers, and a ladder of cheese slices keep things simple. Food pages stack a cheeseburger and a grilled cheese sandwich into towers and pile up pizza slices. Playful designs line wedges on a bookshelf, stack crates at a market, fill a vending column, launch a cheese rocket, turn a wedge into an obelisk and build a tower with a mouse hole. A reminder for animal lovers: mice in real life prefer grains and seeds over cheese, despite the cartoons. Cheddar is orange or yellow, Swiss is pale yellow with holes, and mozzarella is white. Kids can color golden crusts and melty yellow strings on the grilled sandwich.
Plain slabs to a smiling snack plate
Cute Cheese Coloring Sheet and Cheese Wedge Coloring Sheet are the plainest, just a slab or wedge with round holes for ages 3 to 5. Cute Cheese Character Coloring Sheet adds a face, gloves and nibble notches. Cheese and Crackers Coloring Sheet is the busiest, with five tiny cheese characters and two dotted crackers on a plate, still easy for kids around 4 to 7.
Host a cheese tasting and mouse hunt
Set out small cubes of cheddar, Swiss and mozzarella for a taste test, and let kids color each page to match their favorite. Swiss cheese gets its holes from gas bubbles made while it ages, which is a fun fact to share. Then have children draw a mouse sneaking toward the plate on Cheese and Crackers Coloring Sheet or peeking through a hole in the slab.
