Holi Worksheets (Ages 3–7)

Holi worksheets on this page suit children aged 3 to 7, roughly Nursery through Class 1 in Indian schools. Three- and four-year-olds do best with colour-matching and tracing sheets using large gulal splashes, while five- to seven-year-olds are ready for counting, pattern and sorting sheets that match the UKG and Class 1 syllabus.

By age 4, in Nursery, most children can name and match the primary and a few secondary colours, red, yellow, blue, green, orange and purple, and can sort a small set of coloured objects by shade. Holi worksheets that ask a child to match gulal splashes to printed colour names check exactly this skill using festival imagery.

A worksheet gives a young child a concrete, hands-related task, matching or counting colours, that mirrors the physical colour play of Holi itself without the mess. Preschool-aged children understand festivals through repeated, hands-on activity rather than explanation, so a colour-matching sheet reinforces what the festival is about more effectively than description alone.

Starting seven to ten days before Holika Dahan on 21 March gives a child several short sessions of colour matching and counting before the festival itself, without turning it into a rushed daily task. Two or three short sessions a week in that window suits most children aged 3 to 7.

Yes. Every Holi worksheet and printable pack can be downloaded free as a watermarked PDF after creating an account, with five downloads a day. An annual subscription removes the watermark and the daily limit across the Holi sheets, printable packs and the rest of the 1,000+ worksheet library.