Merman Underwater Colouring Quest

Meet this curious Merman, a cheerful underwater explorer who loves greeting little fish, collecting beautiful shells and caring for the seaweed garden. His short wavy hair, shell necklace, scaled fish tail and wide split fin give children lots of clear spaces to colour. Choose peach, tan, brown or any imaginative shade for his skin, then make his hair golden yellow, chestnut, black, red, blue or purple. Colour the necklace beads in alternating bright colours and make the shell pendant pink, orange, violet or pearly blue. Fill the tail scales with turquoise, emerald, royal blue, teal, silver or a repeating rainbow pattern, then colour the large fin in a lighter matching shade or bold contrasting colours. Use fresh greens for the seaweed, coral pink or sandy beige for the shells, orange or purple for the starfish, and cheerful stripes on the friendly fish. Add pale blue between the bubbles while leaving their tiny highlights white. Use neat curved strokes on each scale and long smooth strokes on the fin so this kind Merman looks ready for a magical ocean adventure.

◫ A4 size✎ Bold outlines♡ Ages 3–8

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Make it an activity

Choose a favourite colour palette
Add a simple background
Display the finished artwork

Grown-up note: Please supervise printing and choose age-appropriate art materials.