Mermaid Ship Porthole Coloring Page

About this page

A mermaid peeks over the bottom edge of a round ship porthole, resting both hands on its rim. The porthole is built of wooden planks held with round rivets, and it sits half-buried on a sandy seabed. Inside the circle she smiles gently, with wavy hair, a starfish clip at the upper right and a scale-patterned top. Her tail curves behind her and rises up to the top right, where the two-lobed fin sticks out over the rim. Bubbles drift around the upper edges. At the left stands a clump of wavy seaweed, at the lower left a ribbed shell rests in the sand, and at the right a rounded rock covered with dots sits beside a small plant. Dotted sand marks the foreground. The circular frame and plank lines give plenty of texture for medium-level kids who like details.

In this picture

• mermaid
• ship porthole
• wooden planks
• rivets
• starfish clip
• tail fin
• seaweed
• ribbed shell
• spotted rock
• sand

Coloring ideas

• Color the porthole planks in alternating woody browns, with silver rivets
• Show the tail fin poking out in a bright color against the pale water
• Give the dotted rock on the right a mix of purple and pink spots
• Make the shell in the sand a different color from the starfish

Suggested palette

• driftwood brown
• silver gray
• teal
• coral pink
• sand
• deep blue

Good for

• Pirate or shipwreck party sheet
• Treasure-hunt theme day
• Peekaboo-themed card

Coloring tips

• Start with the largest areas, then add detail.
• Test markers on spare paper to prevent bleed-through.
• Use lighter layers first when working with colored pencils.

Print guide

1. Choose the PDF that matches your paper size.
2. Print at 100% scale or “actual size”.
3. Use portrait orientation and normal print quality.