Mermaid and Starfish Coloring Page

About this page

A smiling mermaid stretches both arms wide as she floats in the water, and a big starfish with a happy face hangs in the air beside her on the right. The starfish has five thick arms with round dots along each of them, two small eyes and a curved smile in the middle. She wears a sleeveless top with a pointed waistline, and her long hair swirls out toward the right and the left. Below that, the tail winds in a long S-curve with two stripes through its middle and finishes in a double fin at the bottom right of the page. Nothing else fills the space, and there is lots of white around both characters. The big stripes and fat starfish arms are simple to fill, which makes this an easy page for young kids who like friendly faces on animals.

In this picture

• mermaid
• starfish
• starfish dots
• sleeveless top
• wavy hair
• tail stripes
• tail fin

Coloring ideas

• Give each of the five starfish arms a different color and keep the face plain
• Color the dots on the starfish yellow so they glow like tiny lights
• Make the two stripes along her tail contrast with the rest of the tail
• Pick a hair color that is different from the starfish

Suggested palette

• starfish orange
• sunshine yellow
• aqua
• magenta
• sea green
• cream

Good for

• Starfish or beach theme afternoon
• Friendship card for a new classmate
• Kindergarten morning table work

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.