Heart Wand Magic for a Little Curly Mermaid

A smiling little mermaid floats in the middle of the page with big round eyes and a short fringe of swirled hair under a rounded cap-like top. Her long hair fans out behind her in layers of spiral curls. She wears a seashell top with a scalloped edge at the waist, and her tail is covered in small fish scales. Below the scales, the tail opens into a wide, wavy fin with long stripes and curled tips. In one hand she holds a wand with a heart on top, and a diamond is drawn inside the heart. The wand has a beaded handle. The big hair curls and wide fin give plenty of room for crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Try coloring the hair in a gradual rainbow from the top curls to the bottom ones, then use two alternating shades for the fin stripes. It is also a nice page for talking about patterns, since the scales, swirls, and stripes all repeat.