Mother Dolphin and Baby Dolphin Swimming Together

Two dolphins swim close together in this simple outline drawing. The larger adult curves diagonally across the page with its long beak pointed toward the bottom right corner, a small round eye, a dorsal fin on its back, a side flipper, and a tail with flukes stretching to the upper left. A smaller baby dolphin tucks in front of the adult's body, with its own eye, a little dorsal fin, a side flipper on the left, and a curled tail reaching upward. The lines are clean and the shapes are large, so they suit younger kids who are still building pencil control. Try shading the adult a darker gray-blue and the baby a lighter shade, which helps children see the difference in size between a parent and its young. This printable page also works well for a short talk about how dolphin calves stay near their mothers.