Bookworm Octopus With a Seahorse on Top
Coloring guide
Perched on a rock, a smiling baby octopus holds a picture book open and gazes down at the pages with big round eyes. A little seahorse sits on top of its head. The left page of the book shows a small fish and swaying seaweed, and the right page shows a starfish. Tall wavy strands of seaweed rise on both sides, and a few small pebbles sit at the foot of the rock. The tentacles wrap around the book and down the rock, each one covered in round suckers that are fun to color one by one. Soft purple or coral suits the octopus, with bright orange for the little fish and yellow for the starfish. Print this free page for a screen-free activity at home. Love this Octopus coloring page? You might also enjoy our Dragonfly and Giraffe coloring pages.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- lavender purple
- sandy tan
- leaf green
- sky blue
- light gray
- orange
- golden yellow
- teal
- coral red
- soft pink
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Color the octopus head and all its tentacles lavender purple, leaving the two big eye whites bare for sparkle.
- 2Fill the rock base with sandy tan and the stones at the bottom with light gray.
- 3Color the book pages sky blue, then add the seaweed inside the pages in teal.
- 4Paint the tall seaweed on both sides in leaf green, and color the seahorse orange with its tail and head.
- 5Add the golden yellow fish, the coral red starfish, and the soft pink spots on the octopus head.
- 6Optional: Add a little darker purple along the bottom of the tentacles to make them look rounder.
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