Sea Animals (General): Baby Octopus With a Shell, Starfish and Little Crab

Coloring guide
At the center of this underwater scene sits a cheerful baby octopus with a big round head, spotted bumps on top and wide sparkling eyes. One curly tentacle hugs a spiral seashell, another holds up a starfish covered in little bumps, and a tiny smiling crab rests in front of its body. More long tentacles with rows of suckers swirl out on both sides. Tall wavy seaweed stretches up behind it, and small pebbles and sprouting sea plants sit on the sandy floor in the bottom corners. Younger children will like the large shapes and clear outlines, while the suckers and seaweed give older kids more to do. Soft purple or coral for the octopus, an orange starfish and green seaweed would go well. Save it as a free PDF for an easy afternoon activity. Fans of Sea Animals coloring pages often like Seals & Sea Lions and Lizard as well.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- lavender
- fresh green
- lime green
- pale yellow
- coral red
- stone gray
- leaf green
- golden yellow
- amber orange
- deep violet
- rose pink
- apricot orange
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Color the big octopus head, body and all tentacles with lavender, leaving the small white suction cups along the arms uncolored.
- 2Fill the seaweed on both sides with fresh green, adding lime green and leaf green streaks for depth.
- 3Color the spiral shell with apricot orange and amber orange, and the starfish with golden yellow.
- 4Paint the little crab coral red, then add the pink mouth in rose pink and the spots on the head in deep violet.
- 5Optional: Add a pale yellow tint to the shadowed tentacle tips and the stone gray pebbles and rocks on the sand.
- 6Leave the eye whites, the shell highlight and the crab's shine white so they pop against the colors.
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