Animals · 36 free printables
Dolphin Coloring Pages
A dolphin leaping over a curling wave, a mother and calf side by side, two dolphins touching noses into a heart and a beach ball balanced on a nose.
36 free printable dolphin coloring pages
Tap a drawing to see it full size and flip through the set. Press + to collect several and print them as one PDF.
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The same cozy rooms as Cozy Friends, with a jack-o-lantern in them: creepy characters drawn round and friendly. Eighty-eight pages printed one side only, so a marker that goes through does not ruin the next drawing.
Creepy characters drawn round and friendly, printed one side only.
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Guangna acrylic paint markers, 240 colorsMarkers
Opaque acrylic ink through a brush tip that goes from 1 mm to 6 mm, for the flat solid color that bold-and-easy pages look best in and a felt tip cannot match. They need weight under them: a single-sided book page or 120 gsm paper, not ordinary copy paper.
Opaque brush-tip acrylic for flat, solid color on bold pages.
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The book that made the cozy style what it is. Bold, simple outlines with cute animal characters, which is the opposite of the dense hunt books and finishes in an evening.
Bold, simple outlines and cute animals, done in an evening.
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Coloriages Mystères: Grands Classiques 11Book
The eleventh volume of the French series, illustrated by Jeremy Mariez. A hundred numbered pages across Encanto, Tangled and Cars, in the large format the series keeps. French cover, English-free contents.
Numbered mystery pages across Encanto, Tangled and Cars.
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The same cozy rooms as Cozy Friends, with a jack-o-lantern in them: creepy characters drawn round and friendly. Eighty-eight pages printed one side only, so a marker that goes through does not ruin the next drawing.
Creepy characters drawn round and friendly, printed one side only.
- See it on Amazon
Guangna acrylic paint markers, 240 colorsMarkers
Opaque acrylic ink through a brush tip that goes from 1 mm to 6 mm, for the flat solid color that bold-and-easy pages look best in and a felt tip cannot match. They need weight under them: a single-sided book page or 120 gsm paper, not ordinary copy paper.
Opaque brush-tip acrylic for flat, solid color on bold pages.
- See it on Amazon
The book that made the cozy style what it is. Bold, simple outlines with cute animal characters, which is the opposite of the dense hunt books and finishes in an evening.
Bold, simple outlines and cute animals, done in an evening.
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Same 300 dpi PDFs, still free. Sheets you added to your pack stay there when you switch collections.
A humpback leaping out of the sea, a mother and calf side by side, a tail rising from calm water and a cute whale spouting a rainbow.
An octopus peeking out of a seashell, juggling pebbles, playing the drums, painting with a brush in every arm and hugging a treasure chest.
Whales, a narwhal under the ice, an octopus in a coral library, and the deep sea with its own lights.
A great white breaching, a whale shark beside a diver, a megalodon tooth, and a shark napping in a kelp hammock.
Dolphins always seem to be smiling, and they spend a surprising amount of time simply playing. These dolphin coloring pages catch them at it: leaping over waves, balancing a beach ball, blowing bubble rings and making friends with everything in the sea.
The leaping pages come first, because that is what everyone hopes to see from a boat: a dolphin sailing over a curling wave, one leaping at sunset, one splashing out of the water, one jumping through a ring of water, one leaping beside a sailboat, one by a little palm tree island and one near a buoy with a seagull on top. A mother dolphin leaps through a wave with her calf, another swims with a baby dolphin, and two dolphins touch noses to make the shape of a heart. Underwater, dolphins glide over a coral reef, through a kelp forest, past a school of fish and among jellyfish, dive toward a treasure chest, play with a strand of seaweed and blow a perfect bubble ring.
Sea friends keep them company: a sea turtle, a seal, a whale, a smiling starfish, a little duckling and an open shell holding a pearl. There are quiet moments too, a dolphin peeking out of the sea under the sun, one surfacing near a lighthouse and one swimming under a crescent moon, plus a playful dolphin balancing a beach ball on its nose. The holidays bring a dolphin carving a jack o'lantern, one trick-or-treating in a witch hat, one hanging a star on a Christmas tree, one in a Santa hat with a present, one building a snowman in a scarf, one carrying an Easter basket, one holding a heart balloon and one leaping beside a birthday cake.
Amazing dolphin facts
- Dolphins are mammals, not fish: they breathe air through a blowhole on top of the head and feed their calves milk.
- They sleep with half of their brain at a time, so they can keep swimming and come up to breathe.
- Each dolphin has its own signature whistle, a sound that works a bit like a name.
- Dolphins live in groups called pods and often hunt and play together.
- They find food using echolocation, sending out clicks and listening for the echoes.
- A dolphin calf stays close to its mother for several years.
What color is a dolphin?
- Blue-gray on the back, fading to pale gray or white on the belly, for a bottlenose dolphin.
- Pink for the river dolphins of the Amazon, a lovely surprise for children.
- Black and white for an orca, which is actually the largest member of the dolphin family.
The sea can go from turquoise in the shallows to deep blue in open water, with an orange and pink sky on the sunset page.
Friendly dolphins and ocean scenes
The simplest pages show one dolphin, drawn large. Quick to color, above the grid, begins with:
- Beach ball
- Wave leap
- Lily pad
The reef, the kelp forest and the jellyfish pages are full of detail. Lots of detail begins with:
Dolphins for school and parties
Dolphin pages fit an ocean or mammals unit: color a leaping dolphin, then talk about blowholes, pods and echolocation, and compare the dolphin with the whale and the shark. They also make cheerful place mats for a beach or under-the-sea birthday, with the birthday cake page for the guest of honor.
Printing
Every page is a free A4 PDF drawn at 300 dpi. A4 prints at full size, and on US Letter "fit to page" shrinks the drawing by about six percent so nothing is cut off. The printing guide shows the setting. Add to pack prints a whole pod at once. More sea life is in the whale coloring pages, the octopus coloring pages, the ocean coloring pages and the shark coloring pages.
Dolphin Coloring Pages: questions and answers
Are there cute dolphin coloring pages for kids?
Yes. A dolphin with a beach ball, one with a heart balloon, one peeking out of the sea and one blowing a bubble ring.
Is there a mother and baby dolphin coloring page?
Yes. A mother dolphin leaps through a wave with her calf, and another dolphin swims with a baby.
Is a dolphin a fish?
No. Dolphins are mammals: they breathe air through a blowhole and feed their calves milk.
Are there Halloween and Christmas dolphin pages?
Yes. A dolphin carves a jack o'lantern and trick-or-treats in a witch hat, then decorates a Christmas tree and wears a Santa hat.
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