Ocean coloring pages, starring your kid's own sea creature
Under the sea is a whole world your kid can't walk into — which is exactly why it's so easy to imagine. Describe the sea creature they're dreaming up, an octopus throwing a tea party or a whale who gives rides, and CrayonBloom draws a clean, printable page just for them, free. Love it? It's the first page of a real printed book made from their idea, with their own story and activities. Browse the ocean pages below to get the blues and greens going.
Love a page? Describe an idea and we’ll turn it into a real printed book — its own story plus puzzle pages like mazes and dot-to-dots. See the printed books
Ocean facts worth saying out loud
- An octopus has three hearts. Two pump blood to the gills to pick up oxygen; the third sends it round the rest of the body. NOAA Ocean Service (opens in a new tab)
- Octopus blood is blue. The protein that carries its oxygen is built on copper, not the iron that makes ours red. Natural History Museum (opens in a new tab)
- A blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived. Bigger than any dinosaur. NOAA Fisheries (opens in a new tab)
- A blue whale's heart weighs about 400 pounds. About as much as two grown-ups. Only one has ever been preserved. Royal Ontario Museum, via Earth Touch News (opens in a new tab)
- Sea turtles go back to the coast where they hatched. Every stretch of coast has its own magnetic signature, and a turtle steers by it — sometimes across a whole ocean. Lohmann Lab, UNC (opens in a new tab)
- A summer flounder takes the color of the sea floor it lies on. Which earns it the nickname chameleon of the sea, and is a fine excuse to color the same fish two different ways. NOAA Fisheries (opens in a new tab)
Say one, then let it go. The page does the rest.
Make a ocean page that’s all theirs.
Describe the one your kid is dreaming up — CrayonBloom draws a clean, printable page just for your kid, free. Love it? It’s the first page of the printed book we can make from their idea.
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