Jumping Dolphin Coloring Page
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Prints on one US Letter page. Print at 100% / "Actual size". Free for personal and classroom use.
About this coloring page
A happy dolphin arcs through the air above the ocean, its beak-like snout open in a smile and its flippers spread. Beneath it, a big wave curls over with swirling foam, and rows of rippling lines stretch across the bottom of the page like the open sea.
Coloring ideas
Dolphins are usually gray with a lighter belly; blend a blue-gray on top into pale gray underneath. The wave looks great in layered blues and teals, with white left at the foamy tips. A sunrise sky in yellow and pink behind the dolphin adds a beautiful glow.
Skills practiced
Dolphins are mammals, not fish: they breathe air through a blowhole and feed milk to their babies, a fun surprise for kids. Ask children to compare the dolphin with the whale page and list what is the same and what is different.
Printing tips
Watercolor or watered-down tempera paint works well on this page because of the large water areas; print on thick paper and let it dry flat. Crayons are a fine, low-mess alternative.
Related pages
Want to keep going? Color Happy Whale, Octopus or Sailboat next, or browse all ocean coloring pages. For a little learning after the coloring, try our free Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Addition Within 10 worksheets.
