Easy catfish coloring page with whiskers, tall river grass, pebbles, and rounded fins.

Catfish Gliding Through Tall River Grass

A wide-eyed catfish with long whiskers swims low between tall river plants and smooth creek stones.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Fish collection, made for ages 5–7 and drawn in a Bold & Easy style.

🎨 How to color it

Color the catfish warm gray, the long whiskers pale peach, the tall river grass bright green, and the smooth pebbles sandy tan. Use chunky crayons or broad markers for the big fish body, then let a grown-up help with the thin grass blades and whiskers if they feel tricky. Try making the back fin and tail a slightly darker gray so this whiskered swimmer looks like it is slipping through shady water.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 53 zones and 5 colors, sized for kids. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Gus Touches the Moonstone — Under the soft river mud, Gus tucked his whiskers close and made himself a secret dare: touch the pale moonstone past the tallest grass before the minnows woke. Read the full story →

Under the soft river mud, Gus tucked his whiskers close and made himself a secret dare: touch the pale moonstone past the tallest grass before the minnows woke. The water smelled leafy and cool. Swish, swish went the reeds. He slipped out from his snug root hollow, belly low over the pebbles.

A crayfish snapped, “Careful there!” and Gus almost zipped home. One whisker bumped a cold stone. One grass blade tickled his nose. He paid his little price with a trembly tail and kept going. Tap! His whisker touched the moonstone. It was smooth as soap. Back in his hollow, Gus did not hide his whiskers anymore. Next time you spot those long feelers, can you keep his secret dare?