Dolphin carries an Earth Day bottle near ocean cleanup volunteers and floating trash.

Dolphin Grabbing an Earth Day Bottle

A smiling dolphin lifts an Earth Day bottle from wavy water while cleanup volunteers work on the sunny shore.

🎨 How to color it

Color the dolphin smooth sea gray, the Earth Day bottle bright white with green lettering, and the cleanup team’s caps sunny yellow. Use sharp colored pencils for the many thin wave lines, floating cans, net, tire, and small fish so the details stay crisp. Try a teal-to-deep-blue fade through the water bands, leaving tiny white bubbles sparkling around the dolphin’s tail.

The story behind this coloring page

Pax’s Bottle-Bop Game — Between two salty waves, Pax nudged a floating can with his nose and called, “Bottle-bop, can-clink, tire-tuck!” He had just invented the best game in Cleanup Cove: every bit of bobbing junk got a silly name before he pushed it toward the shore baskets. Read the full story →

Between two salty waves, Pax nudged a floating can with his nose and called, “Bottle-bop, can-clink, tire-tuck!” He had just invented the best game in Cleanup Cove: every bit of bobbing junk got a silly name before he pushed it toward the shore baskets. The water smelled like seaweed and sunscreen, and the waves slapped chuff-chuff against an old bucket.

Soon Pax added rules. Bottles had to be carried with a grin. Nets had to be dragged without wearing them as hats. Tires counted double if a fish peeked through the middle. Up on the sand, three humans in caps bent and picked and laughed so hard their trash bags crinkled like popcorn.

Then Pax heard a whistle. The humans were holding up fingers—three, two, one—judging his dives like a beach show! So he rose with the Earth Day bottle balanced in his mouth, gave one mischievous tail-splash, and earned ten wiggly fingers. Next time you spot that bottle, you’ll know exactly where Pax belonged: between two salty waves.