Cartoon mermaid building a sandcastle beside a smiling crab, shell pail, shovel, waves, rocks, and palms.

Mermaid Building a Sandcastle with a Crab

A smiling mermaid pats a sandy tower while a cheerful crab helps beside seashell tools, foamy waves, and distant palm trees.

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Color the mermaid’s tail seafoam green, her hair golden blond, the sandcastle warm tan, and the happy crab bright coral red. Use chunky crayons or markers for the big tail, towers, and waves, and don’t worry if little hands color over the tiny shell shapes. Try making each flag on the castle a different sunny color so the crab’s tower looks ready for a seaside game.

The story behind this coloring page

Vella’s Flag-Tower Game — By the quiet cove, Vella tapped three sand towers and whispered, “Flag, flag, home.” Her new game needed one smooth shell for the winning door, so she slid out of her snug tidepool and across the cool, tickly sand. Read the full story →

By the quiet cove, Vella tapped three sand towers and whispered, “Flag, flag, home.” Her new game needed one smooth shell for the winning door, so she slid out of her snug tidepool and across the cool, tickly sand.

A wave rushed in—shhh!—and took her pearl bracelet away. Vella gave a little gasp, but a red crab clacked after it and brought back one pearl and a flat pink shell. “For the door,” he said.

Vella tucked the shell into the castle. The game felt softer now, with room for crab claws, mermaid fins, and wave-song. Can you find the tiny flags where Vella learned to call the sandy cove home?