Easy mermaid coloring page with a smiling mermaid hiding in seaweed, a fish, bubbles, coral, and kelp.

Mermaid Peeking from Seaweed

A smiling mermaid peeks from behind tall waving seaweed while a round fish drifts past bubbles and coral below.

🎨 How to color it

Color the mermaid’s tail turquoise, her long hair golden yellow, the tall seaweed bright green, and the round fish sunny orange. Use chunky crayons or markers for the big tail, leaves, and fish, and don’t worry if little hands cross the bold lines. Try making the bubbles pale blue with one white spot left open, like tiny shiny windows.

The story behind this coloring page

Junie Waits for Wiggleweed — Every day, Junie played a secret game in the kelp thicket: she would hide behind the tallest wiggleweed and wait for it to sneeze. Read the full story →

Every day, Junie played a secret game in the kelp thicket: she would hide behind the tallest wiggleweed and wait for it to sneeze. “I can wait longer than a clam,” she whispered, though the leaves tickled her nose and smelled like salty pickles.

One day, a striped fish made bubble hats right beside her. Pop-pop-pop! Because Junie would not giggle, a crab tried marching backward in circles. Because she still stayed tucked in, the wiggleweed shook harder and harder. At last—FWOOF!—it sneezed a cloud of glittery sand, and Junie laughed so hard her tail thumped the kelp. If you peek at the tall leaves, can you spot the patient mermaid who waited longer than a clam?