Minimalist mermaid portrait with flowing hair, shell clip, bubbles, fish, and seaweed.

Mermaid Portrait with Shell Hair Clip

A calm mermaid faces forward with wave-like hair, a scallop clip, tiny fish, round bubbles, and seaweed at both sides.

🎨 How to color it

Give the mermaid’s hair a seafoam green, the scallop hair clip a peachy coral, the little fish a sunny yellow, and the bubbles pale blue. Use chunky crayons or washable markers for the big hair waves and simple face, and don’t worry if color bumps over the lines. Try making the necklace pearl glow white by coloring a soft blue circle around it.

The story behind this coloring page

Why Pearls Wear Tiny Holes — Under the quiet grotto, Kira held one smooth pearl and waited. Tap? Read the full story →

Under the quiet grotto, Kira held one smooth pearl and waited. Tap? No. Plip? Only bubbles. She wanted to hear the tiny sea-tap that came before bedtime tide.

A yellow fish flicked by. “Wait,” it whispered. Kira waited longer. At last—tik! Inside the pearl, a baby bubble pushed out a neat little hole. The pearl sang, “oo.” Ever since, pearls wear tiny holes, so secret bubbles can peek through. Can you find Kira’s round pearl waiting again?