Smiling axolotl with feathery gills floating above a rock and bubbles coloring page

Smiling Axolotl Over a Bubbling Rock

A cheerful axolotl hovers over a smooth underwater rock, with feathery gills spread wide and bubbles rising all around.

🎨 How to color it

Color the axolotl bubblegum pink, the feathery gills coral red, the rock sandy beige, and the bubbles pale blue. The body and rock have big open spaces, so chunky crayons or markers can make smooth, happy fills without worrying about every tiny edge. Try making the bubbles darker blue at the bottom and almost white at the top, like they are catching light as they float up.

The story behind this coloring page

Pip Waits for the Bubble — Every day, Pip counted bubbles beside the flat gray rock while the minnows zipped loops through the cave pool. Read the full story →

Every day, Pip counted bubbles beside the flat gray rock while the minnows zipped loops through the cave pool. He wanted to ride the fast current with them, but the stream only opened when the pool went glug-glug in the right rhythm.

One day, the bubbles stopped. The water felt still as jelly. Pip stayed by the rock while everyone else darted off to search the reeds. Plink! A tiny bubble popped from under the rock. Because Pip waited, he heard a second plink, then pushed with all four feet. The rock tipped up, whoosh! A hidden spring burst out, spinning the minnows back in a silver swirl.

“Race time!” Pip laughed, sailing straight through the fizzy current. Next time you spot that rock, can you find where the first patient plink was hiding?