Bold easy axolotl coloring page with a big smile, shiny eyes, and feathery gills.

Smiling Axolotl With Feathery Gills

A cheerful axolotl faces forward with shiny oval eyes, a wide curved smile, and leafy gills fanning out on both sides.

🎨 How to color it

Give the axolotl a peachy pink body, coral-pink gills, and shiny black eyes with tiny white sparkle spots. Use chunky crayons or broad markers for the big rounded face and belly, and don’t worry if little hands color past the thick lines. Try making each feathery gill tip a slightly darker coral, like the axolotl is wearing a silly underwater crown.

The story behind this coloring page

Nim’s Slow-Bloop Trick — Every day, Nim tapped the mud spring: tap, tap, tap. He wanted the first bloop. Read the full story →

Every day, Nim tapped the mud spring: tap, tap, tap. He wanted the first bloop. Until one day, he made a new game: no tapping, only waiting.

Because of that, his gills went wiggle-wiggle. Because of THAT, a snail giggled and blew tiny bubbles on his nose. “No tickles!” Nim whispered, but he stayed still.

At last—BLOOP! A round mud bubble popped right up. Nim smiled his biggest, quietest smile. Next time you see his feathery gills, can you spot the slow-bloop trick?