Cartoon sea turtle swimming past kelp, bubbles, coral, and a small fish in an underwater scene.

Smiling Sea Turtle Gliding Through Kelp

A cheerful sea turtle paddles through tall waving kelp while bubbles swirl around a tiny smiling fish near the coral.

🎨 How to color it

Color the turtle’s shell moss green, its flippers seafoam, the tall kelp olive and lime, and the little fish sunny yellow. Use sharp colored pencils for the shell plates and leaf lines, then fill the larger flippers and open water with smooth crayon strokes. Try making the bubbles pale blue at the bottom and almost white at the top so they look like they are floating upward.

The story behind this coloring page

Benny’s Bubble-Wait Game — Under the swishy kelp, Benny tapped one flipper on his shell and invented a game: count only the bubbles that bumped a leaf before rising away. Plip. Read the full story →

Under the swishy kelp, Benny tapped one flipper on his shell and invented a game: count only the bubbles that bumped a leaf before rising away. Plip. One. Plop. Two. The salty water tickled his nose, and he grinned, waiting for the slowest bubble of all.

A little fish zipped in circles. “Your game is too slow!” she giggled. Benny didn’t hurry. He watched the kelp bend, curl, and spring back with soft whooshes. Then the twist came: every time the fish flicked her tail, the kelp sent three secret bubbles loose. Benny laughed so hard he nearly missed number ten. Can you spot the fish who was secretly helping the swishy kelp play?