Bold easy whale coloring page with a smiling whale, round sun, and rolling ocean waves.

Smiling Whale Under the Big Sun

A cheerful whale glides above two curling waves, smiling wide while a big round sun hangs in the open sky.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Whale collection, made for ages 2–4 and drawn in a Bold & Easy style.

🎨 How to color it

Color the whale sky blue, the big round sun lemon yellow, and the two curling waves a bright ocean teal. Use chunky crayons or broad markers for the whale’s large body and let little hands cross the thick black lines if they want. Add a silly pink cheek beside the whale’s smile, or make the sun striped like a beach ball.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 7 zones and 4 colors, sized for kids. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Willa’s Wave-Hat Game — Every day, Willa swam under the warm sun: swish, swish, hum. She wanted something she made all by herself, so she patted the water with her flippers. Read the full story →

Every day, Willa swam under the warm sun: swish, swish, hum. She wanted something she made all by herself, so she patted the water with her flippers. Plop! A tiny wave hat popped up.

Then she made two. Because of that, the waves wiggled. Because of THAT, one wave hat slid onto her nose. “Ta-da!” Willa giggled. Finally, she tipped her tail and made the biggest wave hat yet. Next time you see her smile, can you spot the proud little maker under the sun?