Little
Ages 3–5
Very thick lines and a few big areas. Easy for small hands.
Sea Turtle Coloring Pages
This happy sea turtle paddles along with a round head, a big eye and a wide smile under its domed shell. The little page is one big turtle with thick lines, the kids page adds the sea surface, a sandy seabed, seaweed, a shell and bubbles, and the detailed page fills the water with coral, more seaweed and two small fish. Print a page or color it on screen first.
Choose a level and printColor onlineHow to Draw a Sea Turtle
Choose a level and print
The same drawing in three levels. Print it from the page or download a PDF.
Kids
Ages 6–8
Thick lines and a simple background to color.
Detailed
Ages 9–12
Finer lines, more areas and patterns for older children.
Color online
Choose a color, then tap an area of the picture to fill it. When you are happy, save it as an image or print it.
Coloring online needs JavaScript. You can still print the pages above.
Real colors to try
These are the natural colors of this animal. Use them, or pick your own.
- sea green
- brown shell
- pale olive skin
- ocean blue
Sea Turtle facts for kids
- Sea turtles breathe air, so they swim up to the surface to take a breath.
- Unlike land turtles, sea turtles cannot pull their head inside their shell.
- A mother sea turtle crawls onto a sandy beach to lay her eggs.
- Sea turtles use their long front flippers like wings to glide through the water.
How to use this coloring page
- Little level: give small hands chunky crayons and start with the big shell plates.
- In class, pair this page with an ocean lesson and let children color each shell plate a different shade of green or brown.
- Print at 100% scale on plain paper; thicker paper helps if you use markers or watercolors.
Pip's idea
Give the turtle a rainbow shell by coloring every plate a different color, then add blue and green stripes to the flippers.
Questions and answers
- Which sea turtle page works for a preschooler?
- The little level, made for ages 3 to 5. The turtle fills the page with very thick lines and only a few large areas, such as the shell plates, the flippers and the head.
- Can my child color the sea turtle on a tablet?
- Yes. Open the page, tap an area such as a shell plate or a flipper to fill it with a color, then print or save the picture.
- Should I print on A4 or Letter paper?
- Pick A4 in most countries and Letter in the United States and Canada. Both PDFs are on the page, and printing at 100% keeps the margins even.
