Christmas Mermaid Coloring Page

Christmas reaches the bottom of the sea. This Christmas mermaid coloring page shows a cheerful mermaid in a Santa hat, holding out a pink shell on a string to hang on her undersea tree. The tree is already covered with ornaments and strings of pearls, with a big starfish on top. Three wrapped gifts wait on the sand. A fish in its own tiny Santa hat swims over for a look, and another one hides near her tail.

Kids from about 4 to 10 can color this one. Allow 30 to 40 minutes. It is a handy page for a holiday class party or a quiet hour on a December afternoon.

Find these holiday details

Start with her outfit. Her hat has a fluffy brim and a pom pom that hangs by her ear. Her top has a fluffy collar, and three round gold buttons run down the front. A band of leaf shapes sits at her waist, and her fin looks like holly.

The tree has five tiers, each with a soft pale cap, as if foam had settled on the branches. Eleven ornaments hang on it, some plain and some with a star. A shell sits near the bottom. Snowflakes and tiny dots drift through the water like winter snow.

Christmas mermaid coloring page color ideas

Red and green are the easy choice, and they work well. Our sample has a red and pink tail with a green fin. You can also go another way:

• Icy blue and silver, with a white tree
• Gold and red, like old wrapping paper
• Purple and pink for a candy Christmas
• A dark green tree with every ornament a different color

Use a mint green or a pale blue on the caps of the tree. Plain white paper also works there, and it looks like snow. For the gifts, pick one color for the box and one for the ribbon, and make all three different.

Glitter glue is a fun extra. Put a small dot on the star, the buttons and each ornament after the page is dry.

Handy tips for this page

Color the tree before the ornaments only if you use pencils. With markers, do the ornaments first, then fill in around them with green. Your bright colors will stay clean that way.

Fluffy edges on the hat and collar should stay white or pale gray. A little light blue along the bottom of each bump makes them look soft.

The gifts have straight sides, which makes a nice change from all the curves. A ruler can help older kids keep the ribbons tidy.

A real Christmas tree in the sea

The ocean really does have tiny Christmas trees. Christmas tree worms are small sea worms, shorter than most people's thumbs, that live in burrows in coral. Each one has two spiraling crowns that it uses to breathe and to catch tiny food from the water. The crowns come in many bright colors. If danger comes close, the worm pulls back into its burrow in a flash and shuts a kind of trapdoor behind it.

Holiday activities

Make it a countdown. Each day in December, have your child color one ornament or one gift. The page will be finished by Christmas if you start a little late in the month.

You could also make gift tags. Cut out the fish, the shell and the small gifts from a second copy, then glue them on card. Write a name on the back and tie them to your presents. Each one looks hand made, because it is, and it costs nothing but a sheet of paper.

More Christmas pages

Kids who want to go on decorating can print the Christmas tree coloring page. The Santa Claus coloring page shows the man who wears the original hat.

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