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    Home » Blog View » Coloring Pages

    Published: May 24, 2022 · Modified: Jul 8, 2022 by Julie

    Octopus Coloring Pages

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    Exploring oceans with your kids? These free octopus coloring pages are perfect for an under the sea unit study!

    Not just for kids, these sheets also make wonderful adult coloring pages. You can even combine them with other designs to make your own coloring book.

    Unique designs, you wont find these coloring sheets anywhere else!

    two coloring pages with black and white images of octopus overlapping on a wooden background. Red octopus left side above a grey rock and green kelp

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    How to Print

    • Click the button below the image to bring up a PDF version
    • All pages fit a standard 8 ½ by 11 inch piece of paper

    Related Posts: Sea Turtle and Starfish Coloring Pages

    Kids in preschool through elementary absolutely love learning about the ocean. Pair these sheets with a few children's books about ocean life for a fun mini unit!

    Pictures of Octopus to Color

    Found around hiding in between rocks, these ocean dwellers live in salt water. Technically classified as cephalopods, octopus come in different sizes. They are soft bodied mollusks which means they are related to snails!

    printable with cute octopus with bubbles on a wooden background with colored pencils bottom right
    Underwater Octopus - Download

    Did you know that octopus have eight arms with suction cups on the bottom. They use them to capture prey including starfish.

    As you color in the octopus below, you can add different sea creatures in the white spaces. Crabs, fish, and coral can all be drawn on the page!

    coloring sheet with large octopus and rocks on a wooden background with grey rock and green kelp bottom left
    Realistic Octopus - Download

    It would be fun to print off the sheet below onto cardstock then color it in using watercolor paint. Octopus come in a wide range of colors and can even change colors to camouflage themselves!

    simple octopus with the word written below in bubble letters
    Cute Octopus - Download

    You will love coloring in the next sheet with features three long octopus arms with suction cups. It would be fun to color in each of the individual circles along with the curved arms.

    Reader Favorite: Coral Reef Coloring Sheets and Hammerhead Sharks

    printable with three black and white octopus arms on a wooden background
    Octopus Tentacles- Download

    Using different shades of blue and green to add an ocean background to any of these coloring sheets. One of the best parts of coloring is adding your own unique designs to the pages.

    The next sheet is perfect for preschoolers who are practicing writing letters. As they color the octopus they can color in the large letters written on the page.

    realistic octopus above the word Octopus written in outline form and lines to write below.
    Color and Write Octopus - Download

    If you are looking for more color and write pages, I try to include one within each coloring page collection. You can find a whole set of coloring pages right here on the blog.

    Additional Coloring Sheets

    Print off a few different designs to have on hand as a low prep activity! You can even take them in the car for your kids to color on the go. Just bring along a clipboard and art supplies.

    • Great White Shark
    • Hammerhead Shark
    • Starfish

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    These printables were created by Nature Inspired Learning and are for personal use only for your home, classroom, or public library. All of these free octopus coloring sheets are for non-commercial use. See full disclosure. Have questions, send me an email at julie (at) natureinspiredlearning (dot) com

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    1. jamie says

      May 25, 2022 at 12:54 pm

      These are so fun! Love the tentacles page! 😀 Going to pair this with an ocean movie for the kids. Thank you!

      Reply
      • Julie says

        May 26, 2022 at 10:38 am

        Thank you Jamie! That page is my favorite too

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