31 Turtle Coloring Pages
Turtles have been around for more than 200 million years, longer than snakes, lizards or crocodiles in their modern forms. A turtle's shell is part of its skeleton, fused to its ribs and spine, so a turtle can never crawl out of it the way cartoons sometimes show. This collection includes land turtles and sea turtles. A sea turtle swims in side view, showing the flippers it uses like wings underwater, while land turtles rest, sit, stand on their hind legs, stroll through the grass and pose from the front. Playful pages put turtles on a bookshelf, beside a lighthouse, climbing a ladder, stacking gifts, eating a cracker and sitting next to a plant. One turtle has a shell covered in flowers, and another shows off a perfectly round shell. Shells are made of plates called scutes, so kids can color each section separately in greens, browns and golds, or invent a pattern. Cute and baby turtles suit toddlers, while the lighthouse and bookshelf pages give older kids more to explore.
Shells up close
The big eyed young turtle is the simplest page, with an oversized round head, sparkling eyes, a wide smile and front legs reaching forward over the rim of its shell. Cute Turtle shows a land turtle walking in profile, its domed shell divided into hexagon plates and its legs dotted with small spots. Kids can color each shell plate a slightly different shade of amber or brown, then outline the edges darker so the pattern pops.
Sea and sand
Sea Turtle swims forward with big front flippers spread wide, a spotted head and a shell split into rounded plates. Turtle on Beach places a small turtle on dotted sand beside a seashell and pebbles, with seaweed at the right edge and a round bush at the left. Teal skin and a caramel shell look natural for the swimmer, while golden sand and a coral pink seashell brighten the beach scene.
