Choose a Starfish Picture

A single starfish can fill most of a page, share the sand with a shell, or sit at the center of a ring of shells. This collection also offers small groups and underwater settings, so you can choose between open shapes and more details.

Choose a difficulty

Follow dots or compare six shapes?

Pick a large sea star for steady color, or several smaller ones for a repeating rule.

A color for the star and its dots

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

Digital coloring example

Coral sea star with yellow circles along all five arms.
A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.
  • 1. Coral body
  • 2. Yellow circles
  1. Fill the body coral pink around the circles, moving from the center toward the arm tips.
  2. Color every circle yellow, using smaller strokes near the tips.

The circles should stay separate from the coral body. White space between the arms needs no color.

More selection and activity ideas

Choose a page

For broad crayon strokes, begin with a large shape and a mostly empty background. Spotted designs add smaller areas; shell ridges, seaweed and rocks give pencils more lines to follow. Compare the actual preview rather than choosing by the number of starfish alone.

Try it together

Try two colors on a separate scrap of paper, then repeat them in the spots or shell sections you like. With a group picture, give each starfish a different combination. Place two finished pages side by side and point out one pattern or background detail you chose differently.

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