Letter W Coloring Page with a Smiling Whale on a Watermelon Slice

Under a capital W and a lowercase w, a smiling whale rests on top of a big slice of watermelon. The whale blows a spout of water from the top of its head, and its tail curls up beside the lowercase w. The two letters above them are wide, empty outlines with thick borders.

This letter W coloring page is a free printable for ages 3 to 6. Preschool teachers can add it to a W week, and families can use it as the W page in a homemade alphabet book.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "the capital letter W and the lowercase letter w side by side, drawn large as hollow outlined letters ready to color across the top half of the page, with a whale and a slice of watermelon below them."

The phrase "a slice of watermelon" became a half circle with its flat side facing up, a rind along the curved edge and seeds inside. "Below them" placed the whale and the watermelon under the letters, and the drawing stacks them, with the whale's belly resting on the flat top of the slice. "Hollow outlined letters" gave the W and the w one thick border each and nothing inside, so a child colors each letter as one shape.

Details of This Letter W Coloring Page

Each letter has two points along the bottom and a shorter point in the middle at the top. The capital W stands on the left and reaches higher, and the lowercase w sits to its right at about two thirds of its height.

A child can trace the zigzag of each W with a finger before picking a color, going down and up twice. Whale and watermelon both start with the w sound, so a speech therapist can ask a child to name each picture while it gets its color.

The whale has one round eye with a white shine and a curved brow above it, an open smile and a few long curved lines along its throat. One flipper hangs over the front of its body, and the tail ends in two flukes that rise up next to the lowercase w. The spout on its head has three rounded lobes, with one loose drop on each side.

The watermelon slice is a half circle with a band of rind along its curved edge. Nine teardrop seeds sit inside in three rows, with two at the top, four in the middle and three at the bottom. The flat top edge dips into a short wavy line right under the whale's belly.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

Use a blue or a gray for the whale and a lighter shade between the throat lines, so its belly stands apart from its back. A pale blue suits the spout, and the two loose drops can match it.

For the watermelon, color the rind band dark green and the inside red or pink, then go over each of the nine seeds in black or dark brown. If the W and the w get two different colors, a child can point to the capital and the lowercase by color when the page is done. The points of the W are narrow, so a colored pencil fits into them better than a thick marker.

For a child who loves the ocean, make a letter page with their favorite sea animal and the first letter of their name.

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