Lying on a sand hill on the seafloor, this friendly walrus digs smiling with its nose in the sand, three large clams already lying in front of it, two small sand clouds rising up. Our clam-digging walrus coloring page captures exactly this busy digging moment, and you can print it for free right away.
Why This Design Shows Busy Curiosity
With its nose buried deep in the sand and three clams already found, this walrus looks like a true treasure hunter of the seafloor. The rising sand clouds offer plenty of room for a lively coloring experience.
Digs with its nose
Already found
Rise from the digging
And a round mustache
🖨️ Step-by-Step: How to Print Perfectly
Click "Print Now" and set your printer to black & white to save ink!
Use thicker paper (100–120gsm) for markers so colors don't bleed through
A quiet spot with good light — a washable tablecloth is gold for little artists!
Think together about how a walrus gets extra help while digging for clams!
🌊 Fun Facts About How Walruses Dig Clams Out of the Sand
While your child colors, now is the perfect moment for a little story: a walrus first feels for clams in the sand using its highly sensitive mustache, but the actual digging happens in an even cleverer way than you might first think. On top of digging with its nose, a walrus squirts powerful jets of water out of its mouth straight into the sand, to loosen it up properly, almost like a natural water-jet digger. This makes the sand much easier to push aside, and hidden clams come to the surface faster. Once a walrus finds a clam, it doesn't actually bite into the hard shell at all, instead it uses surprisingly powerful suction to suck out just the soft body of the clam, leaving the empty shell behind. In a single dive, a walrus can eat several thousand clams this way. Our digging walrus in the picture is using several clever tricks all at once to get its fill. Anyone wanting to learn more about these fascinating animals can explore the Wikipedia article on walruses together.
🎨 Creative Tip: What to Do With the Finished Picture?
Finished coloring the picture? Tell someone how walruses use water jets and powerful suction to get their clams, and think together about how many thousand clams a walrus might eat in a single day! ✂️
🎨 Which Colors Suit the Clam-Digging Walrus?
For this busy design, warm pink and sandy tones work especially well. Here are our favorite color ideas for little artists:
For the walrus
For the sand hill
For the clams
For the sand clouds
💡 Coloring Technique Tip: Color each of the three clams its own distinct shade — that makes them look like little individual treasures.
📅 When Is This Coloring Page Perfect For?
This design is a real all-rounder — here are our favorite occasions:
A busy design for the party
Perfect for a topic about feeding behavior
Fits shell collecting
A cheerful coloring project
🌊 Fun Facts About Clam-Digging Walruses for Kids
While your child colors, you can read these facts aloud — kids love clever digging techniques!
Loosens up the ground
Instead of biting them
Only eats the soft body
A true clam-eating pro
🦣 Discover More From the World of Seals & Coastal Animals!
The clam-digging walrus is part of our new collection all about seals, otters, penguins, and other coastal animals! Combine all the coloring pages in this series and create your own world of cold-coast wildlife:
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🏫 Ideas for Preschool, School, and Home
This design works wonderfully as a starting point for small projects about real walruses, foraging, and clever tool use. In preschool, the picture pairs beautifully with a little sandbox treasure hunt. In elementary school, this design makes a great introduction to a topic about different feeding strategies in the animal kingdom, while at home it serves as an occasion to look at or collect real clam shells together.
A sandbox treasure hunt
An intro to feeding strategies
Looking at or collecting real shells
🦣 What the Walrus Teaches Us About Patient Searching
The fact that a walrus uses several clever methods all at once to get its food shows kids, in a particularly striking way, that patience and skill while searching always pay off. Just like the digging walrus in the sand, it's worth knowing that trying different approaches is worthwhile when you're searching for something valuable.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What age is this coloring page suitable for?
The clam-digging walrus works for kids of all ages — the clear, rounded shapes suit every age group well.
Is the download free?
Yes, all coloring pages on PureSketchy are 100% free for personal use, preschools, and schools.
Which coloring tools work best?
For the walrus, we recommend warm pinkish brown; for the sand hill, sandy beige.
How does a walrus get clams out of the sand?
It squirts water to loosen the sand, then sucks the soft clam body out with powerful suction.
Is there a German/English version?
Yes! You can find the German version at Ausmalbild Walross gräbt im Sand nach Muscheln.