Paint ‘N Create – Dolphins!

Come create a truly unique work of art with our dolphins! Painting is a form of enrichment for our pod that adds an interesting and complex activity to their daily routine. During this up-close experience, participants will pick out 3 colors to customize their very own 12×12 canvas. With the help of our Animal Care Specialists, guests will hold their canvas over the water while our dolphins create a masterpiece worthy of treasuring for a lifetime! Click below to book now.

Participant Requirements:

In order to enter the interaction area, a paid Participant or Observer ticket is required
Participant must be at least 3 years old to participate in this program.
Participants under the age of 10 will get ONE free chaperone to assist the child during the interaction. Chaperones may be required to help hold the canvas.
Participants ages 3-12 must be accompanied by either a free adult chaperone (for ages 3-10) or an adult with a paid Observer ticket (for ages 11-12).
Participants will need to kneel poolside for this interaction. If you are not physically able to do so, we are happy to provide accommodations. Please email [email protected] to request these accommodations.
On open days, park admission is required to participate and is NOT included with this package.
- This program is also available on days that Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is closed. On closed days, park admission is not required to participate in this program. Please refer to our operating calendar to determine if the park is open or closed on the day of your program. If you book on a closed day, a member of the Education team will reach out to your over phone and/or email to confirm the meeting location.

Program information:

Pricing: $64.99
Interaction Time: 2:00 pm
Capacity: 5 Participants
Meeting location: Dolphin Discovery Guest Relations Building near the entrance of DC Plaza. Please arrive 10 minutes before scheduled program start time.

Program Policies:

Bookings that do not adhere to the Participant Requirements outlined above may be cancelled and are not eligible for a refund.

For the dolphins’ safety, loose items including cell phones are not permitted during this program.

For everyone’s safety and comfort, please advise us prior to your interaction if there are any emotional, behavioral, or physical conditions that could affect a guest’s participation so we may make appropriate accommodations.

Prior to your program, you will receive a call and/or email confirmation from Education staff to confirm your booking and provide any relevant program information.

While most of our animal interaction programs are hands-on, we can never guarantee touching or feeding animals.

This program runs rain or shine. If severe weather prompts a park closure, guests will be contacted regarding options for their purchased programs.

There are no refunds.

You can reschedule your program 72 hours or more from your original reservation date and time. There will be no rescheduling accepted with less than 72 hours’ notice.

For general questions or any special accommodations, please contact [email protected] or 707-556-5434

When bottlenose dolphins are born, they have no teeth! Over the first 5 months of their lives, an average of 88 cone-shaped teeth will gradually erupt. Unlike humans, dolphins do not have baby teeth meaning they only have one set of teeth their whole lives. These teeth are a huge asset to dolphins during hunting because they interlock like a zipper, trapping fish inside their mouth so they can’t escape. Then they swallow those fish whole!
Before a dolphin dives into the depths of the ocean, they slow down their heart rate. They’re able to adjust it based on the duration of their dive. This helps them to conserve oxygen and stay under the water longer!
Bottlenose dolphins have a fusiform body shape. This means they have a round torpedo-like body and a gradually tapered tail. This is one of the many adaptations to help them swim through the water without drag!
Each bottlenose dolphin has a unique dorsal fin. Every dorsal fin has curves and indentations on the trailing edge known as notches. No two dolphins have the same pattern of notches so they can be used to distinguish each dolphin from another, just like a human fingerprint.
Dolphins sleep using something called Unihemispheric Slow-Wave Sleep (USWS), which basically means that they sleep with half of their brain on at all times. While one half of their brain rests, the other stays in control of their breathing and allows them to be alert of any possible threats.
A dolphin’s strongest sense is their hearing. In dark or murky waters where visibility is low, dolphins utilize echolocation to navigate their surroundings. They start by emitting high pitched clicks from their blowhole, which are then amplified by their melon. These signals are bounced off of objects in the water and received back through the dolphins’ lower jaw traveling then to their inner ear. They can use this information to determine not only the location of an object but also its density and size up to a football field away!
One adaptation that dolphins have for living in the open ocean is their coloration. Similar to other marine animals, bottlenose dolphins exhibit a type of camouflage called countershading. This means they have a dark grey colored back and lighter colored belly. This helps them blend into the rocky ocean floor if viewed from above as well as the sunlight reflecting off the surface of the water if viewed from below!
Dolphins are conscious breathers, meaning they have to think about each breath they take! On average, bottlenose dolphins breathe 1-2 times a minute but can hold their breath up to 8 minutes.
Did you know that dolphins have hair just like other mammals? Newborn calves have a few sparse whiskers on their rostrum that they use to help find their mother’s mammary glands to start nursing. These whiskers fall out soon after birth, usually when the calf is around two to three weeks old.
The strongest part of a dolphin’s body is their tail. The tail is connected to a large muscle, called a peduncle, which allows bottlenose dolphins to swim up to 18 mph and jump up to three times their body length! While swimming, they move their tail in an up and down motion as opposed to sharks who are fish and swim in a side-to-side motion.

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