Life Cycle of Frog and Frog coloring page

 HAPPY LEAP DAY EVERYONE!!!

This is my free coloring pages blog. 

But I also have some worksheets from my 27 years of teaching 

Bilingual/ESL Elementary School and Junior High Science. 

The first image (in honor of Leapday) is a realistic drawing of a frog on a lilypad.  

The lilypad is floating on a pond.

The rest of today's posts are an activity on the life cycle of a frog.  

Frog on a Lilypad in a Pond

Frogs are amphibians or members of Class: Amphibia.  They go through metamorphosis.   Amphibians are remarkable creatures.  They appear to have been the first vertebrates to live both on land and water.  They have slimy skin that is actually leaky.  For this reason, they have to stay wet or near water.  Tree frogs of the rainforest get wet from the daily rains.  

On the farm where I grew up, there was a reservoir full of bullfrogs.  When they went wandering too far from the reservoir they would dry up and die.  As a child, I would find them dried up and dead 100 yards from getting back to the water of the reservoir.  

I drew this drawing today and I am posting it today because it is Leapday!  Our 365-day calendar is not quite right,  There are actually 365.25 days in a year.  The leap year day takes care of that discrepancy.  If 

 Below is an activity for kids on the life cycle of a frog... AKA how they go through metamorphosis.    We did this and another activity with our grandchildren to celebrate Leap Day 2024!

NOTE: The frog drawing is available to print.  Just click on the "Animals" button and scroll down to the bottom of the list of animal drawings.  Have fun coloring!  I will say again that the "Life Cycle of a Frog" is below. 

Life Cycle of Frog - Instructions

You cut out the items on the dotted line and glue the small pictures of the frog metamorphosis stages on the circle.  Then use a brad to hook the top page, the major sector of a circle on top of the circle.  You can then rotate the major sector of a circle and the circular wedge area will reveal each stage of metamorphosis in turn.  

Circle to Cut Out

Major Sector of a Circle

Mini Life Cycle of Frog Pictures

NOTE:  These pictures, in printable form, are found in two places. The Frog coloring page is found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals."  Then scroll to the bottom of the list of drawings.  The "Life Cycle of Frog" pages are under the "Science Readings and Worksheets and Phonics" button.  Once you hit that button you will see a list of "Paleontology and Biology Readings and Worksheets."  Scroll to the bottom of that list.  Stop before you get to the Phonics list.  Below is an example of a completed activity.

Life Cycle of Frog completed activity

Alexineive the Winter Fairy at Night coloring page

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I have drawn hundreds of coloring page pictures for you to print and color. 

Today's new drawing is of a Winter Fairy. 

She is seen at night. 

Lexinieve the Winter Fairy at Night

Lexinieve is a Winter Fairy.  The cold does not bother her.  In fact, she is fine in the cold.  She loves the snow.  But, of course, Fairies are actually a type of mini-human.  So Lexinieve is still warm-blooded. That is why she is wearing a sweater dress and warm leggings.  Lexinieve is seen here in mortal size.  She is a beautiful and kind Fairy.  She is out searching for animals that are in distress in the cold winter temperatures.  

In this drawing, we see Lexinieve out on a cold winter night.  She has just landed and her magic has melted the snow in a small circular area.  She will use her wand to summon any animals that are in distress because of the bitter cold.  She then warms them up with a warming charm.  Winter Fairies are known for doing this.  They will summon and warm animals on both cold winter days and cold winter nights.  

All Fairies can transform to mortal size.  Lexinieve did so in order to make herself more visible to the animals.  She is one of those Faires that live a mortal life much of the time.  But she still regularly visits the local Fairy village.  To enter the hidden village she has to return to her natural Fairy height of about 5 inches or 12.7 cm tall.  

By the way, if you know Spanish you know what Lexinieve means. 

NOTE;  This coloring page drawing is found in printable size by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list and click on the title.  Have fun coloring!

Jesus outside Jerusalem near the Temple coloring page

 Welcome or welcome back to my free coloring pages blog!

There are over 2800 coloring pages that I have drawn here.  

OK, a handful were drawn by two grandnieces and one grandnephew.

The great majority were done by me.  

Today's new drawing is of Jesus outside of Jerusalem. 

He is near the Temple.  The Temple of Jerusalem WAS near an outside wall. 

Jesus outside Jerusalem near the Temple

There are many drawings of Jesus on this site.  I thought of this one because it shows Jesus outside the walls of Jerusalem but still near the Temple.  This drawing represents Him before his death and resurrection.  He was known to have taken walks that appeared to have been contemplative.  

Jesus was the Son of God.  Heavenly Father is the Father of all of our spirits.  But he was the Father of Jesus' spirit AND the Father of Jesus' mortal body as well. Because He was sired by our Heavenly Father He, Jesus, could suffer to pay the eternal price for our sins.  Because He paid the price for our sins in Gethsemane and on the cross, we can all repent of our sins... and be forgiven.  And if we do our best He will save us on the last day.  Plus we all will be resurrected because Jesus was resurrected.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Religious" button.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the New Testament section.  Have fun coloring! 

Emmia the Lotus Fairy coloring page

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Today's new drawing for you to print and color is 

Emmiah, who is a Lotus Fairy.

Emmiah the Lotus Fairy

Emmalia is a Lotus Fairy.  There are also Fairies who love to hang out on lilypads.  In fact, I thought that maybe lotus flowers and lilies were the same thing.  They are not.  There are several differences.  One of them is that lotus plants do not need to be in water.  They do just fine on land.  Lotus leaves are different from lilypads as well.  Plus, lotus flowers and plants tend to rise above the water and not float on the water like lilypads.  

Now, about Emmalia.  She is a beautiful Lotus Fairy who really loves the scent of lotus flowers.  The lotus flower has been described as heady and like sweet fruit. It is considered to be very pleasant.  Emmalia takes on this lovely scent by hanging out in the flower. Lotus are a very successful type of plant so Lotus Fairies only rarely defend it from herbivores that might want to eat parts of it.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled: "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawings.  Have fun coloring!

FINAL NOTE:  I just reworked this drawing, a little to improve the face and make it more accurate. 

Giraffatitan by a River coloring page

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I have posted many many drawings that I have done and they are 

available for you to print and color. 

A few of the drawings were done by a grandniece and a grandnephew.

Today's new drawing is of a Giraffatitan.  A very TALL dinosaur.

Giraffatitan by a River

Giraffatitan was a large Sauropod dinosaur.  It was a type of Brachiosaur, although it was not the same species as the well-known Brachiosaurus.  Giraffatitan was one of the tallest dinosaurs.  It was once thought to be the biggest dinosaur.  We now know that it was taller and bigger than Brachiosaurs, but that Sauroposeidon was bigger and taller.  Basically, all were types of Brachiosaurs but Sauroposeidon was the biggest and tallest, then Giraffatitan, and then Brachiosaurs.  Other Brachiosaurs have also been found in various parts of the world.  They all lived in the late Jurassic and some into the early Cretaceous Period. 

Size and height estimates vary.  The different paleontologists have different estimates of the height of Giraffatitan.  Some estimate around 39 feet and some estimate up to 55 feet tall.  Sauroposeidon is thought to have been 60 feet tall.  Of course, Argentinasaurus and Patagotitan from South America are now known to have been the biggest Sauropods and the biggest dinosaurs.  But they were not the tallest.   

By the way, did you notice that I had some fun and drew its patterns very similar to those found on a giraffe?  You see, I forgot to mention that this huge Sauropod was found in Africa... where modern giraffes live.  This body style with long front legs and a tall neck is an example of convergent evolution. Convergent evolution is when two organisms have similar shapes etc. because that adaptation was useful.  Both modern giraffes and the ancient Brachiosaurs had bodies built for eating leaves from tall trees. 

NOTE: To get to the printable version of this drawing/coloring page just click on the button labeled 
"Paleontology" and scroll to the bottom of the Mesozoic section of drawing titles.  Then click on the title to get the printable version of the picture.  Have fun coloring this awesome dinosaur.  

Modern Mermaid at a Rock coloring page

Today's new drawing on this free coloring pages blog is 

of a Modern Mermaid who is at a Rock near the shore.

 Modern Mermaid at a Rock

Mermaids are an ancient legend.  But they are more than that.  Mermaids and indeed Merpeople still exist and live in the oceans of the world.  They live a secretive life from we mortals.  They have their own form of magic to keep themselves and their underwater cities and villages concealed from humans and our scanning gadgets.  On the horizon is a modern ship, so you know this is a Modern Mermaid.  

Merpeople are actually kind of a form of Fairy.  They live for a long time compared to mortals and while alive their appearance of aging is far less than mortals.  When a Merperson chooses to they can climb onto land and transform into what looks like a mortal person.  (They have legs.)  Of course, you may not know that some Merpeople DO have legs, but they also have webbed feet.  These types of Merpeople also can transform into a more mortal form.  

Some Merpeople have fallen in love with mortals and those Merpeople choose to live a life among mortals.  Contrary to what you might have heard, a Mermaid or Merman does not return to their natural finned form just by getting wet.  They actually think or say a transformation charm to transform.  Otherwise, a Mermaid who was married to a mortal man would soon be revealed due to a rainstorm, etc.  I should add that all mortals who fall in love with a Merperson certainly know the full truth about their mate.  

A Merperson who is in mortal form can still breathe water.  That is, they have curtain lungs and can absorb oxygen from both air and water.  Mermaids and Mermen do NOT have gills.  In fact, Mermaids are known for being exceptionally beautiful.  They come in many races, just like mortals do.  Which brings up something else.  Some mortals who fall in love with a Merperson are also in love with the sea.  These mortals choose to live a Merperson life.  The Merperson love of their life can use a special charm to transform the mortal into a Mermaid or Merman form.  

Now, since I am a retired Science Teacher... Look for the following animals:  coral, crab, brain coral, two clownfish, a sea anemone, and five sea birds.  Of course, the Mermaid is also in Kingdom: Animalia. Then there is one member of Kingdom: Plantae... it is the seagrass.  There is one member of Kingdom Protista.  It LOOKS like a plant but it IS in Kingdom: Protista.  It is the kelp.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled, "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list IF you are looking this up close to February 17, 2024.  Otherwise, just scroll down to the bottom of the list and then scroll up.  

New Gigantic Pliosaur coloring page

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Today's newest drawing is of a huge Pliosaur.

I drew these drawings that you are welcome to print for kids or adults to color. 

New Gigantic Pliosaur

This drawing is based on a recent find... a skull of a huge Pliosaur.  It was found on the Jurassic Coast of Southern England.  The tip of the snout fell out of a cliff by the ocean.  Eventually, the entire skull was found up in the cliff face.  It is thought that this species of Pliosaur was the biggest of all time.  The majority of the skull was found 40 feet up the cliff face and it took a lot of creative engineering to get it out of the rock and down to the beach so it could be taken away to be cleaned up and studied.  The paleontologists only had three weeks to do it before the fall and winter storms started.

Pliosaurs were the biggest predators of the Jurassic oceans.  Pliosaurs are a short-neck Plesiosaur.  The long-neck Plesiosaurs are more well-known now.  But the short-neck Plesiosaurs or Pliosaurs were the real top predators of the Jurassic seas.  Some Pliosaurs you might have heard of are Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus.   They had an incredibly strong bite and certainly ate other marine reptiles like Ichthyosaurs and long-neck Plesiosaurus.  

This latest find of a big Pliosaur had a head that was over 6 feet long and a body length that is estimated to have been over 40 feet long. The new Pliosaur had large conical teeth up front and curved teeth towards the back of the mouth.  So the curved teeth were further towards the back of the mouth.  The conical teeth in the front were great for grasping prey, such as other big marine reptiles. There was also evidence in the jaw of this fossilized skull of Pliosaurs being able to regrow lost teeth. By the way, this is the largest and most well-preserved of any Pliosaur skull that has ever been found.

I learned about this amazing find on an episode of the PBS show called Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster.  The show pointed out that this monster had pressure sensors on the tip of its snout.  Crocodilians have this as well.  So animals with these pressure sensors on their "nose" can sense their prey, even in dirty murky water or deep down in the sea where there is no sunlight. 

See if you can identify the following in the drawing:  bony fish or Class: Osteichthyes, squid and octopus or Class: Cephalopoda, sharks or cartilaginous fish or Class: Chondrithyes, three Ichthyosaurs who like the Pliosaur are put in Class: Reptilia.  Finally, see if you can see two Jellyfish from Class: Scypozoa.

Look closely right at the top of the head behind the eyes.  There is a dark spot that represents the parietal eye.  This is a third eye that we are not too sure about its uses.  Maybe this third eye was to help the Pliosaur tell where the surface was.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" and scrolling to the bottom of the Mesozoic section of the list of drawings.  Have fun coloring. 

David slays the Lion coloring page

This is my free coloring pages blog.  There are over 2000 drawings that I have done that you can print to color.  Today's new drawing is of David.  It is of David the shepherd boy taking on a lion. 

David slays the Lion

David is known for slaying Goliath the giant.  However, before King Saul allowed David to face off with Goliath, David, explained how he, David, had killed both a lion and a bear that tried to take  David's father's sheep.  Of course, David won this battle.  He had skills but he also had great power from his faith in God.  Therefore God had given David the strength to kill the lion, the bear, and later Goliath.

By the way, I drew this in church yesterday. Drawing actually helps me focus and pay better attention to the talks and lessons in the Sunday meetings. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the "Old Testament" section.  Have fun coloring!

Skarlawynn the Woodland Elf Princess coloring page

 Hi everyone!  This is my free printable coloring pages blog.

Unlike some coloring page sites, I have done all these drawings that are posted here...

except for a very few done by a grandniece and a grandnephew.

Today's new drawing is of a Woodland Elf Princess.

Skarlawynn the Woodland Elf Princess

Skarlawynn is a beautiful Woodland Elf.  She is also an Elven Princess. She is seen here by a forest stream.  She is wearing a traditional Elven Princess crown and belt. She truly is spectacularly beautiful.  In this type of coloring page medium and style, I can only hope to capture a small part of her beauty.  Of course, she is also a very kind and loving person.  

An old Elven saying says:  

All those who fail to love will be bitter

They will wander in life and be lost

But love makes you shine like bright glitter

You take the risk and sometimes pay the cost

But your love can be reawoken

Your heart once again learns to sing

Yes, your heart was once broken

But one day it will surely take wing

NOTE:  This drawing is available in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawings and click on this title. Have fun coloring this drawing of the Beautiful Elven Princess, Skarlawynn.  By the way, I drew her with her husband a few days ago, and that drawing was posted a few days ago. 

Rilia the Mushroom Fairy coloring page

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Today's drawing is of a beautiful Mushroom Fairy.

Rilia the Mushroom Fairy

This is Rilia.  She is a Mushroom Fairy.  She is gifted at fungi identification. Fairies know how to identify edible mushrooms from poisonous toadstools.  Mushrooms are considered a delicacy in the Fairy Community.  There are also medicinal uses of some fungi and Mushroom Fairies, like Rilia, can identify them.  She will also gather mushrooms for her village.  She can use her magic to miniaturize mushrooms and then return them to their normal size when she gets the fungi home to her village.  

In this drawing, Rilia is sitting on a fly agaric mushroom.  These are not a safe mushroom to eat in that there are many mushrooms in this family that are deadly.  Others are hallucinogenic.  But if you identify it wrong you will certainly die.  This type of mushroom is red with white spots. 

There ARE some mushrooms with medicinal properties and Rilia certainly knows how to identify those.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths and Circus" and then scrolling down to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are at the bottom of the correct list.  Have fun coloring. 

Chinchilla coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a chinchilla.

Chinchilla in the Mountains

Chinchillas are somewhat small rodents that live in the Andes Mountains of South America.  They can thrive at altitudes up to 14-15,000 feet.  That is way too high of an elevation for most people to tolerate.  Heck, with MY breathing problems, I need supplemental oxygen at elevations above 6000 feet. Chinchillas are about 9-14 inches or 23-36 cm. long.  They have the thickest fur of any animal.

Chinchillas are kept as pets as well as living in the wild.  This drawing is based on the photo I took of a chinchilla that I saw in the local Petsmart. I added the Andes Mountains background and did leaves instead of the hay bale the chinchilla was feeding on. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Animals" button and then scrolling down to the bottom of the page.   Have fun coloring!  

Chinchilla photo

Skarlawynn the Elf Princess & Zakarin the Dwarf Warrior coloring page

 

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Today's new drawing is of an Elven Princess who married a Dwarf Warrior!

Skarlawynn the Elf Princess & Zakarin the Dwarf Warrior

This was a match made for the ages.  Skarlawynn and Zakarin first met each other when her group of traveling Elves were ambushed by goblins.  Zakarin proved his bravery by taking out many of the goblins singlehandedly.  Well, Zakarin and his ax took them down.  The Elves invited him to travel with them and as they say, the rest is history.  As they traveled Skarlawynn fell in love with Zakarin's piercing blue eyes.  He was amazed that a creature as wonderful as her would love him.  But love each other they did.  

You may think that this is an odd match and you would be wrong.  Any happily married couple finds each other in their own unique way. Their way to happiness is their business and nobody else's. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the long list of drawing titles.  Have fun coloring. 

By the way, there will be more drawings of Skarlawynn.  I have another almost done now. 

Review of The Chosen and My Perspective on Jesus Christ with a coloring page drawing of Jesus' Resurrection

 This is my free coloring pages blog.

There are over 2800 free drawings that you can print and color. 

Today's new drawing, since it is Sunday, is another drawing 

of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Jesus is resurrected from the Tomb after 3 Days

Jesus was and IS our Savior.  Let me explain.  Before we came to Earth to receive our mortal bodies we lived in what is called our Premortal Existence.  Our Heavenly parents, or our Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother are the parents of our spirits.  But our Heavenly Parents had and still have physical bodies.  They sent us to Earth to get a physical body.  Here we are tested to see if we will be worthy to return to live with Them.

When we sin, and all mortals sin, we have violated eternal law.  So we can never return to live with our Heavenly Parents. So while we were still in our Premortal Life our Elder Spirit Brother, Jesus Christ, agreed to suffer and die to pay the eternal penalty for our sins. So if we repent of our sins and strive to do better we can return to live with our Heavenly Parents. Of course, we also need to obey God's commandments including being baptized by one who has authority, and making our Temple Covenants - including being sealed in the Temple to our eternal companion or spouse.  All those who do not have the opportunity in mortality to marry and be sealed will eventually have that opportunity in the next life.  After our mortal body dies our spirit goes to what we call the Spirit World.  Our spirit can never die and indeed will never die.  Then we will go to one of the Kingdoms of Glory.  If we have received the ordinances needed and kept God's commandments... and repented of our sins the Atonement of Jesus Christ will make us clean and worthy to return to live with our Heavenly Parents in the Celestial Kingdom.  

I should also mention that Jesus' resurrection broke down the doors of permanent death.  His resurrection means we ALL will be resurrected and get our physical bodies back.  However, when we are resurrected our physical bodies will be glorified and perfected.  We won't ever get sick or injured.  Health challenges we deal with now will not be a problem... (like me having a tracheotomy, a tracheal stent, and needing a pacemaker). Obviously, I look forward to resurrection day.  Praise be to our Savior Jesus Christ for making that possible. 

The above is the perspective of Jesus that we have as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  We ARE Christians.   

REVIEW OF THE CHOSEN:  This drawing was inspired by the actor who plays Jesus in The Chosen TV series.   This drawing is not an exact portrayal of that actor as Jesus as seen on The Chosen.  For instance, I gave Jesus in this drawing longer hair.  The actor's name is Jonathan Rounie.  He does an amazing job.  I highly recommend the series.  It really helps you appreciate more the world where Jesus lived in his short sojourn on Earth.  Of course, Jesus was half god and half man so we can't call His time on Earth as His mortal life. The Chosen has a perspective that I think will ring true for MOST Christians.  My daughter says that Jonathan Roumie's portrayal of the Savior is the best she has ever seen.  She says, "It makes you appreciate Jesus as being a real person."  The Chosen is a non-denominational portrayal of Jesus' life and again, I think that they do a spectacular job!  This drawing is not from the TV show because the series has not yet gotten to the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord.  The Chosen is a wonderful series and I hope you will give watching it a chance.  It is available on a free app and on several streaming services. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, will be found by clicking on the "Religious" button and scrolling down to the bottom of the "New Testament" part of the page.  Have fun coloring!

By the way, there are many drawings there on that page that are of the life of Jesus.  They can also be printed for a child or adult to color.