🐸 Reptiles & Amphibians
Smiling Axolotl Colouring Page
Ages 3–5
🐸 Reptiles & Amphibians
Frog Catching a Fly Colouring Page
A round, front-facing frog sits and smiles while its long curly tongue stretches up to catch a small fly.
- Suitable for
- Ages 2–5
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Easy
- Printing
- Black & white
Free, no sign-up. A4 · Print at 100% scale
What your child practises
- Fills large curved body and leg shapes without needing to stay too precise
- Guides crayon or pencil along a thin, curling line when colouring the tongue
- Colours a small enclosed shape neatly, using the fly's wings as practice
- Talks through a simple cause-and-effect story while working on the page
- Chooses a second colour to make the tongue stand out from the frog's body
About this worksheet
This frog sits square to the viewer with its two big front legs and two chunky back legs planted out to the sides, each webbed foot fanned into little toes. Its tongue is the star of the picture: it loops out of its smiling mouth in a long spiral curl, reaching all the way up to a small fly with two wings and two thin antennae hovering in the top corner. The eyes are two solid black circles, already filled in, sitting on top of a wide rounded head.
There is a lot to like here for small hands. The body, head and legs are all large, gently curved shapes with plenty of room, so a child can colour in broad strokes without worrying about staying inside tight lines. The tongue and the fly are the fiddly bit, thin and looped, which gives a bit of a challenge for anyone who wants to slow down and use a finer touch or a different colour to make the tongue stand out from the frog. It is also an easy picture to talk about while colouring: what colour is this frog, is it going to catch that fly, why is its tongue so long.
As colouring sheets go this one sits on the easy side, with only the curling tongue and small fly asking for any real care. That makes it a good pick for a toddler who mostly wants big spaces to fill in, while still giving an older preschooler something more precise to aim for if they want it.
How to use this sheet
Start with the big body and legs, then save the curly tongue and fly for last since they are the trickiest part. If the spiral tongue feels too fiddly, it is fine to colour it as one solid shape rather than following every curve.
