Cartoon Frog Jumping in the Air Coloring Page

A frog leaps across the page with its front legs thrown forward and its back legs kicked out behind. The pose is what makes this sheet worth printing. It shows the animal doing the one thing every child already knows frogs for, and it puts those powerful back legs on display instead of folded up under the body. A common frog can jump about twenty times its own body length, which works out at roughly the same as a child clearing a school bus in one hop. The legs give you long open shapes that a crayon can fill in a few strokes, and the body stays one smooth simple form with a single line down the middle. Nothing else appears on the page, so the frog reads as moving through empty air with nothing to land on yet. Color the back legs a shade darker than the body and the jump looks faster. Add a few short pencil strokes trailing behind the feet if your child wants speed lines. This sheet suits ages four and up.