Crafts and Coloring to go The Backyardigans "Match on Mount Olympus" Episode

Below are some ideas of coloring and crafts to do that relate to The Backyardigans "Match on Mount Olympus" episode.

Olive Leaf Crown Craft and Laurel Wreath Craft - Make crowns or laurel wreath similar to what The Backyardigans characters wear during this episode.

Basketball Hoop Game Craft - Create your own basketball hoop game with this craft related to the sport featured in the "Might Match Up" episode.

Tissue Paper Basketball Craft - Make a tissue paper basketball with the template and instructions on this site.

Paper Mache Globe - This craft relates to when Tasha the goddess plays basketball using a globe.

Basketball Coloring Pages - This site has a variety of basketball coloring pages including ones featuring real NBA players. There are also a wide variety of at this site.

You do not have to wait for the episode to be seen on Nick Jr. to enjoy doing these activities. You can see the episode on Netflix Instant, get it on the Mighty Match Up DVD, or download it from iTunes.

Crafts and Coloring to go with Ni Hao, Kai-lan's "Great Trip to China" episode

Below are some crafts and coloring things to go with the things that happen in the "Great Trip to China" episode of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.

Map of China Coloring Page - This relates to them going to China in this episode and when Yaya

Plane Crafts - This relates to Kai-lan and her friends taking a plane ride to get to China in the episode.

Watermelon Crafts, Coloring, and Activities - These relate to them spotting the sign for watermelon at a watermelon stand, learning the word in Chinese in the episode, and the baby panda being named Little Watermelon.

Panda Crafts - This relates to the baby panda being a main character of this episode.

Chinese Dragon Boat Craft - This relates to them taking a boat to get the tiger shoes for the panda.

Chinese Mask Craft - This relates to them making a mask for the baby panda in the episode.

Angel Coloring for Be an Angel Day

August 22 is known as Be an Angel Day, so to celebrate here are some angel themed coloring pages to entertain the kids and perhaps help keep them busy and behaving like angels today.

Angel Coloring Pages with Bible Verses - This site has a variety of angel coloring page designs with bible verses as part of the image.

Angel Coloring Pages - This site has general angel coloring pages and Biblical angel coloring pages.

Angel Coloring Pages from DLTK

Angel Guide's Coloring Pages

Spiderman Coloring Pages

In honor of today being the anniversary of Spider Man making his first comic book appearance on August 15, 2009 I found some Spider Man coloring pages on the web to entertain Spider Man fans.

72 Spider Man Coloring Pages - This site has a great variety including ones with just Spider Man and ones with him in action fighting villians and also just normal life of Spider Man.

DLTK's Spider Man Coloring Pages - This only has a few in comparison to the above site, but it does have some to print in color if you just want a poster for a party or something and do not want to have to color it by hand.

MLB Coloring Pages

I am a week away from leaving for my All the Ballparks road trip to see all the Major League Baseball parks. Searching around today I found some MLB mascot coloring pages on MLB sites. Below are the links to them.

Houston Astros Junction Jack Coloring Pages
Philadelphia Phillie Phanatic Coloring Page
Los Angeles Dodgers Think Blue and Activity Page Print Outs
Baltimore Orioles Coloring Page
Texas Rangers Captain Corral Coloring Page
Boston Red Sox Wally Coloring Pages
Mascot Fever Coloring Pages - This supposedly has all the team mascots to color, but I could not get the print button to successfully work, but perhaps others can.

Handdrawn Easter Egg Coloring Pages

I recently drew some of my own Easter Egg coloring pages. One is just a sort of normal egg with different patterns on it. The other is the one I like the most. It is sort of a stained glass/mosaic look. Click the thumbnails below and then enlarge the image to print it out as a coloring page.

Some Mario Coloring Pages to Celebrate Mario Day

Today, March 10th is Mario Day because the abbreviation Mar for March and the number 10 together (Mar10) kind of spells Mario. In honor of this day I will probably do some Mario video game playing on my Nintendo systems and perhaps do a special screenshot post on my Video Game Screenshots blog. Below are some links to Mario coloring pages to celebrate the day beyond just playing video games.

Mario Coloring Pages - This site has some Mario Kart Wii and Super Mario Brothers 3 coloring pages.

Super Mario Coloring Pages: This page has some Super Mario coloring pages including Mario throwing a flame ball.

More Super Mario Brothers Coloring Pages: This page has some more Super Mario brothers coloring pages including Mario as a bumblebee.

Mario Kart Wii Coloring Pages: This page has several Mario Kart Wii coloring pages including Mario on a motorcycle and by a kart.

Mario Running Coloring Page: This page just has one Mario running coloring page, but it is a good one still.

Mario Thumbs Up Coloring Page: This page simply has a Mario giving a thumbs up.

More Mario Coloring Pages: This page has Mario 3 on 3 Hoops, Super Paper Mario, and Super Mario Brothers 3 coloring pages.

Super Mario Brothers Coloring Book: This is scanned images from an old Super Mario Brothers Coloring book.