Click on the thumbnail for a larger version of this Mule that you can print out and color in!

Tips on Coloring in your Mule Printable

In the distance, you can see other mules as they pull carts and carry heavy loads. Mules played an important part in American history and they were vital to Westward expansion and agriculture. Our coloring page was printed in the early 1900s, and so this animal would have been familiar to most children. According to The American Mule Museum

By 1897, the number of mules had expanded to 2.2 million, worth $103 million. With the cotton boom, primarily in Texas, the number of mules grew to 4.1 million, worth $120 each.   One-fourth of all the mules were in Texas and the stockyards at Ft. Worth became the world center for buying and selling mules.

You can pretend our mule team is carting off curious finds from an expedition, a fortune in gold, an exotic and tasty harvest, or just the laundry for the week. Whatever your pleasure, you can’t go wrong with the steadfast and sturdy mule.

Dog coloring page of a Water Spaniel. Click the thumbnail to download the printable.

Tips for the Water Spaniel Coloring Page

Naturally imagination is the key to having fun with a coloring page. Color your Water Spaniel hot pink and bright green. Instead of jumping out of a pond or stream, add stars and color in some cosmic rays and now your water spaniel is a space dog on an intergalactic quest to save planet earth.

In reality, if you would like to color in the dog accurately, take into consideration the breed. The American Water Spaniel is a medium sized dog with a thick double-layered coat in different shades of rich brown. They are used as hunting dogs and the sprightly dog in our coloring page is no doubt leaping to catch it’s quarry. Consult the wiki entry on The American Water Spaniel for additional information and photographs to use as a color guide.

As usual, click on the thumbnail for a larger printable version of the same.

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Fancy Victorian Valentine's Day Card

This is a lovely dimensional Victorian card. The background was die-cut, and then layered with different lacy papers atop a colorful chromolithographic insert.

I’ve also made a “blank” wheel that you can use to write in your own fortunes. Print, cut and assemble by fastening the red indicator to the center of the wheel. Ask Cupid a love-related question, spin the wheel, and wait for the results.

Cupid's Wheel of Fortune

Print and Make Cupid Game (PDF, 361KB)