You can feel free to use the coloring pages for your own PERSONAL use. But please be kind and do not claim these pictures as your own or offer them for downloads. It makes me sad to see my pictures on a coloring page website run by someone else.
Remember the growth capsules you used to get as a little kid? They looked like colored medicine, and when you put them in warm water, they grew into a sponge. You never knew exactly what you were getting. It was so fun to be surprised with a different shape. I don't remember doing anything with the sponges after they had grown; the whole point was watching them change.
Each year I look forward to the first week I get to teach in the new year. We get to be animals for God. The kids love it, and I love making it happen. I bring several of the growth capsules with me to my class. The kids choose a color, and the animal is a complete surprise. We soak them in warm water at the beginning of class, and by the end they have an animal that only they get to be.
Each animal has a theme Bible verse for the year, and a couple characteristics that describe the animal. Every year the list of animals grows. The first year I did this, we started out with only 6 animals. Now we are up to 18 different animals to choose from. I love the excitement the kids get as they discover which animal they are, and what special things God has planned for them this upcoming year.
Enjoy!
"Be alert. be present. I'm about to do something band new!" Isaiah 43:19
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