Tuesday, 1 June 2021


SAYING FROG AROUND THE WORLD #6
Japan has around 17 or 18 frogs and toads. Kaeru means 'return' and it is thought to bring good fortune if you release a captured frog back into the wild. I like that great idea.

japanese frog on Bug Belly web page



SAVE THE FROGS DAY 2025

This year April 28th is the 17th annual Save The Frogs Day. Save The Frogs Day is the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action. On this day we encourage the appreciation and celebration of amphibians by people from all walks of life. To celebrate this year me and Bug Belly have created and designed 2 helpful fact sheets illustrating how you can create your very own mini wildlife garden pond. With natural habitats disappearing it's important to try and help change this by creating extra mini habitats in our own back gardens.
Simply CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the two FREE A4 pdf sheets. Have fun and hope you attract lots of wildlife including and especially those wonderful amphibians. 






USEFUL LINKS AND FURTHER INFORMATION


World Wildlife Trust - tips on making ponds


Wildlife Trust - pond planting


Wildlife Trust - mini ponds


Pond expert - planting


RSPB making a new large pond


RSPB making a mini pond


Save the Frogs - making a backyard habitat


RHS - wildlife ponds


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Shortcuts to all my FREE froggy crafts and cool activities.
English, maths, colouring and more!
Click the thumbnails below and download directly, or scroll down this page to inspect and see further details on each activity. HAVE FUN!

SAYING FROG AROUND THE WORLD #5
France has around 17 or 18 frogs and toads. I'm sure I read somewhere that croaking frogs were in part responsible for the French revolution. Aristocratic land owners forced their workers to stay awake through the night in order to quieten the croaking frogs. That's when plans were hatched, or spawned!
graphic on bugbelly.com as part of frog language series


SAYING FROG AROUND THE WORLD #4
Around 17 frogs and toads can be found in Greece. Some endemic to the islands, like this Cretan frog. I remember making an extra long net to catch Marsh frogs in Skiathos to photograph.

graphic showing how to say 'frog' in Greek, on the Bug Belly website.



SAYING FROG AROUND THE WORLD #3
600 frog species in Ecuador including the incredible ' see-through' frog. Imagine having your organs on display!?




SAYING FROG AROUND THE WORLD #2
Brazil has more frog species than any other country. Imagine over 1000 different frogs and toads, amazing!



SAYING FROG AROUND THE WORLD #1
This Bug Belly website gets lots of views from Holland, so I thought I'd say Hoi, and make the Netherlands the very first in my brand new frog infographic - 'How to say FROG around the world'. 





Watch how I drew and illustrated this cheeky Christmas frog sitting with 4 Robin friends.
image of pencil drawing turning onto a full colour illustration of Christmas robins with a frog.



BRAND NEW AMAZING FROG FACT


Fun frog facts video - 

SCREENGRABS FROM VIDEO ABOUT TREE FROG CAMOUFLAGE






image of frog development in stages

Draw like a professional illustrator by copying what you see in the bottom picture into the grid squares above. It's a great method to practice drawing. You could even GO LARGE and make a giant copy of the exact same grid, and then make a giant copy of Bug Belly and pals on the lily leaf.
A4 grid sheet for making large copy of frog picture

•BUG BELLY ISPY
2 NEW ISPY SHEETS AVAILABLE
Why not curl up with a copy of Babysitting Trouble and now Froggy Rescue and challenge yourself to Bug Belly i-Spy!? Can you find 30 images that are scattered throughout the book. Some are easy some are really tricky. How many can you find? Four free downloads now available.














Brand new FROGSPAWN WORDPOPS. Fun and easy word puzzles. 4 pages with 3 frogspawn puzzles on each.

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Keep checking back as Bug Belly will be adding more each week.
Including How to make your own delumptious edible bug sweets!!!


To celebrate this event here are 5 fabulous Bug Belly activity pages to help you get
outdoors and investigate nature.
graphic showing the 5 pdf's to download for Outdoor Classroom Day 2020




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Tuesday, 20 April 2021

 • SAVE THE FROGS DAY 

30 April 2022

Let's make Tree Frogs

Every day ought to be Save the Frogs day as they are a litmus paper for the health of our planet. There are lots of vital and interesting frog, toad and amphibian organisations in the world, some are listed below. There is a WORLD FROG DAY, SAVE THE FROGS DAY, AMPHIBIAN WEEK, FROG JUMPING DAY.

To celebrate all of these and particularly to be in time for Save the Frogs Day, (last Saturday in April). I have created and made available these gorgeous little tree frog models.

title image of video about making tree frog models

There are 4 to collect so far, with more to come.
Each frog has 2 A4 sheets, sheet 1 has the frog parts, the info tab and the colour reference image, sheet 2 has the simple instructions. Colour, cut out and make, and then learn about these tiny little gems. One of which is THE MOST TOXIC CREATURE ON THE PLANET!!!!
Also, I've made a short instruction video showing how to colour in and assemble these tree frogs. I'd love to see your tree frogs when they are made. If you send them to hot.frog@me.com I will feature them in the Bug Belly frog gallery. Have fun.

Bug Belly crafts, making tree frogs

download A4 craft sheet for making tree frogs

download A4 craft sheet for making tree frogs

Bug Belly crafts, making tree frogs


Some of the frog organisations
save the frogs logo

Current number of amphibian species: 8,450 (Mar 31, 2022)






Monday, 22 March 2021

Be sure to bookmark this section of the Bug Belly site and keep checking back for new stuff.
!!Follow Bug Belly by email (see bottom of page) be the first to hear about new free froggy goodies!!
Pictures introducing frog crafts for Bug Belly
Photos of frog crafts for ‘Bug Belly’ book
These are just some of the fantastic froggy goodies you can download and make. And please - send Bug Belly some photographs of what you make, he loves to put them in his special gallery.
Email to: hot.frog@me.com


video of author/illustrator Paul Morton drawing one of his bug belly characters





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Thursday, 4 March 2021

Help Bug Belly decide what to do next. Look at the map and then write a story.
Can you make a super scary disguise, and more! Seven A4 sheets.
Download full set (7 sheets) as a single PDF






Tadpoles to colour and count. Jumping frogs with coloured spots and more! Four A4 sheets.(more coming soon)