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November Free Clip Art- Cute Mouse With Scarf and Steaming Mug
Happy November! It’s hard to believe that 2026 is coming to a close. The year has gone by fast. I will have two more free graphics to download for this calendar year.
November’s free downloadable clip art is a cute grey mouse with scarf and a steaming mug. This litte cutie was inspired by the surprisingly fall-like weather we have been experiencing here in Texas. It is currently overcast and raining!
As always, this image is free to use for classroom or personal use. This little mouse was created in Procreate at 300 dpi and is available to download as a trasnparent PNG file.
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Free Printable November Calendar- Pastel Pumpkin and a Cute Mouse
October has been a busy month, and it is looking like November and December will be just as hectic in our household. As a result, the November 2026 printable calendar is a little simpler than the calendars I previously created for September and October. While the other calendars were created in Procreate using watercolor brushes, this month’s calendar utilizes the pastel brushes.
I have created both a November 2026 printable calendar and a blank November calendar that can be downloaded for future use. The November calendar features a pastel pumpkin with a cute, grey mouse climbing up it’s stem.
As always, these calendars are free to use for personal or classroom use. Graphics are created in Procreate at 300 dpi and the calendars are downloadable PDFs.
Free Halloween Printable Activities- Color by Code and Word Search
It’s three weeks until Halloween! I finally put out my Halloween decor. Now all I need to do for the big day is get lots and LOTS of candy for the many children that will be trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.
In the meantime, I know parents and teachers are looking for fun Halloween activities to help reinforce learning. I’ve created a couple of color by sight word activities and a color by number activity for Halloween. If you are looking for something a little more challenging, I’ve also created a Halloween word search. These Halloween printables can be used for stations, morning warm ups, or as an activity while students are checking out books in the library.
Download the Halloween word search here.
Downloadable PDF file inclueds activity page and answer sheet for Halloween word search.
Looking for a fun and creative way for kids to practice their numbers and sight words? Choose from a cute candy corn, a friendly Frankenstein, or a smiling Jack-o’-Lantern for this color by code activity. The candy corn features a color by number format while Frankenstein and the Jack-o’-Lantern are color by sight word.
All printables are free to download and use for personal an classroom use. Be sure to check out my other free Halloween printables below as well as my free clip art library. I add a new graphic each month to the Clip Art Cauldron and graphics are free to use for personal and classroom use.
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October Free Clipart: Cute Halloween Jack-o’-Lantern
It’s officially time to put out the Halloween decorations, and I just can’t bring myself to do it. After working a Scholastic Book Fair the last week, I am exhausted and will have to work up the energy to get the house ready for trick-or-treaters.
In the meantime, I’ve created this smiling Jack-o’-Lantern clip art for the free October 2026 download in my Clip Art Cauldron. I wanted to challenge myself with a little bit of a different art style, so this pumpkin cutie has pink and purple undertones. I also didn’t worry about cleaning up my coloring outside of the lines and kind of like the “messy” look to him. To continue with the messy look, I had some fun adding paint splatters to add a pop of color to the pumpkin.
Free Clip Art
You can download this cute Jack-o’-Lantern in my clip art library. I release a free graphic each month and all are free to use for personal and classroom use. All of my graphics are created in Procreate at 300 dpi and are png files with a transparent background.
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Free Printable Color Your Own Hallween Bookmarks
Halloween is just six weeks away! I’ve already observed one house in our neighborhood starting to put out the Halloween decorations. It will be a few weeks before I start that chaotic activity, but living in Texas during the holidays has certainly been an experience. Last year, a neighbor down the street cooked barbeque and hired a mariachi band for Halloween trick-or-treating. It was a joy to sit on our porch, passing out candy, while listening to the music.
In preparation for the Halloween festivities, I have created these six printable color your own Halloween bookmarks. They are free to use for classroom and personal use.
Free Printable Color Your Own Bookmarks
The bookmarks feature a bat with stars, a dog dressed as a vampire trick-or-treating, a cute ghost reading a book, a Halloween cat, spiders with candy, and three spooky friends.
Six Free Printable Color Your Own Halloween Bookmarks
It is best to print these Halloween bookmarks on white cardstock, but you can print them on lighter color purple, green, and orange cardstock if you want to stick with Halloween colors. Coloring these bookmarks is a great activity for students who finish their work early, but honestly, you can color them just for fun. Don’t forget that these are great to give away to students during checkout time in the library to prevent them from dog earing book pages.
Cute Printable October 2026 Calendar: Halloween Black Cats and a Friendly Bat
The free printable October 2026 calendar is ready for you to print and enjoy! Need to keep your busy schedule organized? These cute Halloween black cats, along with a fuzzy bat and orange Jack-o-Lanterns, are here to help! These free calendars are perfect for printing out and posting on the refrigerator for all in the household to see. It’s perfect for keeping track of doctor’s appointments, holidays, and extracurriculars.
Graphics for my printable calendars are created in Procreate at 300 dpi. You can download the October 2026 pdf and the blank calendar pdf separately.
2026 and Blank Halloween Themed Printable Calendar
Still need the September 2026 printable calendar? It’s available for download here. Be sure to check out my free clip art library. New graphics are added monthly and free to use for personal or classroom use.
Free Printable Magic Booksmarks
With Halloween approaching and all the buzz about the new Harry Potter television series, I was inspired to create these meowgical bookmarks.
The free printable bookmarks feature a cute wizard cat in his robes and magical hat with the words “Reading is Mewogical.” The pdf file contains a full color version of the bookmarks as well as a black and white version. The orange wizard tabby cat was created in Procreate at 300 dpi. I used brushes from the Procreate library as well as brushes from Lisa Glanz’s The Nitty Gritty Brushbox Texture set.
You can download the printable bookmarks here. Be sure to head over to the Parents and Teachers tab for more free printables. In the coming weeks, I’ll be uploading Halloween themed printables as well as a printable October calendar. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram to see when new content is added to the site.
Thanks for stoppy by. Stay meowgical!
Cute September 2026 Printable Calendar
September is almost here, and I have created this cute printable September 2026 calendar to help you stay organized for the month. And yes—the calendar is free to download!
Free printable pdf calendar for September 2026
The printable September calendar is available as a pdf. All art assests were created in Procreate at 300 dpi. The calendar features a cute squirrel with an acorn along with a worm emerging from an apple. The graphics are all painted with Procreate’s watercolor brushes to create a whimsical touch. Print and use this free calendar to keep track of appointments, holidays, and/or your kids’ extracurricular events.
You can download the calendar for free here. Be sure to checkout the Clip Art Cauldron for free monthly graphics. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!
Free Clipart! Cute Capybara with Notebook
I finally have a new clipart graphic to share with you. Remember, these are free for personal and classroom use! Who doesn’t love getting free stuff?
August’s graphic is a cute watercolor capybara. He is ready to take on the new school year with his blue notebook in hand.
Image clip art is created in Procreate as a 300 dpi .png file with transparent background.
You can download this loveable capybara here. Don’t forget to head over to the Clipart Cauldron to access more free graphics. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!
Cute Halloween Cat
It’s been a few months since I have had time to sit down and draw or work on stories. I spent the summer focusing on family, the pets, and a few dreaded home improvment projects. Now I am back and ready for autumn!
Cute Hallween black cat in a witch’s hat.
New Design on TeePublic and RedBubble! “I Trap for Tips— Trap, Neuter, Return”
I have spent a lot of time over the last few months sitting with my foster boy, Arnold, to get him ready for adoption. This has also given me some time to draw.
Arnold inspired this latest design because he wants people to know that TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) saves lives. It also prevents other cats from going through the trauma he experienced after being abandoned and left to fend for himself.
I Trap for Tips- Trap, Neuter Return
I Trap for Tips is available now on RedBubble and TeePublic. Purchases of these products help us offset the costs of helping animals in need. At this point, we have spent almost $500 on Arnold alone— that includes his neuter, vaccinations, combo test, vet exam and treatment for Giardia, as well as food and toys.
We’re Building a Catio That Doesn’t Attach to the House (Part One)
I think I can officially say our home is overrun with cats. We rescued three “ferals” from my husband’s work back in October 2025 in the hopes of socializing them and eventually adopting out all three. While Arnold, a once semi-feral cat, has come around and proven to be the sweetest lap cat, the two kittens, Riley and Reese, have been more resistant to our efforts. As a result, they will be staying with us, while Arnold will be looking for his forever family.
Semi-feral brothers, Riley and Reese, at about 7 months old.
Riley and Reese can’t live in our foster room forever, so we’ve made the decision to acclimate them to our backyard in the spring. I’m not a fan of having cats outside. While we don’t have the space to build a grand catio to provide a safe place for the cats to live out their lives, we can put in the effort to train them to come into the catio in the evenings and spend their nights there.
The catio isn’t finished yet, but Eddie has already given it his stamp of approval.
With that in mind, we plan to make them the most amazing catio we can on our little patio. We’ve built some small projects in the past, so designing and building a project of this scale has been quite the challenge for us. There will be no tutorial video, as we’ve been figuring it out as we go, but I will create a catio tour video once the project is complete. The hard work has been totally worth it as one local catio company stated on their website that they have a $6,000 minimum and our tiny little porch would cost $8,000 for a basic catio from them. By doing the work ourselves, we are saving thousands of dollars!
As of right now, we have completed the outer frame. We did not want something that would need to be attached and damage the house. We were inspired by a design shared on a Facebook catio group from a user with the same concern. She had her catio professionally built and the contractor used these heavy duty leveling feet.
Supplies:
2x4 Untreated Lumber
1x4 Untreated Lumber (for door)
Exterior Paint
Miter Saw
Staple Gun
Pocket Hole Jig
Pocket Hole Screws
Door Hinges
We will be working on the interior next. We recently had our tree trimmed, and we have two large limbs drying out in the garage. We plan to debark them and create a cat tree for climbing. We will also be adding a bench that will double as seating for us humans and a shelter for the cats, as well as a hiding place for their litter box. We hope to have this project complete by early March, but for now, our cats seem to be enjoying the catio as is.
Free Printable Holiday Coloring Pages for Kids
December is here and that means it is time for the holiday crafts for kids! I have created free printable holiday coloring pages for kids, including pages for my books Angry Arnold and Capybara and Axolotl: Best Frenemies Forever.
Angry Arnold and Capybara and Axolotl Book Holiday Coloring Pages
I have created these fun images of Arnold opening a Christmas gift and Capybara and Axolotl enjoying hot cocoa together in front of a Christmas tree to accompany my books. Both books are available in paperback and ebook formats on Amazon.com, and they are currently available on Kindle Unlimited to read for free.
Winter Holiday Coloring Pages
I’ve created a gingerbread man and cat, a snowman in a snow globe, and a penguin in a scarf as additional coloring pages— all free to download. I’ll be adding more free downloads over time, so be sure to check the Parents and Teachers section of this website regularly.
Thanks for stopping by and happy coloring!
Free Clipart of the Month— Cute Christmas Caroling Cat
The free clip art illustration for the month of December 2025 is now available to download on the Clip Art Cauldron page.
Cute Christmas Caroling Cat
I decided to try something new with this illustration and not utilize penciled outlines. The Cute Christmas Caroling Cat illustration was created using the standard Procreate brushes as well as Lisa Glanz’s The Playful Pencil. I love her brushes and her tutorials.
Image clip art is created in Procreate as a 300 dpi .png file with transparent background.
The Cute Christmas Caroling Cat clip art illustration is free to use for personal or classroom use only. Looking for more free images? Head over to the Clip Art Cauldron where I add new (free) clip art monthly.
New Picture Book Release: Angry Arnold
Angry Arnold is now available to read on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited from Amazon.com! Prepare for purrs and just a little bit of chaos when Arnold encounters a new dog. The ebook is available for $2.99 and for free on Kindle Unlimited.
Arnold loves his life as a house cat. He has the perfect daily routine — a delicious breakfast awaits him every morning, followed by playtime with his favorite toy mouse, hours of watching his favorite TV shows, and long catnaps in the sun. His life couldn’t be any more perfect!
But everything changes when the dog arrives.
Suddenly, Arnold’s perfect world is turned upside down by this drooling mutt, and he can’t help but feel ANGRY. Will Arnold ever get his perfect life back?
There will be a paperback verison of Angry Arnold released soon. Proceeds from the sales will help support our efforts in helping Arnold, Riley, and Reese find loving homes. Because the three are currently not considered “adoptable,” we do not have the support of a rescue— this means all expenses our paid by us.
Thank you for stopping by and happy reading!
New Book in the Works: Angry Arnold
I’ve made the difficult decision to table the Christmas story I was working on. With our work and school schedules, there is no way I can get it polished and ready to publish before December. Instead, I am focusing on what I hope will become a social emotional learning series featuring our pets. The first book will be based on our most recent rescue, Arnold, and is titled Angry Arnold.
Book Cover for Angry Arnold
Arnold showed up near my husband’s work last spring looking skinny and disheveled. Originally, the plan was to do TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) for him, but within a few weeks he started to show signs that he wasn’t truly a feral cat. It first started with meowing when Arnold saw my husband. It was that demanding meow to let the human know he wanted food right that instant.
Then, Arnold started coming out of his hiding place and waiting for my husband and the other feeders outside. A few weeks ago, Arnold started rubbing up against my husband’s legs. This behavior, coupled with the many scars serving as evidence of the battles he has lost, convinced us that Arnold could not stay a “feral” cat. The original plan was to acclimate him to our backyard. Out of an abundance of caution, I had him combo tested for FIV and FeLV. Arnold ‘s test came back FIV positive. He will need to be rehabilitated and possibly adopted out to a home with no other cats since he has so far shown he is not a fan of the other members of his species.
In the meantime, I am documenting his journey from “fearsome feral” to spoiled house cat on my pet Instagram account @the_chronicles_of_nick. While Arnold appears to be angry, he really is just frightened and it will take us time to earn his trust. It took a month to earn the trust of Nick, our cat whom the account is named for, and now Nick is my constant shadow. In fact, Nick is sleeping next to me has I type this post.
Angry Arnold will be a fictional story dealing with an emotion I see more and more students struggling to properly process. As always, I plan to tackle the subject in a light-hearted manner while simultaneously teaching an important lesson. Thanks for stopping by and happy reading!
The Clip Art Cauldron- Brewing Up (FREE) Magical Downloadable Graphics!
Both of my foster kittens are now in their furrever homes! That means I finally have some time available for side projects. As a result of this brief interlude I have before I take in my next rescue, I created The Clip Art Cauldron- a collection of free downloadable graphics to be updated monthly.
The Clip Art Cauldron
When I was teaching, I was always looking for online resources that would save me both time and money. This inspired me to create The Clip Art Cauldron as a free resource for personal and classroom use. Head on over now and download the October 2025 illustration. This cute axolotl witch would make an adorable Halloween card or party invite.
Blue Axolotl Witch Halloween Card
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Spooky Season Style: Cozy up with This Purrfect Tee!
Are you ready for Halloween? As September comes to an end, I can’t help but start to plan my October wardrobe. While I enjoy the warmer autumn weather here in Texas, I miss the fall colors we experienced while stationed in the northern states. As a result, I look forward to the Halloween decor in the neighborhood, and I am happy to confess one neighbor has already decorated for the festivities to come on October 31st!
While wistfully staring out into my still very green backyard and longing for the leaves to change color, I was inspired to draw a new design for my RedBubble and TeePublic shops.
This little ghost cat loves coffee and books!
This design is purrfect for those who love cats, coffee, books, and Halloween! The design is available on a number of products on both RedBubble and TeePublic. Get yours today and happy reading!
Fetch a Good Book! Mark Its Spot with These Pawsitively Adorable Shelf Markers
It’s that time of year again—time to teach library etiquette! Teaching students to keep the shelves neat has always been one of my biggest challenges, so I’ve created these pawsitively adorable shelf markers to help encourage your kids to put books back in the right spot.
These pawsome shelf markers feature Dog and Cat from A Perfect Pet for Oliver James.
Download these free printable shelf markers that encourage students to "paws” and read to find their just right book. If you haven’t already checked out my book, A Perfect Pet for Oliver James, these shelf markers feature two of the pets vying to be Oliver’s perfect pet. The book is available on Amazon and is free on Kindle Unlimited!
Looking for more free content? Be sure to navigate to the parents and teachers section of this site as well as my Teachers Pay Teachers store, Practically PurrfectCo, for more free printables! Thanks for stopping by and happy reading!
Mark Your Place and Your Due Date With These Free Printable Bookmarks!
If your students are checking out books, they soon will be! That means they will soon be expected to return a book for the first time in the 2025-26 school year. There was nothing I disliked more than the tedium of running overdue slips and placing them in teachers’ boxes in hopes that books would be returned.
That is why this set of free printable bookmarks includes a bookmark with the option to write down the library book due date for students.
Axolotl from Capybara and Axolotl: Best Frenemies Forever! is reminding you to return your book.
Get your free bookmarks here and happy reading!