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Fantasy

Fairy drawing colored by Coloring Together — Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

This little fairy looks very pretty in the forest, do you like how we colored her? It was so much fun! Because we used a variety of materials that, combined, give incredible results. Wouldn't you like to try it? Come on! You'll surely have a lot of fun.

In this magical gallery we gathered fairy coloring pages, with which you can have a fun time at home or anywhere you are. What are you waiting for to get started? The easy fairy drawings are waiting for you, little artist.

Remember that fairies are tiny fantastical creatures that usually live in forests, so their clothing tends to have colors like green or brown, maybe a yellow or gold like the leaves in autumn. But they can also dress in bright colors! Like the flowers.

The animated fairy drawings to color can be painted with any kind of material. It doesn't matter if they aren't expensive! With markers or wooden colored pencils you can achieve very delicate and pretty finishes. Why don't you give it a try?

That's not all, at Coloring Together we prepared a very fun gallery with all the fairy images to color that our visitors have painted. Go for it and send us a photo of yours when you finish! Everyone will surely be amazed by the level of your art.

Do you hear that? The fairies have panicked! Suddenly they've lost their color, and they hate standing out so much with a white color in the middle of a forest full of life. They need your help! Can you take on such an important task? Let's try it!

Fairies coloring pages

Why color fairies pictures?

Fairies are popular creatures in fantasy that have many representations. They're usually known as a humanoid-shaped spirit, protectors of nature.

Fairies are represented as very small women with shining wings, who have the ability to manipulate magic, and are also nearly immortal (although this factor is usually a belief determined by the culture).

Fairies are very interesting beings, that's why we'd like to teach you much more about them, do you know how we'll do it? With the fun facts we added above the fairy images to color.

Come on! Go for it and paint this theme, that way you'll not only do a very fun activity, but you'll also walk away with new knowledge. It's the best way to learn! At Coloring Together we're sure you won't regret it.

Learn while coloring Fairies

It isn't known exactly where fairies come from, so in various stories their origin has been invented. For example, in the story of Peter Pan, fairies are born from the first laugh a baby lets out.
The oldest references we have of fairies come from the ancient Romans, where they were known as fatae.
Fairies are creatures belonging to Celtic, English, Slavic, German, and French folklore.
The writer Rosemary Ellen defines fairies as supernatural spirits that occupy the limbo between earth and heaven. Incredible!
One of the first appearances of fairies in literature was in the work “Metamorphoses” by the Roman poet Ovid, which dates from the year 8 A.D.
Not all fairies are the same! According to various origins and mythologies, fairies can be told apart from one another. For example: there are the lamias, the nymphs, the dryad, or the salamanders. Incredible!
According to the stories, fairies usually devote themselves to doing good, to music, to dance, or to games and love.
Once, the creator of Sherlock Holmes was fooled by some girls who photographed themselves with paper figures in the shape of fairies. And the author believed they were real!
According to the works of Chrétien de Troyes and Jean D'Arras, fairies are usually linked to forests and waters, like rivers, lakes, springs, or streams.
In medieval literature, it's common to find representations in which fairies wish to start a family with a man. It's said that they offer fortune and to be his companion and the mother of his children.
Some authors, like Collin de Plancy, consider that the origin of fairies comes from Celtic mythology, and some popular stories of Central Europe.
The first known fairy in the Late Middle Ages was the Lady of the Lake, described by Chrétien de Troyes in his work Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la Charrette.
It was Jean D'Arras who first used the word “fairy” in his work “Melusine”.
It's said that in Celtic culture fairies were the protectors of wells and springs, which is why they were found around them, dancing on the rocks. How beautiful that scene would be!
In medieval stories and legends, fairies are usually related to enchantments and spells. Besides, they are creatures that know about legends, herbs, the virtues of the word, and that also accumulate great riches.
According to the French scholar Alfred Maury, the Fates, the druids, and the nymphs are ancestors of the fairies.
The Scottish writer Walter Scott sees the origin of fairies in other creatures, like satyrs, fauns, and sylvans, according to his work “Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft”
Some of the stories about fairies indicate that they aren't immortal, but rather can live up to 500 years. And they don't die like humans, but instead begin to slowly fade away.
In some texts, especially the oldest ones, Morgan is described not as a powerful sorceress, but as a fairy. Incredible!
For the cabalists and alchemists of the 16th century, fairies were guardians of nature, which is why it was thought that forests were the natural habitat of these beings.