Okay, so yesterday I decided to hunt down some good Bulbasaur coloring pages for my nephew’s birthday. Kid loves Pokémon, especially that weird onion frog thing, so I figured free printables would be perfect. Let me walk you through how I actually found them.
The Stupid Simple Search That Wasn’t
First thing I did? Typed “free Bulbasaur coloring pages” into my search bar. Easy, right? Wrong. Page after page felt like a trap. Half the sites wanted my email before showing anything, and the other half had these tiny, blurry previews that looked like someone smudged Bulbasaur with a potato. Got super annoyed clicking “download” just to hit a paywall or some shady survey crap.
Switched to searching “Bulbasaur line art printable” next. That was a tiny bit better – found a couple cleaner images buried in art blogs. But downloading felt sketchy; either weird file names like “BULB4S4UR-FREE!.exe” or the picture came out all pixelated when I tried printing.
Digging Deeper In Weird Places
I got stubborn. Started scrolling past the first three pages of results. That’s when I stumbled into fan forums and old Pinterest boards. People were actually sharing stuff they drew themselves! Grabbed a couple decent ones this way, but most were either low-res or had watermarks plastered everywhere.
Then I remembered – maybe some library or educational sites have these? Hopped over to their kids’ activity sections. Hit goldmine! Found like, three different styles of Bulbasaur right in their free printable packs. No email nonsense, no pop-ups, just clean PDFs ready to go. Downloaded them all straight away.
How I Actually Got ‘Em
Here’s the kicker: I ended up with the best ones from:
- A local library’s summer reading program page – big, simple outlines perfect for little kids.
- An old teacher’s resource blog with cartoon-style Bulbasaur mid-attack. Looked awesome.
- Some random parenting forum where a mom shared her own traced drawing. Super basic but cute.
Printed them all using my home printer on regular paper. My nephew scribbled all over ’em at the party. Job done. Lesson? Skip the shiny download buttons and dig into community spots or legit educational corners next time. Saves a headache.