Free French Children’s Book Animal Illustrations – Printable Collage Sheet for Junk Journals & Crafts
Free printable ephemera: Charming vintage animal illustrations from a French children's book
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Vintage Animal Illustrations from a French Children’s Book – Free Printable Ephemera
Unique imagery: Includes camels, crocodiles, elephants, exotic birds, and more in a hand-colored style.
Versatile sizes: Great for junk journals, ATCs, tags, scrapbooks, and classroom crafts.
Looking for quirky, storybook-style animal illustrations to add to your next junk journal or collage? This free printable collage sheet features beautiful animal images from a vintage French children’s book, each one charming, unexpected, and full of character.
The sheet includes twelve richly illustrated cards featuring:
Camels and foxes
Crocodiles and sea creatures
Wild cats, rhinos, elephants, and bears
A colorful variety of birds, including owls, hawks, and roosters
A few fantasy beasts sprinkled in for extra fun
Drawn with old-world engraving detail and hand-colored for vivid charm, these vintage vignettes were once part of an educational children’s book meant to spark curiosity about the natural world. Today, they make fantastic junk journal fodder, especially for animal lovers, science-themed journals, and whimsical art spreads.
Creative Ways to Use This Animal Ephemera
Junk Journals: Use as pocket inserts, focal points, or layered tags in nature or safari-themed pages.
Scrapbooking: Add a playful vintage touch to zoo trips, animal encounters, or children's memory books.
ATCs & Tags: Their tidy card format makes them ideal for swaps or quick collage accents.
Nature Journals or Homeschooling: These vintage images can enrich learning-focused spreads or journaling with kids.
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Whether you’re crafting a natural history journal, building an animal-themed scrapbook, or just love the mix of scientific curiosity and vintage charm, this French children's book printable is a delightful addition to your creative stash.
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Free to use for personal or commercial projects. You may print the collage sheets as many times as you wish for your personal crafts or in your projects to sell, including: scrapbooks, junk journals, collage art, etc. You may not redistribute or sell the collage sheets “as is" in either print or digital form.
If you wish to share the files on your own website, please do not make the files available for download directly from your site. Instead, include an image with a link back to this site. Pinning is always welcome and appreciated!
To the best of my knowledge, these are all royalty free images that are in the Public Domain in the US. However, you should always do your own research if you plan to use them commercially.
