Coloring for Relaxation and for Fun with the Kids

I love the Dover coloring books, even as an adult. Some of them have really gorgeous pictures in them. My daughter has a couple that show period costumes from Japan and China, and they're amazingly detailed for coloring books.

Sounds like a good way of getting some quality time with the kids...its a nice idea.

Colouring is great fun and when my children were younger would love to sit and colour in with them. Such an effort to keep in those lines though but the joy of using different colours and being creative with colour made it quite interesting and it must be good learning for children also.

That does sound fun, but I always prefered to start with a plain white piece of paper, and make my own creations. Colouring inside the lines never really appealed to me. Also, with my poor eyesight, lines would often confuse me. I do pretty good drawings with just a black pen. No colour, but a lot of detail. Just the act of creating something on paper can be relaxing.

i do this with my grandkids all the time an i also find myself at a dr.office doing this while im waiting to be call next.an ppl look at me funnybut i dont care i keep on coloring.its fun an relax me when im nervous

Oh! One of my greatest joys at Christmas was to get a brand-new "big box" of Crayola crayons! I was so excited to use them but, then, I didn't want to because they looked so nice there, all lined up with their sharpened tips! I was a conflicted child LOL ;)

Well I was really bad with colors but a nice idea I will try that again may be this time I might color some good drawings.

You are so right! My girls, don't like to color so much but it can be fun! Maybe after dinner. My oldest is doing her subtraction book. They would rather do books about school then color. I can't get them to color, I don't know why...abnormal I guess... I am going to try when becca is alone...I think it is because her big sister is doing subtraction, and she wants to do some work...*LOL* What a great idea you have! Thanks!

i color with my son alllllll the time, it does help relax me and takes me back to theose carefree days of being young.

I like to color with kids. It's fun to watch how they do it. They have such great imagination, and what they see is often quite different from what I see. A person with purple hair? Why not! A green striped cat? Sure! I love all the new colors and names that Crayola has. It's a fun way to teach words to very young children too.

That is so true. I used to color along with my daughter when she was small. We would open one of her coloring books and she would color a picture on one side of the page and I would color the one on the other side. It was very relaxing and she enjoyed creating something with Mommy.

Thats true! I use to oil paint..loved it thoroughly. it is a great way relax and upbeat one's mood.

Oh, you have brought back great memories for me yet again with another thoughtful post! It has been so long since I have sat down and colored in a picture. Even my own artwork, when I have created any, tends to be just in pencil and not colored in. I did try to learn how to do coloring effects on the computer a few years ago, though, but it is much much harder than picking up a crayon!^_^ Aw, I am thinking back to my many coloring books now.. so many based on cartoon series that I loved. I used to look at those coloring books to draw the characters from them, as well!^_^

Very nice!When I draw I can relax and have fun.I believe that this is the mystery of their world,they can jave all that they want when they drew.Maybe sometimes we must to play,to draw with they,to feel children again.I've tryed that and I was great and my week of work was more relaxing after that.I wish you luck and have a nice day!

Yes you are right. Now my son is 4 years old and I join him in coloring pictures. It is great fun. I am really enjoying coloring pictures.

I do this all the time. I love to color.

I like this one about colouring in with my grandkids, I believe that it is very important to spend some special time with my grandchildren, in anything they like to do and it would be great to colour in with my grandchildren especially when it is wet and they cannot go outside to play. So thank you for your useful discussion.

I still color, every now and then i will find myself getting the crayons and the book and just sitting down lost for a bout an hour and im 26 years old. Its a great way to relieve stress, i recommend it to anyone.

having fun while spending time with youre kids nice one!!!

I couldn't agree with ya' more on that. As far as I can remember I would always color with my nieces. I did read that coloring was a great relaxation technique a few years ago but the funny thing is that I had already been doing it without realizing there was some psychological aspect to it, such as relaxation. I loved coloring with my nieces when they were very young, it was fun and very enjoyable. I would highly recommend it to anyone.