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To buy myself a colouring book?

220 replies

TheCunnyFuntIsAGrittersWife · 12/01/2013 22:23

I used to love doing them as a kid! I quite miss them to be honest. I'm itching to get one and dig out some crayons :o

Should I?

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 12/01/2013 22:23

Yes go for it !!

OddBoots · 12/01/2013 22:23

If you want to then do it, it's not like it's an expensive hobby. :)

AliceWChild · 12/01/2013 22:24

Yes! I've done them as an adult

BrianCoxandTheTempleofDOOM · 12/01/2013 22:24

I love colouring in, it is so easy and theraputic.

I have been known to sneak a go of DD's Bumper Colouring book from time to time (normally when she's in bed) Grin

discorabbit · 12/01/2013 22:24

ozzy osbourne does this doesn't he. Grin

Geekster · 12/01/2013 22:25

YANBU go for it.

sausagesandwich34 · 12/01/2013 22:27

I got one for christmas from my sister and some felt tip pens which I am allowed to use on the sofa!!!

I was thrilled

BsshBossh · 12/01/2013 22:27

I love colouring in too - very meditative. You can get lovely colouring books for older children/adults eg geometric patterns, intricate flowers, Picasso paintings (I bought a bunch in both the Tate Modern and Foyles bookshop in London).

MikeLitoris · 12/01/2013 22:28

Dd1 has a beatiful colouring book of fairies.

I bought her a few from the works for christmas.

Use pencils instead of crayons. Less likely to go outside the lines Grin

discorabbit · 12/01/2013 22:28

does anyone remember big geometic prints that we coloured in in the 70s? they came in tubes?

Littlemissexpecting · 12/01/2013 22:29

My mum got me one for Christmas!!

YorkshireDeb · 12/01/2013 22:29

It's so relaxing. I'm sure if everyone did a bit of colouring in the world would be a happier place! X

TheCunnyFuntIsAGrittersWife · 12/01/2013 22:30

Slightly disappointed it isn't rude Blush

I was actually thinking of this one.

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50shadesofpink · 12/01/2013 22:30

Exactly what Briancox said!

I love colouring and am often found with the DD's colouring books! Very therapeutic!

MinnieBar · 12/01/2013 22:34

Threads like this someone always links to this kind of thing

MikeLitoris · 12/01/2013 22:36

Why did I clink that link??

Some mightily odd folk in this world.

exexpat · 12/01/2013 22:37

Doodle Designs do lots of fairly grown-up colouring books, eg Impressionists, stained glass, garden designs etc - assuming you'd like something more complicated than Disney princesses?

DD also has some fairly sophisticated ones we found at HobbyCraft - Japanese woodblock prints and that sort of thing.

exexpat · 12/01/2013 22:39

Or this botanical patterns one looks rather good.

TheCunnyFuntIsAGrittersWife · 12/01/2013 22:41

I have ordered the horse one I linked to, can't wait until it's here! :o

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Fakebook · 12/01/2013 22:44

Yanbu. I did some colouring in with dd today. Then we decorated the hats we'd coloured in with stickers. It's very therapeutic IMO.

tiredoftrying · 12/01/2013 22:44

I do them now an then ,love it till my kids find an take over then that's it I have to think about another lol ,its not the same when someone else has done a few pics in it

pointythings · 12/01/2013 23:01

I love colouring in and bought myself a stained glass patterned book in August - I borrow the DDs posh artist standard felt tips and add in special effect with Crayola Glitter Gel pens (these are brilliant, superb coverage, very smooth and last forever.

It's a form of meditation to me!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 12/01/2013 23:07

YANBU at all. I love doodling/colouring. Used to love those pattern books and still yearn for the giant colouring posters which came in a tube - we had some amazing ones and they were big enough to fit about 8 kids around at once, on a table in the garden!

FaceLikeAPickledOnion · 12/01/2013 23:09

Mum has to buy us one every year, the year she didn't hell broke lose, she hasn't not bought us one since.