To buy myself a colouring book?

[TheCunnyFuntIsAGrittersWife]

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?

[Piemistress]

I'm in, just swithering now over berol or staedtler felt pens but my childhood lies with berol!

[TomHardysPinky]

I've just bought this one thanks to this thread

Need something to chill me out at night, will get some pencils tomorrow :)

[fuzzpig]

Ooh, bargain :)

[somewheresomehow]

oh wow
just found these every colour under the sun a must have i think
www.theworks.co.uk/p/pencils/artist-s-coloured-pencils/5015934559796

[TheCunnyFuntIsAGrittersWife]

Somewhere they look fab! Good work.

[elizaregina]

www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=buster%20activity%20books&sprefix=buster%20ac%2Cstripbooks%2C159&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21


just brought a load of these for DD as she likes me coloring with her - I have got really into it - been buying tons of differnet felt tip pens as some are shite - my 47 year old bro came round and casually slipped into colouuring too!

Last night Dh was when I asked him where DD s pens were as I wanted to do some colouring!

Enjoy....theraputic!

[elizaregina]

piemistress

"I'm in, just swithering now over berol or staedtler felt pens but my childhood lies with berol! "

do update - I have been umming and ahhing over staedtler ones...

[Piemistress]

Swithering between these ones!

www.amazon.co.uk/Berol-Colour-Washable-Assorted-S0376510/dp/B000SHSMGE/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1T8MQLLRKP0RO&coliid=I1J70M56W7K8QG&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

Or

www.amazon.co.uk/Staedtler-Noris-Club-Fibre-Wallet/dp/B001ARYGS4/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[elizaregina]

I would prob go for both to try - at the mo we are on crayola 24 pack 4.99 at till, from wh smith altough price at product actually says 6.99.

my dd actualy said " mummy! i have enough pens i do not need any more pens" but its for me - as got her some huge pack that were horrid to use..

[fuzzpig]

I hate hate hate cheap crap colouring pens. DD doesn't mind them and you often get them in craft packs etc so she's quite happy using them (until they dry out, like, immediately ). But she was very excited to receive a set of 32 crayola supertips at Xmas. She also got some scented gel pens and some blendable coloured pencils from a friend - lucky girl!

We did some colouring tonight in her usborne nature books that I linked to earlier - she's getting pretty good I have to say :o she is even taking the bird book into school tomorrow to show her teacher bless her.

[MuddlingMackem]

fuzzpig

Since you're an Usborne fan, have you seen this one?
Egyptian Patterns
There's also a Chinese one.

Just having a mooch through the catalogue at the new stuff. DD loves colouring in and now you've all got me wondering if I should get her a nice colouring book for Easter. She's only 6 so a few of the suggestions on here are definite no-gos though. She did get the 'Drawing, Colouring and Doodling Book for Girls' for Christmas, which she took everywhere with her for about a week. LOL!

FWIW, I do have one RL friend who will colour in at any opportunity. I'll have to let her know that she is not alone. :)

[LaTrucha]

I really rate Crayola Supertips. Really. Rubbish blues though...

I do this a lot....

Apparently in the US Crayola offer a service where you can order multiples of up to four colours so if you constantly have a favourite that runs out you can stock up.

[elizaregina]

usbourne and buster activity seem to do really good books thus far. yes i am v happy with crayola super tips too. others dry out so fast and are totally crap.

[MammaTJ]

I have just sent a lot of these links to the activity coordinator in the home for the elderly with mental health problems where I work.

We are always on the look out for activities for them to do but they must not be childish. Grown up pictures to colour are hard to come by, or I thought they were. This has been very useful.

[janji]

I used shading etc to colour in pics my dc would like then framed them in cheapie frames to put in dcs bedrooms (thinly veiled excuse for colouring in)?!

[BonkeyMollocks]

Place marking so i can look at links!

We very very early bought ds wallpaper that needs to be coloured in. It would have been wasted on him! I wanted a grown up version in our room

[fuzzpig]

That looks great MM, thanks! :)

The other reason I love supertips is that they are truly washable. I coloured in a big flag and wrote on the back of an old t-shirt for sports day (using blue, yellow and black), put it in the wash after and it came out completely clean

[PolkadotCircus]

My dc had the Berol pens and have over time upgraded to Steadler. We have the Triplus fine liners, Triplus fibre pens and Ergosoft pencils.They are fantastic,washable and never run out.The pencils don't break and all are good colours that come in a wide range of colours.They come in great boxes that prop up on the table so you don't lose any.They're fantastic and worth every penny,Amazon are unbeatable in price.

My dc have masses of the Usborne and Buster books, just discovered Doodlepedia but often don't finish them.Have tried not to colour in with them as I worry about putting them off( perfectionist dd) but think I might crack the pens open with(and without) them to get us all inspired again.

[crocodilesmiles]

You lot are are a bad influence on me. I've just spent £6 on colouring books on Amazon! They may or may not be given to my little sisters - Depends entirely on how childish I feel when they arrive (I have chosen them for me though!)

Also eyeing up those 45 artist colouring pencils, mentioned upthread. Am definitely satisfying my inner-child right now

[DoubleLifeIsALifeHalved]

Oh dear, yup I've just bought a coloring book too - naughty thread!

I am hovering over a pen decision though. Was going with the staedler but have just looked at the crazy expensive ones mentioned earlier ... What's the difference? Why are they so expensive?

[whatphididnext]

Don't judge me ..
but I do my DSs colouring in for school.
They are 13 and 14 so it's not like they can't colour in, but the RE teacher sets homework and gives them a bad mark if the illustrations are not coloured in.

I absolutely adore colouring in, i am going to get myself a colouring in book. I like small detailed pictures.

Or I could get on with actual paid work - the pitfalls of being SE from home.

[whatphididnext]

Do you think Amazon is a bit with the sudden demand for colouring in books?

[QueenOfToast]

For everyone who remembers colouring those super giant doodle art posters as a child I have just found this lovely website. www.doodlenation.com

Am so tempted to order one.

[whatphididnext]

Oh and what about hama beads. We were staying with SIL in the summer and all the kids and some of the adults got in to it. Both sexes and aged from 4 to 70!
We went to a Craft warehouse and bought big tubs of beads and whatever the templates are that you assemble them on.

[fuzzpig]

Haha yes some poor sod in an amazon warehouse is like WTF why do I keep having to pack up colouring books?!

Especially if lots of the orders are for naughty ones :o