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Are you obsessed with the new adult craze of coloring in? For me coloring in has always been something I never grew out of.

Adults are falling in love with coloring all over again! Put down your iPhone, break out your Colored Pencils, and de-stress your mind with TROPICAL WORLD (Lark Crafts, September 2015), Millie Marotta’s beautiful follow up to Animal Kingdom.

Add bright and brilliant colors to exotic blooms or parrot’s feathers. Complete a rainforest scene, add fine lines to palm trees, create new patterns, or use your creativity to personalize illustrations. TROPICAL WORLD offers a fun and creative way to relieve tension!

Adult coloring books are hot, and have been taking the world by storm. Animal Kingdom has been translated into 30 languages, and there are currently over 3 million copies of TROPICAL WORLD and Animal Kingdom in print worldwide!

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We are giving 1 lucky Craftgossip.com reader the chance to win a coloring in book set from Sterling Publishing.

The set contains a copy of A Tropical World and Animal Kingdom.

For your chance to win comment below and tell us where you like to color and why.

US Address’s only please Competition Closes on the 8th of October

The Winner has been selected and notified.

 

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  2. I like to color in my room: it is the most peaceful place in the house and my sanctuary. I can color, draw, read, there as it is quite. Thanks for the chance 🙂 jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

  6. I have never stopped coloring from when I was a kid – in fact, every September, I buy myself a new pack of crayons. I have always found it relaxing and fun and there is no wrong way to do it (contrary to what the teachers told me when I was 6 years old). I even hang my own colorings on my refrigerator – hehe!

  7. Colouring helps me de stress, I have my own like crafting corner. So I curl up once my children are in bed and relax with some colouring x

  8. Coloring makes me happy – I love to get absorbed by the process. I have always told people that when I grow up I want to be four – what a great way to hold on to that – Color away!

  9. I love coloring at night in my rocking chair while watching tv with my husband. It’s a relaxing activity. I’ve always loved coloring!

  11. Coloring is my zen. It calms me down and let’s my worries fade away as I focus of the color I’m using and the page I’m working on at that moment. I would love to have these to give me more of a challenge!

  14. My grandchildren and I sit around the coffee table in the living room. We love to color and put our pictures on the fridge for everyone to see.

  16. I dont just love it, i need it! It is so helpful and life saving for me.. its the best tool i found to soothe my high anxiety. Thx 🙂 ♡

  17. I like to color because it lets me be in the moment instead of trying to multitask. I like to use a desk in my bedroom for the most focus, but often color in the office or at the kitchen table.

  18. my 14 yo daughter and I have started coloring together at home. It’s a nice way to bond with a ternager!

  19. It is so relaxing. I grab a cup of tea, pull up a chair at the dining table, and color till my heart’s content.

  22. I have always loved coloring, it’s a creative outlet for me and one of the best stress relievers EVER! I love to color in my easy chair in the silence of my living room.

  23. I like to color in our living room while we are watching tv. Coloring is calming and I feel more relaxed when I color.

  24. I love to color and use it as a relaxing time for myself. Often I color sitting outside waiting for my granddaughters to get off the bus in the afternoon. Or I sit at my desk to end a busy day with some quiet coloring. I love these book and hope that I get to be the lucky winner!

  25. My granddaughter loves to draw and she did not get that from me! But we can color together and hers are better than mine! Love doing this together on the living room floor or couch!

  26. I always liked to color, always had books and crayons around for my ten nieces and nephews when they came over. I am sixty-eight and still love to color

  28. They say the first step is to admit it……OK, I am a coloring addict!!!! I can’t help myself! thanks for the great give away!

  34. I have been coloring for years. One day my 94 year old mother commented on my coloring and thought she might enjoy it. I gave her a book I had and she is hooked. It is very hard for elderly to entertain themselves and this I has been a wonderful thing for her. She spends most her days in her living room coloring and then showing off her work when I come by. If I won this book I would gift it to her.

  35. I, too, have recently jumped on the coloring craze bandwagon. I have been using markers, which is a medium I ordinarily do not use. I often color while in bed at night…find it very relaxing. I also recommend it for those who are in a creative funk. I find it to be the impetus to get back to creating.

  38. I like to color when I can’t stop thinking. It helps stop the negative mind chatter. It becomes almost meditative. I love to do this in my room with beautiful music playing.

  39. The kitchen island is always my favorite coloring place as it has the best light. Coloring brings color to my life–especially in January when Vermont is pretty white.

    from autumnal VT,
    the Vermonster

  40. i like to color at the table with my daughters while my oldest colors. It’s fun to take a break from ‘adulting’ and just have fun.

  41. I color when the fancy takes my heart and where, it is a calming tool when life and works comes up behind you and blind tackles you.

  45. i color in bed. i like to put on a good movie, bring out my tray, and color as i watch. my boyfriend and dogs would rather i go to the living room, but… whatever.

  46. I love to color at my kitchen table where the light is good and plenty of room to lay out all my colors. love coloring!!

  47. Coloring is so fun and
    brings back childhood
    memories! I like to
    color in my craft shed.
    Carla from Utah

  50. Coloring is very calming for me. I like to color wherever it’s quiet and the light is good (preferably natural light).

Have you read?

10 Quiet Thanksgiving Table Activities for Kids Using Simple Supplies

There’s a particular stretch of time at a family celebration when dinner is nearly ready, everyone smells something delicious, and the children have asked when they can eat approximately seventeen times. That’s when a little pile of paper and crayons starts looking like excellent planning.

I love a beautifully set holiday table, but I also think there’s room for a turkey with purple feathers and a slightly wonky handmade place card. Giving children something to create makes them part of the occasion, rather than leaving them waiting for the grown-ups to finish all the interesting bits.

These quiet Thanksgiving table activities for kids use simple supplies such as printer paper, crayons, pencils, coloured paper and glue sticks. There are Thanksgiving printables for children who enjoy puzzles, easy turkey crafts for little makers, and gentle gratitude activities that don’t require anyone to give a speech in front of the whole family.

Quiet doesn’t have to mean completely silent, of course. A little conversation between cousins is part of the fun. The idea is to offer screen-free Thanksgiving activities that children can enjoy while seated, without noisy toys, running games or a craft project that takes over the dining room.

Choose two or three activities that suit your guests rather than setting out everything at once. Younger children may prefer colouring and ready-cut paper pieces, while older children often enjoy drawing challenges and word puzzles. And if a grandparent ends up colouring a turkey too, I’d call that a successful afternoon.

Set Up a Simple Thanksgiving Activity Kit

Put each child’s supplies in a shallow tray or large envelope: a few activity sheets, some crayons or pencils, and any prepared craft pieces. Print downloads and check any sign-up requirements before the busy day arrives.

Do cutting, stapling and adult assembly beforehand wherever possible. Save glue-based crafts for before dinner or a separate craft table, then clear supplies and wash hands before food is served. For activities during a pause between courses, paper and crayons are the easiest options.

Colour a Thanksgiving Activity Placemat

The Thanksgiving activity page from Artsy-Fartsy Mama combines colouring with activities including a word search, gratitude space and tic-tac-toe grids. I like a sheet with several little sections because children can choose what appeals to them instead of everyone having to do the same thing. Set one at each place with a handful of crayons, and you’ve got a simple invitation to settle in while dinner finishes cooking.

Find and Count Thanksgiving Pictures

This Thanksgiving I Spy printable from Paper Trail Design gives children a page of seasonal pictures to search through and count. It’s a useful option for children who enjoy puzzles but aren’t ready for a word search. My suggestion is to let younger children colour or mark matching pictures as they find them, with someone nearby to help record the totals.

Learn How to Draw a Turkey

The printable turkey drawing lesson from Kids Activities Blog turns a blank sheet of paper into a manageable drawing activity. Print the instructions beforehand so children can follow along without needing a screen at the table. Once they’ve drawn their turkey, invite them to invent its feather colours, name and personality—there’s no reason every bird has to look alike.

Decorate Turkey Place Cards

Hallmark’s printable turkey place card becomes a little standing paper turkey after colouring, cutting and folding. I’d let children colour the flat sheet first, then have an adult help with the cuts and assembly before the meal. Writing a guest’s name on their finished turkey gives the activity a purpose and lets children contribute something personal to the table.

Make Name-Letter Turkeys

The name-letter turkey activity featured on CraftGossip uses turkey feathers to explore the letters in a child’s name. Prepare the pieces ahead of time, then let children arrange their letters and decorate their birds before dinner. These can also become personalised place markers, which is a lovely way to make younger guests feel that their seat at the table is special.

Enjoy a Thanksgiving Word Search

The Thanksgiving word search from PJs and Paint is a straightforward paper-and-pencil activity for children who can read the word list. For a quiet table version, I’d leave out the suggested timed competitions and let everyone work at their own pace. It makes a handy extra sheet for older children who finish colouring quickly; follow the page’s download instructions before your gathering.

Write a Thankful Alphabet

The Thankful ABC activity from PJs and Paint challenges children to think of something they appreciate for each letter of the alphabet. I’d keep it relaxed and let them skip tricky letters rather than turning gratitude into homework. Older children can write their own ideas, while younger children might draw a few favourites or quietly dictate them to a helpful adult.

Colour a Little Gratitude Book

Ayelet Keshet’s Thanksgiving gratitude colouring book combines illustrated colouring pages with prompts about gratitude, kindness and family. The printable is available through the creator’s newsletter sign-up, so download and assemble the booklets in advance. I like this as a small take-home keepsake: children can colour a little before dinner and finish the remaining pages another day.

Fold Paper Feathers for a Turkey Centrepiece

Our paper turkey centrepiece on CraftBits uses scrap paper and cardboard, with folded paper fans forming the feathers. For a table-friendly version, choose crayons instead of paint and prepare the cardboard pieces ahead of time. Children can colour and fold their paper feathers, while an adult handles the tutorial’s hot-glue assembly away from the dining table.

Build a Paper-Loop Turkey

The paper-strip turkey from Simple Everyday Mom uses loops of coloured paper to make a cheerful, dimensional tail. Cut the strips and template pieces beforehand, then offer glue sticks or small pieces of tape for joining the loops before dinner. The creator offers a free template through a sign-up option as well as a paid instant download, so choose and prepare your version ahead of time.

Make Room for Different Ages and Interests

If your Thanksgiving table includes preschoolers, school-age children and a tween who insists they’re too old for turkey crafts, a little choice goes a long way. Put colouring sheets beside drawing instructions and word puzzles, and let children pick their own starting point.

You don’t need a prize for finishing, a perfect craft sample or a full afternoon schedule. A child who spends ten minutes choosing feather colours has enjoyed the activity just as much as one who completes every puzzle. Keep spare paper nearby for anyone who would rather draw their own ideas.

I’d also keep a large envelope ready for finished pictures and small crafts. Write each child’s name on theirs, tuck everything inside when dinner arrives, and there’s no last-minute hunt for a missing masterpiece.

A few quiet Thanksgiving activities for the kids’ table won’t remove every “Is it ready yet?” from the day, but they give children something enjoyable to do while they wait. Better still, you may end up with a little collection of drawings, thankful thoughts and handmade turkeys that feels far more personal than anything bought for the occasion.

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