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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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  1. In front of the TV while sitting on a pillow on the floor. It gives my brain time to shut down and relax.

  5. I like to color on the couch with a glass of wine by my side. Coloring was a favorite past time of mine when I was a child and even though I am grown and have older children, I still buy coloring books for myself. : )

  9. I love coloring. 2 yrs. ago and I color to use both sides of my brain. I also color to keep me entertained because I don’t go nowhere. Please pick me.

  12. I color by myself while waiting in doctor’s offices or other places. I color with the preschoolers at my job. Trying to instill the love of coloring in as many children as I can.

  13. I color at the kitchen table sitting with my mother. I am her caregiver (she is 88, blind and has dementia). Coloring allows me to mentally get away for a much needed break but still be there for her.

  16. I would like to try using it in multiply ways. I would love to do this with my child in the evening to relax and visit together.

    I think I would love to view the prints more carefully because they are so detailed. I am a teacher and I wonder if there is a way to teach patterns and some math or science terms with them while teaching. They might be a fun way to introduce animal reports or the cover page.

    Also I go with my 78 year old mother to the senior hall occasionally to play games. They do coloring contests. These books I believe would be great for older people also because of the details. As the brain ages it is important to work it by reading, puzzles…etc. It helps memory. These books with the extreme detail would be good for that like a coloring puzzle. I think they look so delightful , I would have to tell and show my friends and work friends about them. I think they may have similar interests and uses.

  17. I like coloring as a source of inspiration for my crocheting. I use the design to make romanian crocheted doilies and pictures.

  19. I would love to be the recipient of your giveaway. I love to color. I usually just color in my home…bedroom, living room, but also I love to color with my granddaughter when I go to visit them. We both enjoy coloring together.

  20. I like to color on my coffee table while sitting on the floor like I did when I was a kid. It’s a great stress reliever and gets the creative “juices” flowing. Plus I always feel a sense of accomplishment when a page is complete.

  23. I like to color at my desk because it’s comfortable for me and I have good lighting. And I like to color just because it’s fun and relaxing!

  24. I color anywhere and everywhere. I have coloring books, crayons, markers, colored pencils, and paints at home. I also have the Colorfy app on my tablet for when I’m out and about. Coloring is very zen for me and allows me to keep in touch with my inner child.

  26. Any blank space is subject to be colored! Especially if I am at my desk, listening to a conference call. It relieves the stress and boredom.

  27. I love to color any where any time. I broke my ankle and foot. So I am stuck in bed, so I’ve taken in coloring. And it’s always been a big stress reliever. I have a coloring book in each car, in my purse, so I can color if need be!!

  31. I always love to color! It’s been one of my favorite activities since I was a child. Christmas ALWAYS included a Christmas coloring book which would last until January. Then it was onto a new one. Maybe Snow White….maybe Sleeping Beauty. Perhaps Winnie the Pooh! It didn’t matter. As long as I had a coloring book and CRAYOLA crayons, life was always good! Today, as an adult, I still love to color. But now, I may use colored pencils or markers, for a different look. Coloring takes your mind on a creative journey! My favorite places to color are my living room in front of the fireplace, and during Christmas, in front of the tree. Summertime, I like to spread a nice blanket out under my favorite tree. Life is good whenever you’re coloring!

  32. I like to color in the park. I live in New York City. On nice days i can walk to park and the scenery is just what i need to relax. Coloring at home becomes a task when you have children, pets to tend to, but outside i can just let it flow

  35. I am a retired factory worker and a great-grandma…I have worked with my hands all my life and the coloring is a great way to keep my hands moving…they stiffin up so.I curl up on the couch with my cats and color away…..

  36. Because my grandkids won’t let me color with them anymore because I totally take over the coloring books and they end up watching me color.

  37. My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for about a year now, and some of the hormones I have been taking have been an emotional roller coaster. I love crafting but, at times, I feel too tired or bummed to get out all of the supplies. So, now I have a couple coloring books and my colored pencils on the end table next to the sofa. Sometimes I color while watching TV and other times I color in total silence. The beauty of it is that I feel I am being creative and productive, and I’m also not sitting and worrying constantly. It has been a major

  38. (finishing previous comment)

    It has been a major source of stress relief. It takes my mind in better places when I need it most.

  40. Love to color with my granddaughters but would love to graduate from little kids coloring to grown-up coloring.

  43. I like to color in the local library during my lunch hour. It’s a nice way to relax midday and feel productive even if everything is going to pieces at work.

  46. I color sitting on the back deck in the early morning. I love the sun coming up and the bright colors on the pages. It makes me truly hapy

  47. I love coloring anytime, anywhere. It helps me to wind down from long days/night of being a mommy of two (almost 3) and EMT work.

  49. I love coloring! I usually color on the couch. I have chronic pain and it helps me forget my pain for a while. Anything that makes me forget about my pain and produces something pretty in the process is a win in my book!

  50. On the porch in my swing. On the couch watching TV. In my favorite chair. In my craft room. I love to color!

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Tips for Teaching the Alphabet to Kids

If you have a little one learning their letters at home or at school, it can be helpful to know a bit about the science that goes into learning your letters and how the experts teach letter recognition.

Knowing the alphabet is the basis for learning how to read, so it’s important to get it down. Kids need to know the differences between letters, to be able to recognize their shapes and to know what sounds the letters make individually before they can start combining them in words. 

Proud to Be Primary suggests starting with letters that are meaningful to the child such as the letters in their name. Tracing letters and doing letter matching and other games with letters are great ways to start kids on the road to recognizing letters. Then things like alphabet songs, books and picture cards can be added in to help with phonics and the basics of reading. 

This Crafty Mom talks about using the Carnine method for teaching letter recognition, which starts with all lowercase letters and separates letters that look similar to each other (like b and d, or c and e). This makes a lot of sense because it’s not as confusing, and you can learn alphabetical order later. 

How Wee Learn uses a slightly different order but the idea is the same, though she also would start with the letters in a child’s name, then go on with the rest of them. This post includes more fun games for letter recognition including digging up letters and taping letters on the floor for kids to throw paper airplanes on. 

Looking for more fun ways to learn the alphabet and letter recognition? This Kaboom game from The Many Little Joys is easy to make, fun for little kids, and once you’ve used it to learn letters you can make a new version for sight words, numbers, basic math problems and more.

Early Learning Ideas has tons of letter activities including collages, crafts, tactile letter cards, letter recognition activities and much more. Do one letter a day or a week and your kiddos will know their letters in no time. And be sure to grab these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs, which give kids easy activities for recognizing letters and words that begin with them. 

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