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Free Adult Coloring Book Giveaway

September 25, 2015 by Shellie Wilson 291 Comments

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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. MelodyJ says

    September 26, 2015 at 3:02 am

    I like to colour in the laundry room. I can do my chores. then relax and color.

  2. Lisa says

    September 26, 2015 at 4:15 am

    I love to colour I have given up the fags so I need to keep my mind and hands doing something

  3. Maxine Kirk says

    September 26, 2015 at 5:08 am

    I love to colour, as it helps with concentration, and lets all the stress float away to another world

  4. francesca mark marousis says

    September 26, 2015 at 6:10 am

    I love colouring with my mother who has dementia. Its our time together where the roles have reversed. I now help her choosing a color and praising her on a job well done. Then I get a big smile and a kiss

  5. Sandra says

    September 26, 2015 at 6:37 am

    I love sitting down around the kitchen table with my kids colouring in. I find it relaxing and I’ve been sleeping better. One great way to take my mind of my thoughts.

  6. Sheri Hughes says

    September 26, 2015 at 7:35 am

    I color with my grandchildren, who were very happy to find out that adults can color also. And if I have a bad day at work, I come home and color to unwind.

  7. shari harniss says

    September 26, 2015 at 8:00 am

    My beautiful great-niece enjoys these ‘grown-up’ coloring books so much. I would love to win this one for Bella!

  8. joyce falgout says

    September 26, 2015 at 8:12 am

    I love coloring with the adult coloring books, and I share them with the ladies at the nursing home. They are amazed at some of the pages.. I would love to win the books so I could share them with my golden girls. Also if the are extra copies u could send them to Heritage manor Houma 1701 Polk St. Houma, La. 70360

  9. Holly says

    September 26, 2015 at 8:42 am

    I like to color at the dining room table with my daughter. It’s one of her favorite things to do!

  10. Nancy Polkinghorne says

    September 26, 2015 at 8:42 am

    I love to color because it brings back childhood memories of peace and happiness. It’s the best way to relax and free your mind. I can color anywhere!

  11. Sangeeta says

    September 26, 2015 at 8:42 am

    I love to do colouring when I am travelling t the hills. I travel lights and taking a few printouts of is easy. It is healing, stress busting and a great conversation starter. I generally carry some colours or make my own colours from natural prducts wherever I am. Sometimes when the local village kids want to learn something new I take out my colouring book for them.

  12. burgundy says

    September 26, 2015 at 9:15 am

    I love coloring with my kids! On the floor, kitchen table, their room…anywhere!

  13. Alice C. says

    September 26, 2015 at 9:22 am

    I love to color at the kitchen table with my granddaughter. It’s a fun time together that is both creative and soothing.

  14. Betty Clay says

    September 26, 2015 at 10:40 am

    I like to sit at my home office desk, open the window and listen to birds, and then color. very relaxing!

  15. Mary Paetz says

    September 26, 2015 at 11:36 am

    I have loved to color since I was old enough to hold a crayon. I colored as a child,colored with my friends,colored with my children,colored with my grandchildren and now I’m looking forward to coloring with my great granddaughter.

  16. Carissa says

    September 26, 2015 at 11:37 am

    I love coloring on a day off, especially during fall with a warm cup of tea a a great movie. It’s so relaxing!!

  17. Tonya D says

    September 26, 2015 at 11:44 am

    I like to color while my kids and I are homeschooling, it keeps me interested when I’m bored with phonics and 2+2!!

  18. Janie says

    September 26, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    I work from home and getting this book would make short breaks fun while coloring in beautiful pages!

  19. tsmolitor says

    September 26, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    I like to Color on my Upper Deck, it’s peaceful. It helps when my depresssion or sense of being overwhelmed sets in. The process takes hold of my mind with the beautiful colors and lifts me out of the deep and begins to calm my mind to a rythm and a sense of control, which relaxs me and helps me get back on track. I’ve been doing this for several years and would Love some New Material to Color.

  20. Nancy Lima says

    September 26, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    I COLOR ON MY BED AT NIGHT WHILE I THINK IM WATCHING TV ITS A STRESS RELIEVER FOR ME AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK AND IT HELPS TAKE MY MIND OFF OF STRESSFUL THOUGHTS

  21. Charlotte Huffman says

    September 26, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    I haven’t colored in a long time but it would be so relaxing and stress free. I would probably color outside on my deck.

  22. DebJo says

    September 26, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    My granddaughter (5 yrs) loves to color! When she is here we color where she wants, what she wants & the color she wants!

  23. Jenn says

    September 26, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    I love sitting in my living room, cat in my lap, coloring after work. Its a great stress reliver!

  24. Judy says

    September 26, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    My 91 year old Mom and I love to color. She has found it a creative outlet as she can’t do what she used to do with her hands, but coloring is great! We both relax and just enjoy…

  25. frugaldoodlebug says

    September 26, 2015 at 7:40 pm

    I love coloring all by myself at my desk. Its a great stress and anxiety reliever. Its one of many things I keep in my “toolbox” of coping skills. It really does help me!

  26. Samantha says

    September 26, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    I have always loved to color. I was very disappointed when my one son gave it up at 3. I thought, really? I love to color when I need to calm down from something. I usually do it lying down on my couch or anti-gravity chair in the sun.

  27. Linda G says

    September 26, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Just came back from a vacation where I colored on the beach. Perfect way to sit in the sun, listen to a book or the waves and enjoy the day.

  28. Regina says

    September 26, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    I loved coloring as a child, but had forgotten about it until I read an article about Johanna Basford’s coloring book, “Enchanted Forrest.” I immediately ordered it and a pack of markers from Amazon. My mom, who has dementia and can’t see very well, saw me coloring and wanted to do it, too. I ordered her supplies, too, and now we color together in the afternoons. It’s something we can do together.

  29. Laurie B says

    September 26, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    I just purchased a coloring book and been enjoy coloring in my craft space while I listen to music. It is so relaxing and I like to experiment with different color combinations and colored pencil blending techniques.

  30. Teresa brewer says

    September 26, 2015 at 10:43 pm

    Love to color in living room and why my grandson is with me. Special memories.

  31. deborah says

    September 27, 2015 at 5:06 am

    I can get lost in the pages. Everything else goes away

  32. Rachel says

    September 27, 2015 at 9:14 am

    I love to color. I started out with photocopied mandalas & found out just how pleasurable and relaxing it was. Now my 9 yr old & myself color together all the time. It’s s good way to spend some quality te with her

  33. Kathy says

    September 27, 2015 at 10:11 am

    Love to color, frees the mind and let’s you color the world in your own designs.

  34. RjoyD says

    September 27, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    I like to color at home with soothing music on because its meditative for me.

  35. Janet Shakespear says

    September 27, 2015 at 4:37 pm

    I sit at the dining table with my grand children. They do homework first then the reward is everyone coloring and sharing the waiver process. Relaxing and keeping the parts of my mind sharp and creating new pathways in the young minds. My most important legacy to pass on to the next generation BE CREATIVE!

  36. Janet Shakespear says

    September 27, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    Creative process! Silly auto fill.

  37. Suze N says

    September 27, 2015 at 10:39 pm

    ooh..I love Millie Marotta’s coloring books! So relaxing and her drawings are really fun..

  38. jenny stratton says

    September 27, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    I like to color outside on my deck in the sun. It reminds me of being a kid.

  39. Julie Henderson says

    September 27, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    Oh, how I love coloring, & I’m 53. I recall from childhood, sitting w/ my grandma, cozily crowded together in her chair, sharing a coloring book. I love coloring just anywhere, especially when I have a moment of quiet/downtime on my home health care job. It’s a most relaxing & pleasant diversion and pastime. 🙂 Thanks much for the giveaway!

  40. kelliepage says

    September 28, 2015 at 9:39 am

    I love to color cozied up in my bed, with its white, fluffy feather comforter! I find such peace in my place of repose! I enjoy watching color fill the emptiness of shapes and my heart is content. Color is my passion in my crisp white sanctuary. Thank you for the opportunity to win this fabulous set. Oh the joy I’d feel!!!

  41. Angela Watson says

    September 28, 2015 at 10:44 am

    I like heading out to my garden and sitting at my table–just me and nature! Ahh, nice and peaceful.

  42. Helen White says

    September 28, 2015 at 12:38 pm

    I like to sit on my deck in the afternoon, with a large cool glass of Ice Tea. Why? These books help me to be creative. I watch the sun go down over the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It is all so calming. When the sun goes down, my deck has great lighting.

  43. Cindi Winter says

    September 28, 2015 at 2:12 pm

    I love to color so relaxing my favorite place to color is on the porch with the sunshine for natural light

  44. mrs says

    September 28, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    I like to color as a way of meditation. I can get lost in the process and the beauty. And you can do it anywhere.

  45. Teresa C says

    September 28, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    Attending work phone/online meetings. It really helps focus and keep my attention on the meeting. It also keeps me from just answering one email, then another, and another….

  46. Nicola says

    September 28, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    Love to color anywhere, but enjoy it most when I just need a moment to slow down. It gives me a grounded feeling!

  47. cwknitnut says

    September 28, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    I love to color at my house with my grandchildren. I am planning on using the “adult” coloring pictures for embroidery patterns!

  48. Lissa says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:07 am

    Coloring makes all the stress and problems go away

  49. Carol says

    September 29, 2015 at 8:11 am

    I want these really badly. Not to color with pencils, but to use the drawings for transfer to cloth and embroider! I know lots of people relax by coloring, but stitching is my serenity.

  50. Dee Lloyd says

    September 29, 2015 at 8:50 am

    I like to color in my favorite chair in front of a good movie! I color to destress from a long day that and I love to color!

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No Time for Flashcards has a cute robot printable to use with cubes to measure the height of each robot. That one is free but they also have other printable cube mats that are a paid resource. 

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Pattern recognition is another fun and easy activity you can do with the cubes. You can use printables like these from Planning Playtime, or just make a pattern from cubes and have kids repeat it or figure out what comes next. There’s another good set of pattern printables at English Created Resources. 

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