If you’ve walked past a book shop lately you’ll notice that the front stand is filled with colouring in books. Although these ones, aren’t for the kids. Adults, it’s time to dust off the old school pencil case (if your kids haven’t raided it yet!). You know, the one that only makes an appearance in the annual cupboard clean out, causing school memories to come flooding back? Then, like you’re in year 6 again, you pick out the top 5 colours? Well, you now have a use for these beauties again!
Why are adults colouring in?
Colouring in for adults’ relaxation is the new self-care craze. It gives you a way to settle you brain from the buzzing with life’s problems and helps you to work through your feelings by expressing them in colours. You can colour to reflect your current state of mind, or even the one you aspire to. This is a form of art therapy. Common in art therapy are Mandellas (flower shaped drawings) or Zentangles, where you create images from repetitive patterns inside a scribble. I find Zentangles drive me up the wall because I struggle to get the patterns the same size. However, I love colouring in of Zentangle like drawings!
Free colouring in pages for adults
I’ve compiled some of my favourite free colouring in pages so you can see if it’s relaxing for you too. Where Full PDFS are available it is noted below the picture, otherwise just click the picture you want and print it or right click download to save and then print.
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Tips
Put some relaxing music and scented candles on to make it extra relaxing! Try not to watch TV while you do it, so your brain really slows down. It’s a great relaxation technique that can be done with kids too – set them up with their colouring in books.
Want more?
For HEAPS more designs, check out my Pinterest page ‘Adult colouring in‘ and hit follow on my page!
So tell me,
Have you tried colouring in for relaxation? Did you enjoy it?
Amy Darcy
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