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I admit it, I still like to color. When I was a new college student living on my own, I bought a few coloring books and some colored pencils and doodled from time to time. As I grew into a self-sufficient adult that habit died and I began to be more concerned about the monotonous tasks of adulthood. I didn’t pick up a colored pencil or crayon for some time. Then I became a mom and I had an excuse to color again.
These days I do not color on my own or have my own supplies, but I do sit down and color alongside my children. I especially enjoy coloring in my daughter’s girl-themed coloring books. It takes me back to my childhood and, believe it or not, it is a great stress reliever. It is easy to let the important adult tasks pass for a bit while I color with my daughter. We often talk about the story in the coloring book, what we like about the pictures, and I will give her tips on how I stay in the lines and other similar helps. Sometimes we don’t talk at all – we just color and enjoy being together.
So how about you? Do you still like to color? Feel free to leave a comment. Share and let’s talk about it.
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Coloring brings out the kid in everyone!
I enjoy coloring with my children too, it’s a win win!
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I love to color alongside the boys. Actually, art is something we often put off doing. But, I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to be creative.
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We have patients do coloring on my unit (psychiatric/adult) for therapy and to teach positive coping skills. No wonder kids are so stress free, all they do is color!
I adore coloring! It is stress relieving for sure.
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I love coloring too! I get totally lost in the world that I’m coloring…it is a great stress reliever!!!
I think coloring is pretty relaxing. My son loves it, so that always gives me a good excuse to keep paper and crayons around.
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I love to color too. Its so relaxing and brings back memories from childhood, also it allows me to spend a little extra but simple and inexpensive quality time with my kiddos =)
I still color and I love it. My oldest son used to love to color so we have about 20 fat coloring books sitting on the shelf half colored. I figured the rest of the kids would color, but no… So when I am bored and just want something to do, I grab my colored pencils or the kid’s crayons and go to town!
You’re definitely right about it being a stress reliever, there’s just something about it that’s calming. That’s what kids are for, to remind us about the simplicity of life!