If you loved tromping through the woods and making mud pies as a child, then you’ll love goblincore, where you can celebrate the lesser-appreciated aspects of nature in all its imperfections. Johanna adds: “Nobody spends 20 mins staring at Instagram and feels better about themselves, but you can spend the same amount of time with a colouring book and come away feeling soothed, happy, tranquil, and as if those 20 mins have been invested in doing something good for your soul.

Immerse yourself in a kaleidoscopic world of intricate neon sticker art with this mosaic sticker book. Color and connect to the Moon’s magic with over 120 coloring pages, each with beautiful lunar designs. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. Colour can lift our spirits, guide decision-making, inspire our creativity and bring us joy so have it in your life as much as possible.

Slow down, relax and take a moment for yourself with the Piece and Quiet Mindfulness Colouring book for adults! We first came across Rosie Flo’s charming colouring books several years ago, when we were given some as a birthday gift for our eldest daughter, and we distinctly remember colouring in them into the night, long after we’d put our little artist to bed. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.

The practice can be used as a tangible way to connect with your senses and experience the present moment. All too often colour is associated with children and as a result, adults can miss out on the therapeutic benefits of colour because they feel as though they shouldn’t be colourful but this is not the case,” says Momtaz. Discover over 30 intricate artworks to colour in, from the brilliant mind of artist Duchess of Lore.

A good colouring book can be relaxing and help to relieve some of the anxiety that has built up throughout the week. BUILD RESILIENCE WITH MINDFULNESS - Mindful colouring has been linked to reducing anxiety and rumination, helping people cope better when times get tough. Concentrating on colours and deciding which colours you will use can consume you so much that you forget everything else. Golfer Tyrrell Hatton chose colouring to decompress while competing in the Masters in 2021; even busy parents have recognised the unexpected joy that comes from picking up a crayon and spending the better part of an hour shading in a dinosaur alongside their kids.

What we like best about this book isn’t just its chunky size – it has an ample 92 pages – but the fact there are hidden pictures in each drawing (there’s a guide at the back with symbols to unearth and an answer key if you need help). Each page is colour-coded, so you can match the colours used by illustrator Lisa Sterle in her accompanying Modern Witch tarot deck, reprinted on the inside covers (you can ignore them and come up with your own colour combinations, too). There are plenty of adult colouring books to choose from, often with intricate patterns that offer a myriad of ways to colour in.

Thanks for these, my classes love them, we are using in them in school this week for Well Being Week (NZ). Or, if colouring appeals but you're not keen on colouring books, why not try some of these colour-it-yourself gift ideas? Not only will you be encouraging your creative juices to flow, but you’ll also experience the benefits of art and colour therapy, which reduce anxiety and give you a dose of dopamine, one of the happy hormones. This is a fun one for anyone who likes fashion and accessories, with over 300 illustrations and opportunities to showcase your style, adding patterns to leggings, designing fashionable hats and using cosmetics to create makeup looks.