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Where to buy good coloring books?

post #1 of 37
3/12/09 at 12:44am
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Target has nothing but those Color Wonder sets, with characters to boot. The drugstore was a little better -- they did have plain coloring books, but they were all characters as well. Where can I buy just plain old coloring books, with just pictures to color??
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post #2 of 37
3/12/09 at 12:53am
I love colour wonder.. No paint or markers anywhere but the paper :

I have gotten a lot of plain colouring books at the dollor store. They even have jumbo ones here.

I've also gotten a lot online, if you do a google search many will come up.
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post #3 of 37
3/12/09 at 1:24am
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Originally Posted by KimberlyD0 View Post
I love colour wonder.. No paint or markers anywhere but the paper :

I have gotten a lot of plain colouring books at the dollor store. They even have jumbo ones here.

I've also gotten a lot online, if you do a google search many will come up.
I like Color Wonder to, but not to the exclusion of everything else. I'm surprised that Target doesn't have a tiny bit more variety -- it's just Color Wonder and those felt thingies that I've never used. Oh, and enormous coloring pads that are like 1.5 feet by 2.5 feet -- not exactly portable!

I'll see if I can find a dollar store near me and check it out.
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post #4 of 37
3/12/09 at 2:17am
I was going to say dollar store too. Although, I wonder if there are some at Target and you're just looking in the wrong area? Like they might be on an endcap in the toy area instead of in the markers/crafts area... I am just saying that because I'm surprised that Target doesn't have anything, but I would think if they had any they would be character ones anyway.

Tjej
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post #5 of 37
3/12/09 at 3:13am
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I was going to say dollar store too. Although, I wonder if there are some at Target and you're just looking in the wrong area? Like they might be on an endcap in the toy area instead of in the markers/crafts area... I am just saying that because I'm surprised that Target doesn't have anything, but I would think if they had any they would be character ones anyway.

Tjej
The same thing just occurred to me -- I wonder if I should look in the book section instead of just the activity section. I'm going to feel stupid if there's a big selection of nice coloring books in the book or toy section!
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post #6 of 37
3/12/09 at 4:50am
Come to think of it, I think I have seen some at Target in the toy section. Sometimes the craft stores have them too. Oh, or the drug stores - Walgreen's comes to mind, if you can stand going in there (the place just about gives me hives, not sure why).

But I would cast another vote for the dollar store. Dollar Tree in particular if you have one available. We have found some nifty activity books there too, along with all sorts of awesome craft supplies. And really you can't beat the price!
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post #7 of 37
3/12/09 at 5:10am
Not sure of the age of your kids but Doodle Design has some great colour books, it's a UK based company but I'm fairly sure you'd be able to find some or at least contact them they have no 'character' based stuff at all, but unless they've brought out a younger version of the one we have it may be a bit too old here's their website anyway www.holland-publishing.co.uk - they may be able to point you in the right direction.
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post #8 of 37
3/12/09 at 10:24am
Target does carry them with the children's books. They are basically the same ones as the dollar store. Nice, cheap, books of whimsical pictures with no branding.

For a special treat, craft stores like Michael's carry Dover coloring books, which are amazing.
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post #9 of 37
3/12/09 at 10:30am
dollar store.

If you're looking for something special and different then I recommend looking up park-bookstores. For example, here is a colouring book I'm going to get my ds from my FAVE park - http://store.algonquinpark.on.ca/cgi...ark/00142.html

My Mum gets ds beautiful bird and animal books from parks in Australia - very cool.
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post #10 of 37
3/12/09 at 1:24pm
Right here. Google coloring books, print them out on your printer. I have all sorts of coloring books I have downloaded the images, printed out and stapled them together by theme - animals, letters, abstract, spiderman, Cars.... (we don't mind characters here) and then wrap them and give them to DS and DD. Total cost probably 5 cents per book for the paper and toner.
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post #11 of 37
3/12/09 at 1:40pm
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post #12 of 37
3/12/09 at 1:51pm
I also like the dollar store. Their colouring books usually have simple pictures, are not character based, and they're cheap. We have a very nice BBC Planet Earth colouring book. It was a gift though. As nice as it is, the kids don't really get any more out of it then they do the cheap colouring books.

When I find a colouring book I like, I often scan the pages and just make colouring sheets for the kids on the computer.
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post #13 of 37
3/12/09 at 4:21pm
This is a little more- but I was at a nice toy store the other day and picked up a few for DS for Easter. They had regular, but he's really left brained, so I got him a color by letter and a dot-to-dot/maze/color by number one. They had tons and they were 3.50 each, so not bad.

I wish it wasn't already wrapped or I'd tell you the brand.
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post #14 of 37
3/12/09 at 6:01pm
We find our coloring books at the Dollar Tree or at Target in the books section (near the childrens books and learning workbooks)
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post #15 of 37
3/12/09 at 6:09pm
The dollar section at Target seems to have non-character coloring books often. And ditto the online idea, you can find tons of things to print out.
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post #16 of 37
3/12/09 at 6:40pm
For a real treat: http://www.susanstriker.com/anticoloring.html
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post #17 of 37
3/12/09 at 9:13pm
This may be more advanced/complex than you are looking for, but Dover Coloring Books are amazing:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...+coloring+book
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post #18 of 37
3/13/09 at 12:02am
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This may be more advanced/complex than you are looking for, but Dover Coloring Books are amazing:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...+coloring+book
Those are beautiful -- I kind of want some for myself!

Thanks so much for all the input -- I feel so silly for not checking by the books at Target. I just figured they'd be by the crayons for some reason.
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post #19 of 37
3/13/09 at 1:26am
We get ours from the Dollar Store but Target has lots too. You have to go to the book section of the store for a better selection. Skip the arts and crafts adn toy area for coloring books.
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post #20 of 37
3/13/09 at 1:28am
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Those are beautiful -- I kind of want some for myself!

Thanks so much for all the input -- I feel so silly for not checking by the books at Target. I just figured they'd be by the crayons for some reason.
Well, why on earth would they put coloring books next to the crayons? First, that would make waaay to much sense. Second, you could just run in and get what you need in one department, and wouldn't have the joy of dragging your kids through the store, past the toy section and video games and the books and....
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