Seal the shape by brushing on a coat of Mod Podge or white glue thinned slightly with water. Make a half-dozen to give as a gift in a small tin, or keep them to hang more colored pages on your own fridge!ĭon’t have marbles? You can also make magnets by gluing your coloring page to a piece of thin cardboard or heavy card stock, then cutting out whatever shape you like from your coloring page. Glue the paper circle face up to the back of the marble so you can see the design when you look through the marble. ( This tutorial suggests using E6000 glue.) Trace around the glass marble on your coloring page and cut out the circle. You’ll need clear glass marbles, round button magnets and strong glue. If you want to try this out, click here to see a huge list of mandala coloring books you can start with! 6. Or maybe to hold a colorful centerpiece on your dining table? Heck, this is gorgeous enough that you could hang this right up on the wall! While it’s probably not ideal for using with food (I imagine the Modge Podge isn’t waterproof enough to handle even hand washing), this plate would make a great tray for knick knacks right inside your front door. The round shape of mandalas makes them PERFECT for a plate! Hometalk contributor Lisa Battisti created this gorgeous mandala plate with a thrifted clear glass plate, some coloring love, and a lot of Modge Podge. How cute are these gift bows by Rachel of Lines Across, anyway? They’re the perfect unique idea to top off your adorable DIY gifts! She estimates that each bow takes around 5 minutes to make, so you don’t need to invest a lot of time once you’ve got the finished page. Top your gifts with coloring book bows.Īnd then, once you wrap up your gift, what better to top it off than some coloring page bows? (By the way, the coloring designs shown for the first three ideas are from the 2016 Color Lover’s Weekly Coloring Calendar.) 4. Use them as wrapping paper.Įasy, right? Just use a coloring page as wrapping paper. Follow this tutorial, add coordinating ribbon and tissue and you’re ready for any occasion. Have an oddly shaped little gift to give? Make a quick gift bag using one of your coloring pages. Fold your colored pages up into gift bags. (I found this tassel in the scrapbooking section of Hobby Lobby, but they are also available online.) If you have a rounded corner punch, you can use it on all four corners of your bookmark.
Cut a narrow strip, punch a hole in the top and add a tassel. Print or photocopy the black and white design onto heavy card stock. For more information, please visit our Privacy Policy.ġ. She told us: "Art can enhance mood, create connections related to the self and outside of the self, promote emotional expression, and foster opportunities to develop or strengthen empathy. When we engage with, make, or view art it can have a life-affirming influence to experience ourselves, others, and the world around us in new ways.Your email address will only be used to send you our newsletter, and at any time you may unsubscribe. Gretchen Miller backs this up with her own thoughts on the effect of creating art.
And I know with my own painting, I can get totally lost and find that hours have gone past while I've been expressing my feelings on canvas.” Spurr tells us of her own experiences working as a psychologist and being a creative too: “People often tell me how much they benefited from art therapy. She believes that art has the power to change our emotions and health for the better. Her focus of work also includes using creativity as a form of therapy. “Experimenting with colors and putting something new and fresh on a page is fantastic for well-being,” she said. Spurr Bored Panda about the benefits of creating art for our mental health. Gretchen is an art therapy author and has provided her services to people for a whole range of issues.ĭr. I also spoke with Gretchen Miller, and she agrees with this idea too. Considering how tough life must have been on a day-to-day basis, and yet, humans took the time to allow their creativity to be expressed.” Spurr told Bored Panda that: “We are incredibly creative and you only need to look at the cave art of early humans from tens of thousands of years ago to see they had a need to express themselves. You can find her publications and artworks on her website, and follow her on Twitter at asked her if she thinks that we all have a need to create art within us. Pam Spurr–a psychologist, self-help expert and artist herself, to talk about art and coloring books. With just some crayons and paper, we are already making our creative mark on the world. This is another important part of building our character and identity from an early age.
Not to mention, coloring books also encourage us to use our imagination.
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