Janet recently asked to see my collection of vintage coloring books. I am one of those people who loves to color. When my kids were little and we would go out to eat I was always happy when they seated us with a coloring page and crayons. My kids got used to sharing part of the page with me.
I don't color in my vintage coloring books, nor do I know how I acquired so many. I do have some great ones tho.
The illustrations just tug at my heart and my box of crayons!
This coloring book came with directions.
No creativity on colors here..follow the directions please!
A couple of holiday coloring books.
These are all dated a little later, mostly from the 1960s an on.
I am amazed that out of all these coloring books, only two have been colored in. The rest are pristine and just begging for some coloring to be done. I find it hard to resist.
If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "show me your collection of ___". I will see what I can do.
Off to finish coloring my picture...
Wow...your collection is amazing! I am like you...I could colour all day long...in fact I just bought a huge new box of crayons the other day and my 15 year old and I decided it was time to colour.
Happy Day to you. xoxoo
Posted by: koralee | February 22, 2011 at 08:21 AM
Oooh Laurie, you have a wonderful collection. I love them all.
Remember when life was so simple... a new coloring book and a box of crayons (ah, that smell) and all was right with the world.
One Christmas, I gave everyone on my list a new book and crayons as a stocking stuffer! They all seemed pleased except my husband.
Posted by: janet | February 22, 2011 at 08:50 AM
I loved seeing all of your coloring books. The graphics are beautiful.
I also just got to see the goodies you found at your estate sales. They are all treasures! Those get me excited about spring coming.
Happy hunting!
Mary B.
Posted by: Mary B. | February 22, 2011 at 09:58 AM
Love the coloring books, reminds me of my mother. We loved to color and water paint. What a neat collection.
Instead of show me your collection of__________. I am requesting you to show us what you wish you had a collection of. That should be a tough one with all your collections you already have :) Happy Tuesday!!
Posted by: Lisa | February 22, 2011 at 10:32 AM
I love to color, too, and my kids all think I'm crazy. Love your collection.
Posted by: Ann | February 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM
These graphics are stunning. Bright and crisp. How can you not collect these. I just recently grabbed one and quickly framed it. It wasn't colored in either? Funny, I am the one coloring at the table still..wonder what that means? Renee
Posted by: Renee | February 22, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Someone asked me not too long ago to name my favorite toy as a child. I didn't even have to stop and think - crayons and coloring books!
Posted by: Kathy | February 22, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Absolutely a wonderful collection -- I remember having some of those myself. Enjoyed looking at them. Thanks......
Posted by: Sandy | February 22, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Do you have a crayon collection you could show? I am interested in a particular type of crayon we used in elementary school in the late 60's-early 70's. There were only about 8 colors in the box and they were octagonal (so not to roll off our desk). I know they were not Crayola brand, but some other mandatory crayon used by school systems. There werent that great, but I would love to see some for old times sake!
Posted by: janie | February 22, 2011 at 01:15 PM
There's something about the smell of a coloring book and crayons that makes me feel like a kid again.
Posted by: Lynn | February 22, 2011 at 02:43 PM
Funny that you've been coloring~ I have too! I loooove it! Your books are wonderful. Lovelovelove those vintage images!
Hugs,
Jill
Posted by: Jill | February 22, 2011 at 05:31 PM
When we finally get to meet, we definitely can sit down and color together. (My mom would still color with me if I'd ask her.) There's something very satisfying about it. I remember the crayons Janie mentioned - were they Prang crayons?
Posted by: barbara | February 22, 2011 at 07:16 PM
Our dog actually ate some crayons and after we determined he wasn't going to die from doing that we figured there was going to be some mighty pretty "piles" on the property for the next few days. Didn't check, though. Ewwwww. I,too, would enjoy hearing about what you wish you collected but it's hard to imagine what that could be!
Posted by: Vintage Christine | February 23, 2011 at 04:03 AM
There is nothing, NOTHING, like the smell of a freshly opened box of crayons. Love these old coloring books which just jogged a memory. I remember getting coloring books with pictures on the front that had nothing to do with the pictures inside. It used to drive me crazy as a kid. I'm sure a therapist would have a field day with that one. Maybe I shouldn't have "said" it outloud. oops.... - CHEERS! Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | February 23, 2011 at 05:45 AM
Oh Laurie,
I LOVE them all.....any chance we could copy of the covers for crafting???? ALso if you could send me your snail addy again, I have a small box of things for you! Spring cleaning!!!! Sandy
Posted by: Sandy McClay | February 23, 2011 at 02:10 PM
What a wonderful collection! I would love to find something like these, but have never come across one. Beautiful!
Posted by: megan | February 23, 2011 at 04:24 PM
I adore the smell of a new box of crayons. I spent hours colouring when I was young. I still have all my childhood colouring books.
Posted by: Loretta Houben | May 20, 2011 at 09:13 AM