Why Adults Are Obsessed with Grown-Up Coloring Books

Adult coloring books are flying off the shelves and creeping onto bestsellers lists. Six of the current top 20 bestselling books on Amazon are adult coloring books. They feature subjects from animals and sea life to cityscapes. Kate Whelan, the director of trend and design for Michaels Crafts Stores, tells Inside Edition, "It's crazy. As soon as we get them, they're gone." Julie Chue said she feels drawn to adult coloring parties, "It kind of makes you feel like a kid again," she said. Adult Coloring Books #InsideEdition

[@yayabrazie]

Adult coloring book parties? Oh how cool, count me in plz.

[@cicily4976]

I have one of those coloring books. I got it for Christmas, I thought it was just a regular coloring book

[@youknow1514]

It is not about feeling like a kid again. The interviewer made it sound like it was just coloring but it is much harder than when a child does it. You have to choose the best colors that go together and blend and burnish them and do shading and highlight from where the source of light is coming from to make them pop out of the page.

[@jqylvr]

I got enchanted forest but that time I bought it last year 2015 when I was only 8 and that colouring book was so simple!

[@TheAnn2shoes]

Yes, its true, I am obsessed. My daughter bought me one for Christmas and I'm hooked.

[@amandaevans343]

I'm 33 and I got 2 for Christmas this year and I love colouring it so relaxing

[@deannakingdollar9477]

Amanda Evans Hi I just wanted to let you know that if you have a Facebook ..I have a group called Just Color! Just a place for adult colorers to share their work and there's monthly contests. This month's contest prize is a 15 dollar amazon gift code! Hope to see you there :)

[@tamagotchiqueen8591]

I love to color.

[@karenkess7945]

I am obsessed to!

[@magrnyx3657]

My 9 year old best cousin she has an adult coloring book like this one in the video and when I come over her and I will start coloring it. It is very fun! ^^

[@Mf7d89]

i love to color, also this is really great for the elderly

[@appleapple6829]

I have 7 of them

[@tarapringle11]

I love coloring ❤

[@leeannalbritton1752]

I am into all of this my mom got me started and I collect adult color books I order all of mys online off of Ebay or Wish App I love doing these books and I started collecting them I collect all kinds animals all the way to everything else even flowers and cartoons I got also a Mario book and even kinds with cats and designs and tattoo designs I got two tattoo designs books I just added to mys collection

[@creativeseagullart5719]

Sadly this trend is going down in 2018...

[@makaylapitts133]

I love adult coloring books

[@apple_cider1207]

i guess they're forever young

[@Encentix]

Apple_Cider you know that coloring is a form of art and a way of getting inro art? Let them be. They aren't children. Art is for everybody. Everyone who thinks differently doesn't understand what art is.

[@blinkshadown]

at work theres some older ladys that do that when it isnt busy

[@sarahmoviereviewer4109]

i am in my early 20,s i buy the kid coloring books becuse the adult ones cost so much

[@bunnyjrhopper6463]

cool i color

[@sophiewright2876]

Wow

[@sheritacolors131]

Tfs

[@2101792]

Jeez voice over guy, calm down!

[@holy9183]

A Mega trend XD

[@yasmeenalajmi9073]

Heyyyyy ur here again 😂😂

[@holy9183]

+Yasmeen Alajmi I was first on a lot of recent inside editions videos.

[@holy9183]

+Yasmeen Alajmi I'm gonna sub to you :D

[@lanee8014]

Check out XAcoloringbooks.com!

[@msbunny6671]

lmao and here
i thought id be frowned upon for coloring sign me up lol many adults drsw fhe pictures themselves And color them lol who knows maybe the art could even be in an art meuseum :)

[@artlover9955]

Lol :)

[@skully170]

this is cringe

[@graceray8480]

I love them. They are so relaxing my mom does it for her library programs