Colouring In Improves Mental Health For Children & Adults

Colouring is a Serious Educational & Therapeutic Activity

THE BENEFITS OF COLOUR IN PATTERNS:

• Improves concentration
• Enhances hand/eye coordination
• Fine-tunes fine motor skills
• Encourages creativity
• Provides opportunities to express individuality
• Involves planning
• Improves feelings of self-worth
• Lowers stress & anxiety levels
  Can improve relationships
• Provides opportunities for problem-solving
• Improves mental imagery
• Provides opportunities to experiment with colour combinations
• Gives a sense of achievement
• Improves patience

SOME TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS:

• Encourage precision and carefulness
• Take pride in the final product
• Using pencils rather than thick felt pens improves hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skills
• For older children and adults, experiment with watercolours
• Encourage experimentation with gradients (see image above)
• For gradients, experiment with a sharp HB pencil
• Listen to calming music while colouring
• Eliminate as much background noise as possible

HOW COLOURING IN AND OTHER LIKE ACTIVITIES WILL INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY
If sedentary office workers took an activity break for only ten minutes mid-morning and mid-afternoon, their productivity would improve significantly, more than enough to make up for the work time lost. Worker's brains would be refreshed, resulting in improved mental acuity, concentration and enhanced problem-solving ability.

FREE USE
Permission is given to make unaltered copies of blanks and coloured patterns and distribute them at will, they are not for resale.