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jmg257

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7. Just talked to my 84 year old Pop this weekend. Can't get around much in his walker or wheelchair,

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 12:15 PM

Aug 2016

and his hands aren't what they used to be, so building doll-houses and models is too frustrating now...found out he enjoys these things.

Good for him, better then just watching movies and TV all day.

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Adult coloring books topping bestseller lists [View all] jtuck004 Aug 2016 OP

Adult coloring book? JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #1

Actually, tthere are adult books.... usedtobedemgurl Aug 2016 #3

people are going crazy Younemeen Aug 2016 #4

I wonder if there is an audible version? Separation Aug 2016 #2

Could be ASMR related/inspired MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 #5

My wife does it GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #6

Just talked to my 84 year old Pop this weekend. Can't get around much in his walker or wheelchair, jmg257 Aug 2016 #7

They are very zen. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #8

Saw some in B&N a couple Christmasses back. Now I'm seeing them in the racks at grocery checkouts. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2016 #9

I have some of these and I color sometimes when I'm stressed. BeeBee Aug 2016 #10

Seems a most inexpensive, relaxing and benign hobby. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #11

It is exactly that. It induces "flow," which takes you out of your troubles and acts very Nay Aug 2016 #15

I used to have a job doing something similar Tom Kitten Aug 2016 #12

guess words are just toooooooooooo hard dembotoz Aug 2016 #13

Would this fall under the scope of art therapy? Revanchist Aug 2016 #14

Fwiw, this is from more than a year ago Cal Carpenter Aug 2016 #16