My daughter may only be 23 months old but she LOVES to color, and can go through an entire coloring book in one afternoon, and she only likes to color "name brand" ones (Umizoomi, Bubble Guppies, Spongebob, etc) which can range from $2-$8 each (and even if you print coloring pages, once you take into account the cost of ink and paper it can get up there as well). Well I discovered a way to save A LOT of money by buying one of each of her favorites and reusing them hundreds of times and all you need is:
3-ring binder
Page Protectors
Dry Erase Markers/Crayons
It's super simple. Break down the coloring book into individual pages or print off your favorite online coloring pages and place them in page protectors in a 3-ring binder. If you get one with the cover plastic you can place the cover of the coloring book in there and have a separate binder for each book (you can get 3-ring binders for $0.97 at Walmart, or $1 at Dollar Tree). VOILA!! You have a completely reusable coloring book.
This also works great for those activity books because the kids can do the activities over and over again. It also allows for erasing mistakes.
If your child is super proud of a picture you can just take it out of the binder and display it on the fridge in the page protector, and even take a picture of it to keep longer.
Doing it this way will allow one coloring book to last years and even through multiple children.
Just remember, with planning and organization, you CAN do it all.
That's a pretty cool idea! I wanted to let you know about my coloring books. They are mostly for nerds but I'm making all my books downloadable. So you buy them once and you can print them off as many times as you want. I agree, coloring books can be expensive especially for a one time use kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteYou can find my books here. http://colorbook4nerdlings.com/
Sean McMenemy