Ready for grownup coloring books that bridge the gap between challenging you and making you feel like a kid again? These books are chock-full of designs that will make you either nostalgic or giddy!
Some of these adult coloring books for adults will take you down memory lane featuring cartoon characters and designs that were classic favorites as a kid, while other books are newer modern characters that you’ve been singing along with for months! Either way, you’ll love these challenging designs meant for adults that well help you color your stress away while still feeling like a kid. Check out the fun books on this list!
Grownup Coloring Books For The Kid At Heart
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1. Art of Coloring: Moana
You’re welcome… for showing you this fun coloring book! I’ve been singing the songs from Moana ever since I saw the movie, so I might as well create some fun art while I hum! Check out all one hundred images in this fun Art of Coloring: Moana.
- Disney Books (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 128 Pages - 10/04/2016 (Publication Date) - Disney Editions (Publisher)
2. Art of Coloring: Muppets
Kermit, Gonzo, and Miss Piggy are back again in the Art of Coloring: Muppets, and are ready to help you laugh and unwind with your colored pencils! This fab coloring book for grownups literally just released a few weeks ago, but the designs are fun and I need to add it to my own collection!
- Disney Books (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 128 Pages - 05/02/2017 (Publication Date) - Disney Editions (Publisher)
3. Kickin’ It Old School Coloring Book (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Love pizza, damp sewers, and ninja moves? You’re going to flip over this Kickin’It Old School: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coloring book for grownups! You’ll find inside forty-seven different designs, plus the title page can also be colored. Designs include a mixture of classic and a few more modern looking prints of the TMNT crew. This book I going to be fun, and the turtles come to life in detailed designs.
- Random House (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 80 Pages - 06/27/2023 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
4. Trolls: It’s Color Time
I have to preface this by saying I am a huge Trolls fan. I loved Trolls when I was a child, and I absolutely love the new movie. So when I had a chance to get a Troll’s themed coloring book full of more detailed drawings for adults, I was more than excited to flip open the book. Don’t miss out on this one, you’ll feel hug time right between the pages.
- Random House (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 96 Pages - 08/09/2016 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
5. The Splat: Coloring the ’90s
If “The Splat” doesn’t quite ring a bell, some of these show names just might. Did you watch Rocko’s Modern Life, Hey Arnold or Ren and Stimpy? This book is packed full of forty-seven designs from some of your favorite nineties Nickelodeon cartoons! Cue the nostalgia for Splat: Coloring The 90’s!
- Random House (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 96 Pages - 08/09/2016 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
6. Where’s Waldo? The Coloring Book
Get your red and white pencils ready, this book is fun! The classic Where’s Waldo puzzles get twice as challenging when you make everything black and white! Choose to simply color in Waldo or his entire detailed scenery! I’ve noticed several people in the reviews tried purchasing this book for children and wondered why it was too complicated, but this book is so much detailed fun for adults!
- Handford, Martin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 64 Pages - 06/14/2016 (Publication Date) - Candlewick (Publisher)
7. SpongeBob’s Very Grown-Up Coloring Book
Fans of Spongebob will be over the moon to discover you can color his pineapple under the sea in Spongebob’s Very Grownup Coloring Book! This book is full of forty-seven pages, with twenty-four of them being detailed illustrations and the rest being more repeated pattern designs that feature Spongebob themes. Don’t be mistaken though, this book is both detailed and fun!
- Random House (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 80 Pages - 01/02/2024 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
8. Art of Coloring: Disney Animals
Need another reason to love Disney? Relive some of your favorite classic Disney movies with Art of Coloring: Disney Animals. Between the one hundred pages full of designs, you’ll find so many fun animals including animal heroes, sidekicks, and even a few villains! Expect this book to be very detailed, but lots of fun!
- Hardcover Book
- Disney Books (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 128 Pages - 07/19/2016 (Publication Date) - Disney Editions (Publisher)
9. The Dr. Seuss Coloring Book
Oh The Places You’ll Go with this fun Dr. Seuss coloring book! His beautiful book is packed full of designs from Horton Hear’s A Who, The Lorax, The Cat and The Hat and more. The designs in this book are a little less intricate but still plenty of fun to color as you pick between the forty-six images and repeating patterns that feature Seuss characters and quotes.
- English (Publication Language)
- 80 Pages - 11/01/2016 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
10. Art of Coloring: Beauty and the Beast
Still looking for the perfect Disney adult coloring book? How about Art of Coloring: Beauty and the Beast
- Disney Book Group (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 128 Pages - 01/31/2017 (Publication Date) - Disney Editions (Publisher)
So which of these grownup coloring books would you like to color? Tell me your favorites in the comments!
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I love grown up coloring books! They are all adorable, I think I would need that Disney Animals book and even that Dr. Seuss one is amazing! I have a cursing coloring book, for the days when I need to let out frustration lol
If I had any of these, I am sure that my daughter would steal them! Haha! She has ditched the kid coloring books and only likes the adult ones now. She likes the picture detail and patterns in them better. I cannot blame her; they are fun!
Love this! I might need one coloring book where I stay inside the lines, and another where I don’t! 😉 What a relaxing throwback to childhood days!
Those are so fun! I have one, but it’s not a cute theme like this. I’d have to go with the Muppets one! LOVE
I love coloring books. Love to entertain myself on the plane while traveling with them. So relaxing. And I love all the choices available. The Moana one looks super cute. We are a geek family, so I know some of these will add to our collection. Great selection.
I LOVE that someone has invented adult colouring books! I have always loved colouring with my kids, but I love that I can now colour on my own and relax at the same time!
These look so fun! A dear friend is really into adult coloring books .. she has special pencils and everything. I’m going to surprise her with a couple of those you listed .. the Where’s Waldo and Dr. Seuss. Guaranteed she’ll be in heaven x
This is a fun activities for kids esp. on a rainy cold season that need to stay home on a long period of time. they can be creative and have fun with it. My favorite is Moana and Spongebob Im kinda obsess with it lately haaha.
I love the coloring books. The Lost Ocean sounds relaxing to me. I’ve been recovering from surgery and can’t seem to concentrate. Maybe this would be the thing!
I used to think adult coloring books were silly, but I have found them to be a nice stress reliever. I love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book. I was a big fan as a kid.
These look super fun and relaxing! I really need to grab one of these!
Would love to try this!! Seems super fun and relaxing!
I wish I’d thought up this concept! Some adult coloring books are even more fun than the kids’ ones! I have got to get the Muppets and Nickelodeon ones.
These are really nice. I’d like to include a couple of these in a gift basket!