Colouring for 93 year old chap

They are not my cup of tea, but I can see that they can be an ideal activity for someone in a care home, who may well have sight and dementia problems.

I have many years of care home visiting behind me and I think many of those I have seen just sitting and vaguely staring would be far happier getting involved in activities like this.

Was he a keen gardener? The RHS has colouring books with a horticultural theme at www.rhsshop.co.uk/category.aspx?id=10000545 I counted 19.

I have The Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring Book which has 40 really nice pictures taken from lithographs of the work of a 19C artist. The outlines are fairly simple, and on the opposite page is the artist's coloured version.

There seem to be several books of structures and buildings by Steve McDonald, would these be suitable?
www.amazon.co.uk/Fantastic-Structures-Colouring-Books-McDonald/dp/145215323X?tag=gransnetforum-21

Myfather used to do complicated technical drawings - I don`t expect he anticipated that a day would come when he would get some comfort from simple colouring in

Nothing wrong with them for other people. Chacum a son gout.

deff have a look in the WORKS if you have one nearby lots of choice

I'd have to be demented for sure!

You might feel differently when you are a 93 year old in the early stages of dementia

I used to find inside my Christmas sticking every year, year after b****y year after b****y as a child. Hated them with a vengeance Ana

Anya! [shocked] I never had you down as a violent type...

If anyone ever buys me one of these I will rip the pages out and eat them....after first ripping that person limb from limb. I guess I'm just NOT a colouring inside the lines sort of person ???

OK I get it, some people enjoy this incredibly boring activity

As you were.

I always forget about The Works - we`ve got a big branch locally so I`ll go and look in there. WH Smith is pretty useless. The problem with downloadable pictures is that he is very untidy and disorganised now - it is better if everything is together in a book
Star Wars would definitely be considered too childish!

Have you looked in the Works? You can look online to see what they have.

This site has a lot of downloadable pictures for colouring
www.supercoloring.com/sections/coloring-pages

Also do a search for Mandalas which are intricate patterns for colouring that older children an adults enjoy
www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/arts-culture/mandala
www.thebalance.com/free-mandala-coloring-pages-4027232

Would Star Wars be considered too childish?

Can you recommend a particular one Paddyann? I`ve just received 2 from Amazon which are so useless that I`m returning them! I wish they would show more examples of the pages in the details

look on amazon to see whats suitable for him,they have a large selection .My mum in law likes colouring the flowery ones and I get them from there