{"id":3828,"date":"2018-08-15T10:31:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T00:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tazi.com.au\/blog\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2019-10-06T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T05:44:51","slug":"8-benefits-of-colouring-and-its-fun-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/colour\/8-benefits-of-colouring-and-its-fun-too\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Benefits of Colouring (and it\u2019s fun too!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colouring is such a beneficial activity for kids and adults of all ages and all stages of life. Like meditation it is a very calming activity that can help reduce stress and anxiety because the focus on colouring helps block negative thoughts. It is such an easy activity to do, no skills are required and it\u2019s also really fun to do!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sparks Creativity<\/li>\n<li>Relaxing<\/li>\n<li>Relieves Stress<\/li>\n<li>Exercises the Brain<\/li>\n<li>Cheap and Portable Activity<\/li>\n<li>Something for Everyone<\/li>\n<li>Increase Focus<\/li>\n<li>Bonding Time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diy-invitations.com\/8-important-benefits-of-colouring-and-its-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full article here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diy-invitations.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DIY Invitations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/colouring-in.jpg\" alt=\"Tazi colouring\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/colouring-in.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/colouring-in-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/colouring-in-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/colouring-in-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diy-invitations.com\/p\/printables\/colouring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DIY Printable Colouring Pages<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Creative Colouring Books on Amazon<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/gp\/product\/1640210148\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=247&amp;creative=1211&amp;creativeASIN=1640210148&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tazi-22&amp;linkId=e9462d96d599e7b1c070afc811222163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whimsical Girls: An Artful Journal to Reclaim Your Creativity by Jane Davenport<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-au.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=tazi-22&amp;l=am2&amp;o=36&amp;a=1640210148\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/gp\/product\/1780671067\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=247&amp;creative=1211&amp;creativeASIN=1780671067&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tazi-22&amp;linkId=643d36100e478bbed5891a7d8fd1fc2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-au.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=tazi-22&amp;l=am2&amp;o=36&amp;a=1780671067\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/gp\/product\/0141373547\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=247&amp;creative=1211&amp;creativeASIN=0141373547&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tazi-22&amp;linkId=8125b413d9f929f52ec39857a3598649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roald Dahl Colouring Book<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-au.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=tazi-22&amp;l=am2&amp;o=36&amp;a=0141373547\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colouring is such a beneficial activity for kids and adults of all ages and all stages of life. Like meditation it is a very calming activity that can help reduce stress and anxiety because the focus on colouring helps block negative thoughts. It is such an easy activity to do, no skills are required and&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/colour\/8-benefits-of-colouring-and-its-fun-too\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,215],"tags":[198,197],"class_list":["post-3828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colour","category-printables","tag-colouring","tag-printables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4447,"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions\/4447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazi.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}