I’ve always loved adult colouring books and my children do too. We were recently introduced to a lovely book we’ve all been fighting over. Amazing Creatures byShobhna Patel is a gorgeous colouring book but goes one step further as you can turn your coloured pictures into 3D sculpture artworks.
The whole family loves colouring in and Amazing Creatures contains 24 different pages, full of amazing animals, to colour in. Once you have created your finished coloured sheet you can push up the ready cut flaps from behind the page to create simple lift-the-flaps.
To add more interest you can also curl the flaps. Some pages have been designed so you can turn them into 3D pop ups, and others require a little construction. There are plenty of detailed instructions for each animal at the back of the book, as well coloured sheets of paper you can lay beneath the pages to accentuate your 3D pictures.
It’s a really lovely book and it’s been out on the table for the last few weeks. It’s perfect for picking up before school or whilst the kids are waiting for dinner. They each chose a few of their favourite animals and it was lovely watching their creations come to life. My top tip would be to start pushing out the flaps from the centre of the page, otherwise there is not much left to hold on to!
The only way it could be improved would be to perforate the pages. Some of the coloured pages ripped as we took them out, but other than that, it’s a lovely book.
Make it by hand Kids’ Craft: One-sheet sculpture: Amazing Creatures byShobhna Patel, published by Carlton Kids. Colour and lift the flaps to create wonderful 3D art.
Win a copy of One-sheet sculpture: Amazing Creatures
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86 Comments
Tracy Nixon
September 27, 2017 at 12:09 pmAnimals and Seasonal themes!
Laura Jones
September 27, 2017 at 2:05 pmanimals are great but i look forward to christmas books
Kacie Morgan
September 27, 2017 at 2:42 pmI love colouring books – a 3D version sounds really fun 🙂
Emma Walters
September 27, 2017 at 4:54 pmmythical creatures are fun x
abigail edkins
September 27, 2017 at 5:01 pmI like the weird and wonderful..complete random mix match pictures
Margaret Clarkson
September 27, 2017 at 7:39 pmFlowers and animals
Anthony Harrington
September 27, 2017 at 9:03 pmanimals, always animals!
Solange
September 27, 2017 at 10:28 pmAnimals and nature.
Kim Neville
September 27, 2017 at 11:57 pmSummery theme and animals
Angela Boucher
September 28, 2017 at 9:26 amI love patterned ones.
joanna butler-savage
September 28, 2017 at 10:22 ami love fantasy
Juli Savage
September 28, 2017 at 10:56 amPatterns are my fav
iain maciver
September 28, 2017 at 11:14 amanimals and winter snow scenes
cheryl hadfield
September 28, 2017 at 11:27 amAnimals are my favourite to colour
Kelly White
September 28, 2017 at 12:40 pmAnimals that are patterned
Annabel Greaves
September 28, 2017 at 12:57 pmMy daughter loves princesses
Alice Dixon
September 28, 2017 at 1:41 pmAnimals
Amanda Baggott
September 28, 2017 at 2:02 pmAnimals 🙂
Kate Davies
September 28, 2017 at 2:42 pmI love colouring animals and nature.
sarah rees
September 28, 2017 at 4:35 pmanimals and tv series(eg my game of thrones colouring)
Kelly L
September 28, 2017 at 7:01 pmAnimals and nature for me!
Emily C
September 29, 2017 at 12:13 amI love both fashion colouring books and abstract patterns; you can really get absorbed in the process.
Sheena Batey
September 29, 2017 at 11:58 amI like animals or nature colouring books
Diana Maxwell
September 29, 2017 at 12:40 pmAbstract patterns for me.
Jade Hewlett
September 29, 2017 at 1:28 pmI like nature and patterns
Angie McDonald
September 29, 2017 at 9:50 pmI love abstract patterns!
Claire Lewis
September 30, 2017 at 4:43 amI have a Harry potter one and I love it
Rachel
September 30, 2017 at 6:56 amI love colouring in patterns – there’s something very satisfying about finishing one!
Maggie Norvell
September 30, 2017 at 5:25 pmAnything to do with nature – flora and fauna
Andrea Upton
September 30, 2017 at 9:31 pmAnimals and plants
Susie Wilkinson
October 1, 2017 at 5:40 pmIt depends on my mood, but either patterns or animals
Margaret GALLAGHER
October 1, 2017 at 9:27 pmLove intricate shapes of various themes
Helps focus the mind
Iris Tilley
October 2, 2017 at 10:26 amAnimals and nature
Iris Tilley
October 2, 2017 at 10:27 amAnimals and nature
Susan B
October 2, 2017 at 11:13 amI like both detailed geometric designs and bold nature designs to colour.
Kim M
October 2, 2017 at 2:15 pmLike flowers and butterflies x
Liam Bishop
October 4, 2017 at 10:27 amAnimal obsessed in our house!
Claire Elizabeth Noke
October 5, 2017 at 2:26 pmI used to love doodling in a book and then colouring in the gaps when I was a kid…. So I like abstract designs. but i’m quite girly too, so pretty butterflys, flowers, etc are a plus too!
Deborah Mackenzie
October 5, 2017 at 8:03 pmPatterned animals… they are such fun to colour
Cath Joyce
October 6, 2017 at 8:55 pmI like colouring flowers
Elizabeth Bazley
October 7, 2017 at 10:27 amNature
Ray Becker
October 7, 2017 at 11:53 amI don,t mind any thing
Karen scammell
October 7, 2017 at 5:42 pmNature and cats
sheri Darby
October 7, 2017 at 7:35 pmFlowers and plants
Angela Muir
October 7, 2017 at 8:56 pmPatterns would be my favourite
LARA Latchem
October 8, 2017 at 10:35 amLove colouring animals and wildlife
Rebecca Howells (@PeanutHog)
October 8, 2017 at 7:58 pmAnimals or cakes
Emilia nastaly-howard
October 9, 2017 at 10:01 amI love patterns 🙂
Dale Dow
October 9, 2017 at 10:42 amas long as it has lots of patterns then I am happy with the design x
Rachell Lynch
October 9, 2017 at 12:23 pmanimals
MANDY DOHERTY
October 9, 2017 at 1:20 pmNature and animals
Eileen Tingle
October 9, 2017 at 4:34 pmI like nature
greig spencer
October 9, 2017 at 6:27 pmanimals is my fave xx
JULIE WARD
October 9, 2017 at 9:37 pmConstruction vehicles, we also enjoy trains especially from Thomas Tank
Adrian Bold
October 10, 2017 at 2:36 amI like colouring symmetrical and abstract patterns.
Rebecca Mercer
October 10, 2017 at 9:31 amI like patterns
elaine stokes
October 10, 2017 at 11:27 amI love pattern colouring books
Julie Edwards
October 10, 2017 at 2:06 pmI love nature colouring books
dana
October 10, 2017 at 2:17 pmI like patterns
Lauren Tourle
October 10, 2017 at 2:18 pmcharacter ones 🙂
michelle speight
October 10, 2017 at 4:38 pmi love character ones like spongebob etc kids dont get look in lol
Jill Fairbanks
October 10, 2017 at 7:14 pmI love patterns so relaxing
Susan Trubey
October 10, 2017 at 7:18 pmchildrens
Margaret Glover
October 10, 2017 at 7:50 pmNature
Joanna Kasznicki
October 10, 2017 at 11:20 pmchristmas colouring
Shirley MacKay
October 10, 2017 at 11:52 pmAnimals
paula cheadle
October 10, 2017 at 11:55 pmI love themed books, at the moment I am doing a Harry Potter one
Simone Griffin
October 11, 2017 at 6:45 amI love patterns to colour in x
Danielle Pooley
October 11, 2017 at 7:00 amI liked the colouring books that are just patterns!
kellie herridge
October 11, 2017 at 10:42 ampatterns
Tammy Neal
October 11, 2017 at 11:24 amAnimals xx
Lucy fallon
October 11, 2017 at 12:16 pmFlorals
Rachael Sexey
October 11, 2017 at 12:38 pmI love to colour flowers 🌻
marie panes-everill
October 11, 2017 at 12:57 pmGot to be patterns!
Stevie
October 11, 2017 at 1:01 pmI think jungle animals as it help children to recognise different animals.
ali
October 11, 2017 at 2:06 pmRain forests and exotic animals 😀
Pauline Burroughs
October 11, 2017 at 2:51 pmI think it’s got to be animals
sharon martin
October 11, 2017 at 3:17 pmthink my favourite has to be nature
Michelle Stewart
October 11, 2017 at 4:04 pmanimals teddies or chocolate bars
Stephanie
October 11, 2017 at 4:47 pmAnimal teddies
Keith Hunt
October 11, 2017 at 4:57 pmmagic eye coloring books
Gerri Tennant
October 11, 2017 at 5:37 pmAnything that involves intricate patterns and glowing colours.
Elinor Bevan
October 11, 2017 at 7:18 pmPatterns
Caroline Signey
October 11, 2017 at 8:27 pmFairies and mystical creatures
Caroline Smith
October 11, 2017 at 8:59 pmAnimals especially big cats
Lorna - The Writing Greyhound
October 11, 2017 at 11:15 pmFantastical and mythical creatures are great because you can really let your imagination run wild x