Best Coloring Books for Seniors or those with physical or vision challenges

That reviewer got her wish. Kimberly has created a few books directed at seniors

Simple Designs II – Another Easy Coloring book for Senior Adults

Simple Coloring Book For Seniors

A Relaxing Floral Coloring Gift Book for Beginners, Seniors, Dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Patients. Click to order Amazon US, UK, Canada & Europe

Winter Village

Winter Village – Coloring Book: Serene Little Village Series

Large Print Adult Coloring Book

Garden & Animal designs with simple easy to color spaces. Order Cute Large Print Book on Amazon Here

100 Amazing Patterns by Jade Summer

This mandala patterning book contains beautiful design with larger shapes to color. Please remember with mandalas, you are the boss and can color in a section of the design with the same color if you choose. Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada

Easy Coloring Book for Adults: Beautiful Simple Designs for Seniors and Beginners

This is a large print with very easy designs to color in.

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SUPER Simple Designs: An Adult Coloring Book with EASY Designs

This coloring book was designed specifically for seniors, beginners, disabled people and those with various other issues that require MUCH easier coloring pages. Or maybe you just like simpler books. This is a simplified version of the Simple Designs book above. Many of the drawings are similar but simpler than Simple Designs. It is drawn with bolder lines to help those who have vision problems. Also, this book is great for beginners or anyone who feels like kicking back with an easier picture to color. This book has 36, one-sided, SIMPLE pages to color. A perfect coloring book for seniors, the disabled, and those with rheumatoid arthritis, or anxiety, It seems to have calming, relaxing, and anti-stress characteristics. Click to Order Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Canada

Easy Coloring Book for Adults: Inspirational Quotes

54 pages on one-sided paper, reviews say this is great for seniors. It is a CreateSpace book.

Advanced Style Coloring Book

Ari Seth Cohen is the author of this unique book featuring stylish seniors dressed in high fashion. The senior ladies on your gift list are really going to enjoy the illustrations in this book and the celebration of women “of a certain age,” indeed we are fans of celebrating women of all ages. The paper is your basic Createspace quality and it contains only 30 illustrations, a bit thin for the price but it is still a great buy for that perfect person.

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Norman Rockwell Classics from the Saturday Evening Post

The subject matter of these two coloring books makes them perfect for seniors, both by Creative Haven so expect single-sided images on perforated white paper.

The Saturday Evening Post-American Coloring Book

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Harmony of Nature: Unwind Create Color by Japanese artist Mihoko Kurihara

easy coloring books for seniors harmony of nature

This pretty nature book was personally recommended by Ruth, one of the members of the Facebook group as a fantastic coloring book for seniors, and I agree with her. It’s perfect! Simple designs yet more realistic than Kimberly Garvey’s, particularly if you are a nature and bird lover.

I’ve recently been introduced to this coloring book illustrator Aisling D’Art and her series of books Bold and Easy Coloring Pages. She has several versions and they are designed to be colored by those with mobility difficulties, vision issues or hand-eye coordination.

Bold and Easy Coloring Pages 1 by Aisling D’Art

The designs in this book include simple, relaxing mandalas, easy kaleidoscope drawings and calming, repeating patterns with two copies of 25 patterns. Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada

She has several others in this series below. This coloring book is also a Left-Handed book

Grandma’s Quilts Coloring Book for Seniors

40 pages of quilt blocks to color in. Click to Order Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Canada

Coloring Book for Seniors: Anti-Stress Designs

This anti-stress coloring book has the same quality of artwork that you find in the original anti-stress coloring books but the designs have been adjusted and are zoomed in so that they are easier to see and color. Click to Order Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Canada

Coloring Books for Seniors: Nature Designs

30 geometric patterns, zendoodle and and animals for

Coloring Cafe Books by Ronnie Walter

Ronnie Walter’s coloring cafe books are spiral-bound and filled with biblical and uplifting verses and messages with simple designs perfect for seniors to color in.

Large Print Color By Numbers: Butterflies, Birds & Flowers

What a great idea! This is the first of these I have seen with the color by numbers with spaces big enough to see. Even in my 50’s I have a hard time with adult color-by-number books but this one looks great. If anyone has seen it in person, please let us know what you think.

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Even though we are grown-ups, coloring things that remind us of our past glory days is particularly satisfying. They call it “retro” but to baby boomers, it might feel like yesterday.

My favorite thing about going to the doctor when I was a kid was the kid’s books. I particularly loved Highlights.

Highlights Hidden Pictures®: A Coloring Book for Grown-Up Children

This iconic coloring book features a nostalgic collection of intricate, challenging black-and-white Hidden Pictures puzzles for a grown-up audience. Helping to re-discover a beloved childhood pastime.

Fun Coloring Books for Seniors by Thaneeya McArdle

Thaneeya’s books are fun and have simple large areas to color, as well as examples for colors to use both in the front and the back of her books. Kemberlee, one of our reviewers pointed out that lots of seniors were once 60’s & 70s hippies so they might really enjoy these books even though they aren’t targeted specifically to older citizens.

Good Vibes

Christmas Coloring Book – Coloring is Fun

Live for Today – Coloring is Fun by Thaneeya McArdle

Day of the Dead Coloring – Coloring is Fun

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Coloring Book Treasury: Color Your Way To A Calm, Positive Mood by Thaneeya

More Good Vibes: Coloring is Fun by Thaneeya McArdle

Nature Mandalas

Happy Campers – Fun to Color Coloring Book

Free Spirit Coloring Book

Any of Thaneeya McArdle’s books would be great for seniors

Mandala’s for Seniors

Coloring Books for Seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease

The Best Alzheimer’s Products website says that Stained Glass Coloring Books are particularly good for seniors because of the thicker black lines that are fairly simple to stay within.

Amazing Angels Stained Glass Coloring Book

Art Nouveau Windows Stained Glass Windows Coloring Book

Wild Animals Stained Glass Coloring Book

Cats Stained Glass Coloring Book

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Coloring Dreams

One of the members of the Facebook Coloring Book Addicts group has been sharing her pages from this book and it looks perfect for seniors. It is 8 1/2 x 11 printed on 1 side of the paper. It is a Createspace book. Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada

We will be adding to this article as we come across new recommendations. Please feel free to ping us on our social media accounts if you have suggestions or leave them in the comments below.

Swear Word Coloring for Grandmas

Granny Swears Coloring Book

Adult Coloring Book with swear words that Granny would say. “Well Bless Your Little Heart,” or “Son of a Biscuit!” Another pretty cuss word coloring book for you.

Granny Swears Black Edition Coloring Book

How Gramma’s Swear Coloring Book

Grandma Approved Curse Words

This book has phrases like “Gee Willikers! What the devil are you doin’? Get your crapola off the flippin’ floor, shut your pie hole, and help me with these cotton pickin’ children you lazy jackwagon!”