Gratitude: A Prayer and Praise Coloring Journal {review}

As part of Tyndale’s Blogger Review program, I agreed to provide an honest review in exchange for a free copy of Gratitude: A Prayer and Praise Coloring Journal.

I’ve always been happy to see my children coloring, especially when they were younger. I figured it was a painless way to achieve better motor skills and improve their handwriting, something that some of my boys really needed work on. There has been evidence that benefits to coloring don’t stop when you grow out of childhood. Coloring can be a great stress-reliever and also be an opportunity to sit and relax and be creative without having to put in too much effort.

Gratitude- A Prayer and Praise Coloring Journal from Tyndale was created to give you a creative outlet while meditating on God’s Word and promises.

Here is the publisher’s description.

Gratitude: A Prayer and Praise Coloring Journal invites you to bring creative journaling and the calming act of coloring into your quiet time with God. This beautifully designed interactive prayer book from Tyndale’s Living Expressions collection helps guide your thoughts as you pray about concerns such as health, overcoming stress, personal relationships, and more. Gratitude gives you a way to celebrate and give thanks to God for the many blessings he provides. Filled with over 100 designs to color, plenty of space for journaling and sketching, and 40 needs-based prayers, Gratitude helps you express your devotion to God with your whole heart!

I was impressed with this beautiful hardbound book. The pages are beautifully done. Many have just a little bit of color added to get you started.

There are also pages with blank spaces or with journaling lines to allow you freedom to express yourselves more freely.

I enjoyed coloring its pages in the evening when we would read aloud as a family. Since we have a toddler, who doesn’t yet enjoy the books we’re reading aloud, it gave me something to do with her during this time. I used our favorite colored pencils which I think make everything look better.

I also appreciated the prayers and scripture verses throughout the book.

I highly recommend Gratitude to anyone who is looking for a relaxing past-time, desires to color alongside their children but is wanting something more challenging than the usual coloring books, or is looking for a gift for someone creative.

You can also check out Tyndale’s Inspire Creativity Board on Pinterest where they have downloadable samples and shareable coloring pages from their coloring and Bible journaling line, the Living Expressions Collection.