Stressed out? Try colouring books. (Seriously.)
Adult colouring books are gaining in popularity — but is this repackaged childhood activity really as satisfying to grown ups? Yes, says Scaachi Koul. Yes it is.
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Adult colouring books are gaining in popularity — but is this repackaged childhood activity really as satisfying to grown-ups? We asked q social experiment columnist Scaachi Koul to sharpen her pencil crayons* and find out.
*Whoops. Scaachi has informed us that she's more of a scented marker kind of kid.
WEB EXTRA | Here's a quick peek at the other wonderful submissions we received after running a colouring contest related to this item.