Coloring book gift ideas for kids

Every book on this list is by Kevin Coulston. This site exists to help you choose between his books, so it is a guide, not an independent review.

1. Cartoon Christmas Characters

   Best for the holidays: Santa, reindeer and gingerbread friends to color and hang up.

   Santa, elves, snowmen, and other holiday cartoons turn coloring time into a festive activity.

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2. Mermaids, Unicorns and Other Cute Stuff

   Best for kids who love sparkly, magical characters.

   Mermaids, unicorns, and sweet fantasy characters bring a storybook mood to tracing time.

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3. Cartoon Dinosaurs

   Best for dinosaur fans who want a purple T. rex, or a spotty one.

   Friendly cartoon dinosaurs offer a prehistoric theme without asking a young child to draw from memory.

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4. Cartoon Robots

   Best for builders and LEGO fans. Robots are boxes and circles, which are easy to trace.

   Mechanical shapes and expressive faces turn a robot outline into a character rather than a technical diagram.

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5. Crusty Goobers

   Best for fans of gross-out humor. The Crusty Goobers are wonderfully weird.

   These original Goobers are funny, weird, and a little gross in a kid-friendly cartoon way.

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6. Baby Animals

   Best for little animal lovers and a very first tracing book.

   Little animals provide familiar, gentle outlines for a first tracing-and-coloring experience.

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7. Mermaids, Unicorns and Other Cute Stuff Coloring and Activity Book

   Best for kids who like to switch between coloring, mazes, puzzles and drawing.

   This fantasy book mixes coloring with mazes, puzzles, word searches, and drawing pages.

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8. Cool Stuff

   Best for kids who want a bit of everything: monsters, aliens and robots in one book.

   Monsters, aliens, robots, and other oddballs appear together for children who like variety and unusual cartoon shapes.

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