Peter Pan Coloring Book
By: Fabiana Attanasio
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a fun story coloring book based on Peter Pan. The first few pages of the book tell the story briefly and these pages have some coloring opportunities on them but are really not what I call coloring designs. The next 71 pages are all about the designs with a very cute take on the characters. If that were all that was included, that would be great. However, in addition to these great coloring pages, there is a huge removable poster at the end of the book. The poster, once unfolded, is approximately 37 x 26 inches and is printed on only one side. I’ve seen posters this size sell for more than the combined book and poster, so I view this as a great deal as well as a fun book to color.
All of the characters are present, from Peter to Tinker Bell, from Wendy to Captain Hook, even Nana and the Lost Boys appear as well.
I am having such fun with this book. I’m coloring these story books for my grandchildren to have when they are a little bit older. I love to make them special hand-made items and while I can’t create a story book myself, I can color it uniquely for them. I think about that as I am coloring and it makes me smile to think that one day these books will be in their hands and perhaps a little bit special because their Nana colored in it for them.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. I will note that the poster is a slightly bluer shade of white than the rest of the book. It seems equally heavy but as there is just one poster and in testing I color on a design page, I did not test the poster with my colors.
71 pages of Designs based on the story of Peter Pan plus a 37 x 26 inch folded and removable poster at the end of the book.
Printed on both sides of the page
Paper is white, heavyweight, smooth and non-perforated.
Sewn Binding
Designs do merge into the binding area
22 of the Designs are printed across two pages of the book
The images line up well in my copy of the book though on some pages I can see bits of another page at the binding area.
Front and back covers fold out with star pattern that can be colored; however, the paper is slick and may not work with all coloring medium
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper
Water-based markers can leave the faintest of shadows on the back of the page if you use dark or bright colors or have to put multiple coats on for coverage. My brush end Tombows were the one exception and those did not show through at all.
Gel pens and India ink pens did not bleed through on my tests. Gel pens required additional drying time.
Colored pencils worked well with this paper. While the texture is smooth, there was still enough tooth to the paper to grab color well with both wax and oil based pencils. I was able to layer same colors, different colors, and blend well using a pencil style blending stick. Hard lead pencils did not dent through on this paper.
If you choose to use markers, you will probably have bleed through of some sort and that will ruin the design on the back of the page. I have chosen to use coloring pencils to finish this book along with some highlights of gel pens here and there when I want to make something sparkle or gleam.