Victorian Christmas Colouring Book
By: The History Press
Rating: 4 of 5
This is a small format coloring book (5 x 7 pages – slightly bigger than post card size.) The designs in the book are traditional Christmas including some religious scenes and even a Santa Claus. There are trees, plum pudding, ornaments, carolers and much more.
As the coloring book is published by an English publisher, the subject matter is unsurprisingly more consistent with the holiday as celebrated in England. I enjoy the change from the traditional American style designs but wish that the book had been publisher in a standard size format.
Due to the size, the designs are more intricate and have smaller areas to color. In a larger format, it would have simply been detailed but as it is, I can’t suggest this book to anyone who has visual or fine motor skill issues. Otherwise, if you like small detail and Christmas designs, you may very well enjoy this coloring book (as I do.)
This is what I found in this coloring book and how my coloring medium works with Creative Haven books.
45 Traditional Christmas Designs included in the book
Coloring book is printed in a small 5 x 7 inch format
The designs are printed on one side of the page
Paper is the white, medium weight, very lightly rough and has non-perforated pages
Sewn Binding
The designs do not merge into the binding and each design has a framing line around it
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page. If you use this media, I suggest using a blotter page under your working page. I like card stock as it keeps ink from seeping through and damaging the pages below.
Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page.
Coloring pencils work differently with this paper. I am able to get good pigment (color) lay down, layer the same color and multiple colors; however, I found that oil-based pencils blended better using a pencil style blender. The wax-based pencils had a more “smeary” look to them but worked fairly well with a liquid blender.
Here are some sample pages from the coloring book:
This is a small format coloring book (5 x 7 pages – slightly bigger than post card size.) The designs in the book are traditional Christmas including some religious scenes and even a Santa Claus. There are trees, plum pudding, ornaments, carolers and much more. 
