More placed kits!

Shout out to Auntie Kari of the "Lucky Little Karibrary" for spreading out her kits to several libraries! So fun to see where they have gone!

 

Online Coloring Book Resource

I was clued in to a fabric company who has created coloring pages from some of the fabric artists in their community. This is another great way for people to help me create these kits for kids with just a printer! I'm so excited to share with you these links. If you sew don't forget to check out Spoonflower's custom fabrics. 

Spoonflower 2020 Coloring book

Spoon Flower 2021 coloringbook

Remember to credit the creators of your coloring pages. The web address has already been added to the list of possible books on the bibliography page.

Wow and Thank You!

 Thank you soo much, the support has been unbelievable. I have shipped out kits to 15 states! We are running out of available funds to continue to provide kits to everyone who asks, but the request form will remain open through March 2021. That doesn't mean that my goal to get all states covered eventually is being forgotten. These kits can be assembled very easily. See this post for more information on assembling them on your own.  If your group wants to help, here is a list of amazon products that I used to make my kits affordable when making a lot of kits.

Smiley Stress Balls or Color me stress balls 

Pencil Sharpeners

Colored Pencils

Download cover and back of coloring book (See how to upcycle post)

I love to see the kits in the libraries, please send me photos when you put them in. 

This library received theirs last week. Mahalo for sending the photo!

How to upcycle your own kits

Step 1: Find gently used adult coloring books in your home or ask for donations.

 

Step 2: Gently tear or cut out the pages

Step 3: Sort fresh pages from started pages. 

Step 4: Download and Edit the Cover and back of the coloring book to reflect the title, publisher and copywrite of the coloring books you are using. To exemplify honest and fair as every Girl Scout should be we must remember to give credit where it is due.  Please keep my project blog address on the cover and back so that people can learn more about how to promote and accomplish this project. 

Step 5: Print out Cover and Back  on cardstock double sided. 

Step 5: Assemble books. We used a comb binding machine but this is not required a simple stapler will work just as well. 

Step 6: Put them into Ziplock bags and add the colored pencils, sharpener, and stress ball.

Download: Cover and Back
 

So Far.

So far in the year 2020, I have donated my Coloring Books too many Little free libraries. My project has undergone some bad times but, I have strived through it, making innovations to the current one we have today. My coloring books have also seen a tremendous amount of support this year, thanks to Danielle, Jackie, Connie, Krystal, Ayla, Jennifer, John, and Laura. I am also extremely grateful for all of the little free libraryʻs that welcomed my coloring books, thanks to them my project has grown out of state. So I guess this is a little thank you letter as well, but also just a little recap. 

So far I have made 12 innovations to my Coloring books, bought 2 new machines to make the books, and have found 3 new supporting libraryʻs since September. 

The following are all taken by my Grandfather and these are the amazing little free libraries with my Coloring Books in them. So far, over 50 books have made their way into the hands of kids and adults who need a little stress relief.

Let's break it down.

 

^^This is the coloring book portion of my Anti-stress reliever kit. It is made up of a cover page, 6-8 pages of talented artwork from other artists, and a back page crediting all of the people who have helped me on this journey. 

This is an example of what the inside of a book could look like, there is no theme just coloring pages to let out all of your worries.  The pages were harvested from gently used adult coloring books that were partially used. Sometimes looking at one of the huge books can be overwhelming. This smaller collection of pages is just right for a cool down.^^

 

This is also included in my Stress Reliving Kit. It is a 12 pack of Colored Pencils, just so that they don't have to worry about not having color pencils, if they decide to use it.  >>

<< This is also included in the Stress Reliever Kit. A Stress ball or better wide known as a squishy is known to help stress so I thought this would be a good addition to my cause. 

Lastly one of our Donors thought this would be a good addition since it could sharpen the Color pencils. >>

<< So over all this is our final product, it is all in a compacted bag, and can easily go into Little Free Library's. 

  Hello! My name is Danya and I have been working quite prestigiously on this project. My project is an anti-stress kit, my goal with this project is to help calm those who canʻt afford stress relieving items especially now when so many people are out of a job. My kit consists of a coloring book that has been remodeled and created  from talented artists, coloring pencils, a stress ball/ squishy, and a pencil sharpener. (I will go more in depth later) 

My idea to form this was from my personal problems with living my life. I have a Migraine disorder and High functioning  Anxiety, so when making this project I put in mind that maybe other people might need a way to de-stress and they can not afford it or feel overwhelmed by a big book of coloring page. 

Then I needed a place to cater my project into so I chose the Little Free Libraries, global and in my hometown. People who go to Little Free Libraries go to get a book and these people could maybe be bored or need something to do,  have to get their mind off something, or just don't have the time or money to buy it. So, I decided to cater to them because I can maybe give some entertainment or some free stress relief and the Little Free Libraries fit in with my coloring books.