While coloring and zentangle-styled doodling books seem to be everywhere, there has not been much research in its benefits. However, recent research shows that the brain’s reward pathway is activated while doodling, drawing, and coloring, which can improve mood and sense of pleasure. I consider myself a skeptical optimist. If someone says, “research shows that… [read more]
How to Print or Save
Printing or saving coloring pages is as easy as 1-2-3! Simply follow the instrustions below and you can print your coloring page or save it as a pdf to print later. All printers are slightly different, but this should work for most. If you continue to have problems, please contact me. … [read more]
My Summer of Mandalas
This summer I created over 50 mandalas. That’s a lot of mandalas! These four mandalas were the top mandalas on my Instagram feed (check it out and follow me), and I will be adding these to the site soon. Why so many? For the next two-years I will be returning to college to study psychology and it’s… [read more]
Top Coloring Pages of 2016
What a year! By the end of December, we would have published 66 free mandala coloring pages and 200 coloring pages in total! But what is most interesting is that our #1 page on the site was not a coloring page, but the blog post, “Can Creating Art Improve Brain Function and Well-being? Seems so.” Still, the… [read more]
Top Coloring Pages for June 2016
We thought we’d amuse ourselves and see what the most popular coloring pages on Babadoodle.com were last month. We weren’t surprised that 7 out of 10 were mandalas, since we do have a lot of them on the site (41, last count). But we were surprised that one of our first mandalas, the creatively named… [read more]
Being Creative Can Reduce Stress: Even If You’re Not Artistic
Even if you’re the type of person who exclaims, “I can’t even draw a straight line!” being creative can still significantly reduce your stress levels. In a new study of healthy individuals, researchers at Drexel University found that participation in 45 minutes of creative arts was linked to a significant drop in the level of the stress hormone,… [read more]
Can Creating Art Improve Brain Function and Well-being? Seems so.
Can creating art improve the way our brains function and how we react to stress as we age? Yes, according to a study out of Germany. I enjoy a good fMRI study as much as the next person – what do you mean, you don’t – so was thrilled to see all the beautiful neuroimaging… [read more]