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Where's Waldo? The Coloring Book
Ready to put your eagle eye to a new challenge? Grab your markers or colored pencils and get creative by coloring scenes from Waldo’s adventures.
Waldo insiders know that the intrepid traveler likes to sketch wherever he goes. Now fans are invited to follow suit by coloring Waldo’s classic scenes, from bustling, intricate landscapes to larger-scale images — while keeping an eye out for Waldo and other things, too!
Waldo insiders know that the intrepid traveler likes to sketch wherever he goes. Now fans are invited to follow suit by coloring Waldo’s classic scenes, from bustling, intricate landscapes to larger-scale images — while keeping an eye out for Waldo and other things, too!
64 pages, Paperback
First published June 14, 2016
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Martin Handford
465 books108 followersMartin Handford, the man behind the mind-boggling Waldo books, began his career as a freelance illustrator specializing in drawing crowd scenes. The turning point came when he was asked to create a book showcasing his impressive talent, and the character Waldo was born—originally to provide a link between each scene. "I can't tell you how pleased I am that Waldo has taken on a life of his own," Martin Handford says. "I'd like to inspire children to open their minds to explore subjects more, to be aware of what's going on around them. I'd like them to see wonder in places that may not have occurred to them." Martin Handford lives in England.
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October 10, 2016
When I learned about the Where’s Waldo coloring book, I knew I had to have it. It is reminiscent of my childhood, so how could I possibly allow myself to pass it up.
I didn’t fully realize what I was getting myself into with this coloring book until it was too late…
What the Where’s Waldo coloring book gives you is the classic Where’s Waldo experience, but it is almost entirely in black and white. A few of the scenes have a piece or two printed in color, but the vast majority of the images are still in black and white, waiting for you to fill them in with colors.
So, you may recall how insanely busy a classic Where’s Waldo scene can be and the coloring book is no different. Almost every inch of each 2 page spread is covered in small details. And I mean SMALL! You will find yourself squinting more often than not at the pictures trying to figure out exactly what it is you are looking at.
It is enough to drive you crazy, but in a good way!
Each insanely busy, extremely detailed 2 page spread is then printed on pretty decent paper. It is thick enough to allow you to use some types of markers on them. It is not thick enough to allow you to use alcohol based markers. They will bleed through and each page is double sided. The bleed through will end up ruining the coloring page on the opposing side. Of course, if you don’t care about that image and the bleed through that is your choice.
I do know that the paper can handle Crayola and Roseart brand markers. They cause no bleed through and show up nicely. However, as I have mentioned before, some of the areas are very very small, so even the tips of these markers may be too big. Never fear though! The paper can also hold up to the use of Staedtler Fineliners!!! In fact, the one picture I have managed to color in this book (and it took me hours up on hours and days to complete) used all three of these brand mentioned and I had absolutely no bleed through. I actually see myself coloring this entire coloring book using these three brands, but maybe I will mix it up and do one or two of the spreads in colored pencil. Who knows?
If you are looking for a challenging coloring book, that is exactly what you will find with this one. You will spend hours/days working on just one of the pictures and there are like 26 or so spreads in this one book! However, there is still a range in difficulty within this book. Some of the spreads aren’t quite as complicated as others while others may end up making you go cross eyed after you work on them for awhile.
And while this is a coloring book, it still stays true to the Where’ Waldo series. Each page has a hidden Waldo that you have to find along with other items such as pencils and “sketches” of Waldo’s that he has lost. Try finding it all before you color the pages in! Oh my goodness! I think it is a lot more difficult to find the things than in the original books this way!
The one thing I just wasn’t a huge fan of though is that since almost all of the spreads take up an entire 2 pages, you get the crease. However, I feel that they dealt with it a little better than in some other coloring books I have looked at. Instead of the page running through the crease, part of the one page is repeated over onto the other. So if the book is just sitting open naturally, you may not be able to even notice that there is a bit of the book you can’t really color because of the tight space!
All in all, coloring in this coloring book is quite an enjoyable experience. Coloring the pages really lets you see all the crazy things that are going on in the images and it is hours of great entertainment.
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I didn’t fully realize what I was getting myself into with this coloring book until it was too late…
What the Where’s Waldo coloring book gives you is the classic Where’s Waldo experience, but it is almost entirely in black and white. A few of the scenes have a piece or two printed in color, but the vast majority of the images are still in black and white, waiting for you to fill them in with colors.
So, you may recall how insanely busy a classic Where’s Waldo scene can be and the coloring book is no different. Almost every inch of each 2 page spread is covered in small details. And I mean SMALL! You will find yourself squinting more often than not at the pictures trying to figure out exactly what it is you are looking at.
It is enough to drive you crazy, but in a good way!
Each insanely busy, extremely detailed 2 page spread is then printed on pretty decent paper. It is thick enough to allow you to use some types of markers on them. It is not thick enough to allow you to use alcohol based markers. They will bleed through and each page is double sided. The bleed through will end up ruining the coloring page on the opposing side. Of course, if you don’t care about that image and the bleed through that is your choice.
I do know that the paper can handle Crayola and Roseart brand markers. They cause no bleed through and show up nicely. However, as I have mentioned before, some of the areas are very very small, so even the tips of these markers may be too big. Never fear though! The paper can also hold up to the use of Staedtler Fineliners!!! In fact, the one picture I have managed to color in this book (and it took me hours up on hours and days to complete) used all three of these brand mentioned and I had absolutely no bleed through. I actually see myself coloring this entire coloring book using these three brands, but maybe I will mix it up and do one or two of the spreads in colored pencil. Who knows?
If you are looking for a challenging coloring book, that is exactly what you will find with this one. You will spend hours/days working on just one of the pictures and there are like 26 or so spreads in this one book! However, there is still a range in difficulty within this book. Some of the spreads aren’t quite as complicated as others while others may end up making you go cross eyed after you work on them for awhile.
And while this is a coloring book, it still stays true to the Where’ Waldo series. Each page has a hidden Waldo that you have to find along with other items such as pencils and “sketches” of Waldo’s that he has lost. Try finding it all before you color the pages in! Oh my goodness! I think it is a lot more difficult to find the things than in the original books this way!
The one thing I just wasn’t a huge fan of though is that since almost all of the spreads take up an entire 2 pages, you get the crease. However, I feel that they dealt with it a little better than in some other coloring books I have looked at. Instead of the page running through the crease, part of the one page is repeated over onto the other. So if the book is just sitting open naturally, you may not be able to even notice that there is a bit of the book you can’t really color because of the tight space!
All in all, coloring in this coloring book is quite an enjoyable experience. Coloring the pages really lets you see all the crazy things that are going on in the images and it is hours of great entertainment.
Find more of my coloring book reviews here:
https://colorcraftcreate.wordpress.com
and here:
http://readingwithcupcakes.blogspot.com/
March 5, 2016
This colouring book is genuinely brilliantly crafted. So much thought has gone into each page, it's ideal for older children but also is great for adults who still remember Wally from their 80's or 90's childhoods like I do. I am super impressed with it, and this is why:
I've only recently joined this colouring craze that seems to have taken root and I'm absolutely loving it. It's such a great way to relax, de-stress and books like this one have just the right touch of nostalgia too! This particular colouring book contains a sizeable number of pages where, of course, you must find Wally. Now, this is a tiny bit more challenging than the original Wally books since Wally is now in black and white - no stripy top to give the game away I'm afraid! This does make it slightly more difficult for smaller children, although the ones in my family still enjoyed looking for him!
What's especially cool is, there are now extra challenges on top of looking for our little friend. We now have to search for Wally's colouring pencils on each page, and five little drawings he has done especially for us to find. This was a nice touch and I think kids will really appreciate this. There is also an extra activities section towards the end of the book which allows the really committed, avid detectives in your family to find EVEN MORE collectibles or characters throughout the book - or even make their own challenges for themselves or their friends to find at a later date. I love this idea; it's so interactive and adds an awful lot to what could have just been another colouring book.
This is a particularly sturdy colouring book. The A4 pages are thicker than average preventing any excessive leakage of colours showing on the following page and the front covers are flexible enough to withstand the odd tug from your little ones. I would recommend that this is for slightly older children (or of course adults) as the colouring space is crammed! There is so much going on throughout each scene that the lines are closely spaced and requires fairly intricate, detailed colouring. Personally, I really loved how much detail there actually was and it took me a LONG time to finish even one page compared to some of the others I've tried - such good fun!
This is perfect for everyone. It's nostalgic for us adults, it's a detective adventure for bigger kids, it's delicate enough for those seriously wanting to chill out and it's the perfect game for the little kids who love to help out and point out the dragons or weird and wonderful creatures hanging out on the page. I absolutely recommend you try this out.
I was provided with this product by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way altered my opinion.
I've only recently joined this colouring craze that seems to have taken root and I'm absolutely loving it. It's such a great way to relax, de-stress and books like this one have just the right touch of nostalgia too! This particular colouring book contains a sizeable number of pages where, of course, you must find Wally. Now, this is a tiny bit more challenging than the original Wally books since Wally is now in black and white - no stripy top to give the game away I'm afraid! This does make it slightly more difficult for smaller children, although the ones in my family still enjoyed looking for him!
What's especially cool is, there are now extra challenges on top of looking for our little friend. We now have to search for Wally's colouring pencils on each page, and five little drawings he has done especially for us to find. This was a nice touch and I think kids will really appreciate this. There is also an extra activities section towards the end of the book which allows the really committed, avid detectives in your family to find EVEN MORE collectibles or characters throughout the book - or even make their own challenges for themselves or their friends to find at a later date. I love this idea; it's so interactive and adds an awful lot to what could have just been another colouring book.
This is a particularly sturdy colouring book. The A4 pages are thicker than average preventing any excessive leakage of colours showing on the following page and the front covers are flexible enough to withstand the odd tug from your little ones. I would recommend that this is for slightly older children (or of course adults) as the colouring space is crammed! There is so much going on throughout each scene that the lines are closely spaced and requires fairly intricate, detailed colouring. Personally, I really loved how much detail there actually was and it took me a LONG time to finish even one page compared to some of the others I've tried - such good fun!
This is perfect for everyone. It's nostalgic for us adults, it's a detective adventure for bigger kids, it's delicate enough for those seriously wanting to chill out and it's the perfect game for the little kids who love to help out and point out the dragons or weird and wonderful creatures hanging out on the page. I absolutely recommend you try this out.
I was provided with this product by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way altered my opinion.
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March 3, 2016
This review is taken from my blog where I review adult colouring books from a mental health perspective. Photos from inside can be found here - https://colouringinthemidstofmadness....
I was given a free copy of this book by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. Where’s Wally, also known as Where’s Waldo in the US, and all sorts of other names I discovered after a quick Google search, has been a staple children’s book since the 1980’s. Now, we’ve been offered the chance to colour the iconic scenes ourselves. People young and old will love this book, it would be perfect for older children (the spaces are way too small for young kids), parents to colour for, or with, their children, or big kids of any age who are young at heart and fans of Wally. Grab your bobble hat, walking stick, glasses and stripy shirt and let’s head off to find out Where’s Wally?!
This book is A4, paperback, with a bendy double-thickness card cover, and contains 64 double-sided pages. The paper is bright white, medium thickness, and doesn’t bleed but does shadow throughout when using water-based pens. The paper is very lightly textured so it’ll be fine for block colouring with pencils which is likely to be most appropriate because the spaces are mostly far too small for blending or shading of any kind. The images are all double-page spreads just like the original books and there are checklists on the last few pages listing items and people you can look out for in each scene. Unlike the story books, Wally’s friends and other named characters like Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw and Wenda aren’t featured in every page of the book which is a shame but it doesn’t detract from the book. I assumed that it would be much harder to find Wally and the other people and items in black and white, and it states in the book that it’s harder, but I actually found it easier because you don’t have colour distracting you from finding him, that could just be me though! The images are almost all the same size as in the original books and they do all enter the lightly glue-bound spine so you will need to work on the spine to be able to get to the middle of each image. The majority of the pages have splashes of colour added in the form of a few coloured objects and/or backgrounds. This helps when choosing colour schemes and reminds you of the original books and their beautiful bright colours. The images are very similar to the original books and feel very familiar but I’m not sure if they’re actually colour-free book images or new images that have been specifically created for this book, either way, they’re fabulous and so much fun to colour!
In terms of mental health, this book is mixed. For those of you with good concentration, great vision and fine motor control, it will be brilliant because these images take SO long to colour! I always colour a full image for reviews but after spending hours colouring my image, I still wasn’t even half way through so I had to abandon ship and show you a work in progress. These images are great fun to colour - I love the nostalgic feel of hunting down Wally, the other characters, objects and his colouring pencils which are scattered through the images. I always used to get the Where’s Wally? books out of the library and I have three mini books still so I’m quite a fan and this book absolutely doesn’t disappoint. This definitely isn’t a book for those of you with any issues with vision, fine motor control or concentration because the images are almost exclusively incredibly intricate and detailed and this means that it’s best suited to older children and adults. It’s nostalgic, fun, and as it states on the cover “The Ultimate Colouring Challenge”, you get to colour, search, find (hopefully) and be transported back to your childhood or spending time with your children discovering where Wally is. The line thickness does vary a little with a few images in medium thickness with large open spaces, but the majority have thin and spindly thin linework with teeny tiny spaces that really need fineliners for neat colouring. The book is definitely geared towards children with lots of written hints at the bottoms of pages about characters to find and colours to use, these aren’t on the actual images though so they don’t interfere. There are a few pages where you can add your own doodles, but this is by no means necessary and these can easily be left blank or coloured in a solid block. This book really will last you ages and give you weeks and weeks of colouring fun! It would also make a great present for an adult to colour fully for a child to turn it into their own customised Where’s Wally? book.
I would highly recommend this to anyone, young or old, who loves Where’s Wally?! The book will provide weeks of colouring, could be a great project for families to work on together, and offers a fabulous nostalgic trip back to your childhood. Just make sure you have a decent red pen or pencil or you’ll be stuffed!
I was given a free copy of this book by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. Where’s Wally, also known as Where’s Waldo in the US, and all sorts of other names I discovered after a quick Google search, has been a staple children’s book since the 1980’s. Now, we’ve been offered the chance to colour the iconic scenes ourselves. People young and old will love this book, it would be perfect for older children (the spaces are way too small for young kids), parents to colour for, or with, their children, or big kids of any age who are young at heart and fans of Wally. Grab your bobble hat, walking stick, glasses and stripy shirt and let’s head off to find out Where’s Wally?!
This book is A4, paperback, with a bendy double-thickness card cover, and contains 64 double-sided pages. The paper is bright white, medium thickness, and doesn’t bleed but does shadow throughout when using water-based pens. The paper is very lightly textured so it’ll be fine for block colouring with pencils which is likely to be most appropriate because the spaces are mostly far too small for blending or shading of any kind. The images are all double-page spreads just like the original books and there are checklists on the last few pages listing items and people you can look out for in each scene. Unlike the story books, Wally’s friends and other named characters like Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw and Wenda aren’t featured in every page of the book which is a shame but it doesn’t detract from the book. I assumed that it would be much harder to find Wally and the other people and items in black and white, and it states in the book that it’s harder, but I actually found it easier because you don’t have colour distracting you from finding him, that could just be me though! The images are almost all the same size as in the original books and they do all enter the lightly glue-bound spine so you will need to work on the spine to be able to get to the middle of each image. The majority of the pages have splashes of colour added in the form of a few coloured objects and/or backgrounds. This helps when choosing colour schemes and reminds you of the original books and their beautiful bright colours. The images are very similar to the original books and feel very familiar but I’m not sure if they’re actually colour-free book images or new images that have been specifically created for this book, either way, they’re fabulous and so much fun to colour!
In terms of mental health, this book is mixed. For those of you with good concentration, great vision and fine motor control, it will be brilliant because these images take SO long to colour! I always colour a full image for reviews but after spending hours colouring my image, I still wasn’t even half way through so I had to abandon ship and show you a work in progress. These images are great fun to colour - I love the nostalgic feel of hunting down Wally, the other characters, objects and his colouring pencils which are scattered through the images. I always used to get the Where’s Wally? books out of the library and I have three mini books still so I’m quite a fan and this book absolutely doesn’t disappoint. This definitely isn’t a book for those of you with any issues with vision, fine motor control or concentration because the images are almost exclusively incredibly intricate and detailed and this means that it’s best suited to older children and adults. It’s nostalgic, fun, and as it states on the cover “The Ultimate Colouring Challenge”, you get to colour, search, find (hopefully) and be transported back to your childhood or spending time with your children discovering where Wally is. The line thickness does vary a little with a few images in medium thickness with large open spaces, but the majority have thin and spindly thin linework with teeny tiny spaces that really need fineliners for neat colouring. The book is definitely geared towards children with lots of written hints at the bottoms of pages about characters to find and colours to use, these aren’t on the actual images though so they don’t interfere. There are a few pages where you can add your own doodles, but this is by no means necessary and these can easily be left blank or coloured in a solid block. This book really will last you ages and give you weeks and weeks of colouring fun! It would also make a great present for an adult to colour fully for a child to turn it into their own customised Where’s Wally? book.
I would highly recommend this to anyone, young or old, who loves Where’s Wally?! The book will provide weeks of colouring, could be a great project for families to work on together, and offers a fabulous nostalgic trip back to your childhood. Just make sure you have a decent red pen or pencil or you’ll be stuffed!
March 24, 2016
Very intricate designs with hours of colouring fun to be had:-
Thank you to the publisher for my ARC (Advance Review Copy) which was sent to me free with no obligation to review.
At first I thought that this may be a colouring book that my children or older nieces could possibly colour in however once the book arrived and I could see the intricacy and detail involved in each of the scenes within this book, I quickly put that initial idea to rest! The scenes are fantastic and bound to be any colouring enthusiasts dream to complete and I would definitely say that this was more suitable for older children aged maybe 8 and older and probably even more likely for the adult colouring addicts out there.
I have attached a few photos of the book to this review but I have only attached a few as I didn't want to reveal the whole book and possibly infringe some sort of copyright over it (I also checked with the publisher that some photos were okay to be added before adding). I have also attached a photo showing the very beginning of my own colouring in of one of the scenes (very strangely relaxing as I haven't coloured in since I was a child and I can now see the whole recent appeal to adults) but I have very quickly realised that my meagre supply of colouring pencils will need to be expanded to do the intricate scenes any sort of justice so please forgive the limited example!
The colouring book is A4 and features the famous Wally or Waldo as he is called in the USA. The great idea of this book other than the intricate crazy small detailed scenes is that in addition to colouring them in, you also get to do the normal Where's Wally? search along with finding other items such as finding Wally's missing colouring pencils and sketches. There is even a further bonus section at the back to find more things from a checklist and so this book is packed with hours and hours of colouring madness and also fun bonus tasks too.
There are 26 full drawings to colour in which are spread over 2 pages each and there is also a further 2 single page drawings to colour in along with 2 further single page drawings at the front and back which could be coloured in if wished and so there is hours of colouring madness within this book. This would definitely be a great project for any adult or older child who enjoyed colouring in and wanted more of a colouring challenge with the iconic presence of Wally included too.
Thank you to the publisher for my ARC (Advance Review Copy) which was sent to me free with no obligation to review.
At first I thought that this may be a colouring book that my children or older nieces could possibly colour in however once the book arrived and I could see the intricacy and detail involved in each of the scenes within this book, I quickly put that initial idea to rest! The scenes are fantastic and bound to be any colouring enthusiasts dream to complete and I would definitely say that this was more suitable for older children aged maybe 8 and older and probably even more likely for the adult colouring addicts out there.
I have attached a few photos of the book to this review but I have only attached a few as I didn't want to reveal the whole book and possibly infringe some sort of copyright over it (I also checked with the publisher that some photos were okay to be added before adding). I have also attached a photo showing the very beginning of my own colouring in of one of the scenes (very strangely relaxing as I haven't coloured in since I was a child and I can now see the whole recent appeal to adults) but I have very quickly realised that my meagre supply of colouring pencils will need to be expanded to do the intricate scenes any sort of justice so please forgive the limited example!
The colouring book is A4 and features the famous Wally or Waldo as he is called in the USA. The great idea of this book other than the intricate crazy small detailed scenes is that in addition to colouring them in, you also get to do the normal Where's Wally? search along with finding other items such as finding Wally's missing colouring pencils and sketches. There is even a further bonus section at the back to find more things from a checklist and so this book is packed with hours and hours of colouring madness and also fun bonus tasks too.
There are 26 full drawings to colour in which are spread over 2 pages each and there is also a further 2 single page drawings to colour in along with 2 further single page drawings at the front and back which could be coloured in if wished and so there is hours of colouring madness within this book. This would definitely be a great project for any adult or older child who enjoyed colouring in and wanted more of a colouring challenge with the iconic presence of Wally included too.
July 8, 2016
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“The ultimate colouring challenge!”
Everyone knows who Wally is. Created by Martin Handford, Wally first appeared in the book Where’s Wally? in 1987, and has since become famous throughout the world. The aim of the book is to locate Wally and all of his friends in numerous crowded, hand-drawn scenes.
Whilst the colouring book franchise is taking the world by storm, what better time to release a Where’s Wally? colouring book? The idea is the same as the previous Handford publications, in that the ultimate aim is to find Wally; however in this instance it is also left up to you to add the colour to the scenes.
Where’s Wally? fans will recognize many of the drawings from the original books, and therefore will already know where Wally is hiding – but it is much harder to spot him without his traditional red and white stripes being shaded in.
There are twenty-seven double-paged scenes to colour in and keep you entertained for hours. Those familiar with Handford’s illustrations will be aware of the detail he includes; and yes, you are meant to colour ALL of it! This colouring book will definitely take you a while to complete. The downside to such detailed pages is that there are so many tiny elements to add colour to. You will need to keep your pencils sharpened and sit in a well-lit area.
The pages are quite thick, but as they are double sided I would be wary of using felt-tip pens. Perhaps test them on the title page first to make sure they do not bleed through to the other side. Also, only fine tipped pens will be suitable in order to stay within the lines.
Many people believe that colouring is childish, but this book proves otherwise. You will need lots of control and patience in order to finish this book. Good luck.
“The ultimate colouring challenge!”
Everyone knows who Wally is. Created by Martin Handford, Wally first appeared in the book Where’s Wally? in 1987, and has since become famous throughout the world. The aim of the book is to locate Wally and all of his friends in numerous crowded, hand-drawn scenes.
Whilst the colouring book franchise is taking the world by storm, what better time to release a Where’s Wally? colouring book? The idea is the same as the previous Handford publications, in that the ultimate aim is to find Wally; however in this instance it is also left up to you to add the colour to the scenes.
Where’s Wally? fans will recognize many of the drawings from the original books, and therefore will already know where Wally is hiding – but it is much harder to spot him without his traditional red and white stripes being shaded in.
There are twenty-seven double-paged scenes to colour in and keep you entertained for hours. Those familiar with Handford’s illustrations will be aware of the detail he includes; and yes, you are meant to colour ALL of it! This colouring book will definitely take you a while to complete. The downside to such detailed pages is that there are so many tiny elements to add colour to. You will need to keep your pencils sharpened and sit in a well-lit area.
The pages are quite thick, but as they are double sided I would be wary of using felt-tip pens. Perhaps test them on the title page first to make sure they do not bleed through to the other side. Also, only fine tipped pens will be suitable in order to stay within the lines.
Many people believe that colouring is childish, but this book proves otherwise. You will need lots of control and patience in order to finish this book. Good luck.
August 4, 2016
Bought this today. Not sure I'll ever be done coloring it, but this doesn't hurt my feelings at all.
January 31, 2017
Packed with small details! One for Where's Wally fansThe full review is posted on Coloring Queen
May 14, 2017
I had fun finding Wally in this book, which I will give to my granddaughter for when she is travelling to the UK
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