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The Happy Hour Paint Book

Posted on September 8, 2009September 8, 2009 by Martha

This coloring book was published by Whitman in 1934 and the binding is falling apart. Fortunately, all of the pages are intact — although some of them are colored in, they are neatly done. I love so many of the illustrations in this book — there are lots of simple designs that are very unusual and I will share those later.

There are just a few pages of these grid pictures and I’ve never seen anything quite like them. The child was supposed to copy the drawing on the grid below the picture, which I think was a cool idea. I really like the designs — they would look cute stitched on even-weave fabric.

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5 thoughts on “The Happy Hour Paint Book”

  1. jan says:
    September 8, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    Interesting how motifs evolve! I guess there might be some GI Joe coloring books with soldiers loading cannons, but I have never seen that sort of thing in a coloring book! I think I would have liked the grid process as a child. About the only thing that I could draw was a stick figure. And then only a stick figure facing straight ahead with arms out!

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  2. kathie says:
    September 9, 2009 at 3:34 am

    ah yes this would make such a cute childs quilts
    don’t you just love books like this, I do.
    Kathie

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  3. Ann says:
    September 9, 2009 at 7:24 am

    That is a cool book – maybe it’s the time of year, but the baseball page really caught my eye.

    My two oldest had an assignment in 5th grade math where they chose a small cartoon (mine did Archie), drew a precise grid on it, drew a proportionally larger grid on an 8.5 x 11 sheet and then drew the cartoon on the larger page. I was amazed with the outcome!

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  4. Jane says:
    September 9, 2009 at 7:47 am

    My children have an art program called Draw Today which is based on drawing with grids. This coloring book is a treasure and could be adapted so easily to needlework. Thank you for sharing!

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  5. Ribambins says:
    September 10, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    a great addition. thank you.

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