Back in the Day: Large Print Coloring Book for Men & Seniors | 80 Grayscale 1950s Nostalgia Pages

 

The newest GrayscaleHaven book is the first one in our Coloring Books for Men line: Back in the Day, 80 large print grayscale coloring pages drawn from the America he grew up in.

Full-service gas stations and finned '57 sedans. A steam locomotive at the depot. Bass fishing and a duck blind at dawn. A barbershop shave, a pool hall game, a drive-in movie, a ham radio desk, a barn dance, a county fair, and a porch swing at dusk.

Every page is a full scene with bold outlines, big open shapes, and light printed shading hints, so the pages stay easy on the eyes and easy on the hands. Made for men, and perfect for seniors: a thoughtful gift for a dad or grandpa, a retired veteran, or anyone in a senior living or memory care setting who lights up at the old days.

80 pages in 4 PDF files, US Letter, print-ready at 200 DPI. $15.00, on sale for $12.00.

Also available as a physical paperback on Amazon, $9.99

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Christmas Advent Trio Bundle — 101 Grayscale Coloring Pages + Printable Christmas Cards

All three GrayscaleHaven Christmas Advent coloring books in one bundle, plus a bundle-only bonus: 25 printable color-your-own Christmas cards.

These are delightful christmas coloring pages for the whole Advent season.

You get the complete Stained Glass Christmas Advent book (25 grayscale coloring pages of glowing stained glass windows, nativity scenes, churches, and winter villages), the complete Anime Advent Cozy Christmas book (25 pages of cozy anime Christmas scenes, trees, cocoa, and gift wrapping), and the complete Cute Dragon Mandala Advent book (25 pages of baby dragons curled into detailed Christmas mandalas), plus 25 printable color-your-own Christmas cards that come only with this bundle and are not sold separately. That is 101 pages total, delivered as printable PDF files for US Letter paper.

Price: $15.00, on sale for $12.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. Instant download.

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Fall Favorites Bundle — 126 Grayscale Coloring Pages

Four complete fall coloring books in one bundle, plus a bundle-only bonus: 25 Autumn Around the World pages that tour the most famous autumn places on Earth.

You get the complete Halloween book (25 grayscale coloring pages), the complete Fall Cozy book (25 pages), the complete Thanksgiving book (25 pages), and the complete Creepy Cuties DENSE book (25 pages), plus 25 bonus Autumn Around the World pages that come only with this bundle and are not sold separately. That is 126 pages total, delivered as printable PDF files for US Letter paper.

Price: $15.00, on sale for $12.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. Instant download.

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Friendsgiving Coloring Book Bundle | 106 Grayscale Coloring Pages + 31 Learn to Draw Pages

 

The complete Friendsgiving set in one bundle. You get all three Friendsgiving city books (New York, Pasadena, and Scranton, 75 grayscale coloring pages) plus 31 Learn to Draw and Color character pages that come only with this bundle. Each character page teaches the cast member step by step: construction shapes, the outline, a full-color key, expression studies, and poses to color.

These are perfect thanksgiving coloring pages for a Friendsgiving gathering.

106 pages total, delivered as five printable PDF files for US Letter paper. Three cozy city Thanksgivings with animal friends, plus a drawing lesson for every character in the cast.

Price: $15.00, on sale for $12.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. Instant download.

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Best of 2026 Sampler Coloring Book | 100 Grayscale Coloring Pages

 

One download, the whole shop. The Best of 2026 Sampler collects 100 grayscale coloring pages picked from every GrayscaleHaven book so far: cozy winter scenes, Halloween, fall cozy days, Thanksgiving, the Creepy Cuties in both editions, brick-built Thanksgiving gnomes, all three Christmas Advent books, the seaside cats, and all three Friendsgiving city books.

Every page prints on US Letter paper from the printable PDF files, and the sampler ships as five PDF files of 20 pages each so downloads stay fast. If you have been wondering where to start with grayscale coloring books for adults, this is the tour: light pages, dense pages, and everything between, all for less than the cost of two single books.

Price: $12.50, on sale for $10.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. Instant download.

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Brick-Built Gnome Coloring Bookmarks: Printable Bookmarks to Color

These brick-built gnome coloring bookmarks build 12 printable bookmarks to color out of chunky toy bricks, gnomes included. Every strip is a small harvest scene where the gnome, the props, and half the landscape snap together from bricks. Bold line art and big open shapes keep the builds easy to color at strip size.

What's inside

You get 12 bookmark designs in one printable PDF, laid out on 3 US Letter pages with 4 bookmarks per page. Each bookmark measures 2 by 6.5 inches at 300 DPI. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Get the set here: Brick-built gnome coloring bookmarks on Etsy. Print as many copies as you like for personal use.

A harvest in bricks

One gnome carries the turkey with both arms and total confidence. Another holds a pumpkin nearly his own size, and a third pulls a fresh pie out of the oven. The brick oven itself gets a strip, with fresh bread on the rack. You also get a basket of apples, a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins, a gnome watering his patch, and a hay bale built brick by brick. Falling leaves, a lantern at the cottage door, a feast shared with a friend, and one proud brick turkey close the set.

The strips match the Brick-Built Thanksgiving Gnomes coloring book in this shop, in both its shaded and line art editions. Your bookmark gnomes and your book gnomes can share one color scheme.

Printing tips

Print on cardstock and color the bricks in a short, fixed palette, the way a real brick set limits your pieces. Four colors repeated across a strip make the build look snapped together and tidy. Trim the strips after coloring, and press them under a heavy book overnight if your cardstock curls.

Build a bookmark break

Color the pie strip first if your fall reading happens in the kitchen. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for the matching gnome book, and find more harvest projects under gnome bookmarks posts on this blog.

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Baby Dragon Christmas Coloring Bookmarks: Printable Bookmarks to Color

These baby dragon Christmas coloring bookmarks put one cute dragon through 12 printable bookmarks to color across the whole holiday season. Each strip is its own small Christmas scene with the dragon at the center. Bold line art and big open shapes keep the strips friendly for kids, teens, and adults alike.

What's inside

You get 12 bookmark designs in one printable PDF, laid out on 3 US Letter pages with 4 bookmarks per page. Each bookmark measures 2 by 6.5 inches at 300 DPI. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Get the set here: Baby dragon Christmas coloring bookmarks on Etsy. Print a fresh set every December if you like.

Twelve days of dragon

The dragon sips cocoa by the fireplace and naps by the fire on the quiet strips. He tucks himself into a stocking, carries a lantern through the snow, and holds up one proud ornament. The busy strips tangle him in string lights, set him up with a giant candy cane, and catch him opening a present bigger than he is. Cookies in the kitchen, a snowman build, a letter to read, and a final snow globe scene round out the dozen.

The set pairs with the Cute Dragon Christmas Advent coloring book in this shop. Color one bookmark per week of December reading and the dragon keeps pace with your Advent pages.

Printing tips

These strips make strong gifts, so print them on your best cardstock and cut them with care. A strip colored in reds and golds, slipped into a wrapped book, does the job of a card and a present topper at once. Gel pens handle the lights, the ornaments, and the snow globe glass with a shine markers cannot match.

Save your place with a dragon

Start with the stocking strip, it is the one everyone asks for. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for the matching Advent book, and find more December projects under christmas bookmarks posts on this blog.

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Cats and Flowers Coloring Bookmarks: Printable Bookmarks to Color

These cats and flowers coloring bookmarks give cat lovers 12 printable bookmarks to color, each one a small seaside garden with a cat in it. Big blooms, shells, and waves share the strips with cats who look completely at home. The line art stays bold with large open shapes, so the coloring stays relaxing from the first petal to the last.

What's inside

You get 12 bookmark designs in one printable PDF, laid out on 3 US Letter pages with 4 bookmarks per page. Each bookmark measures 2 by 6.5 inches at 300 DPI. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Get the set here: Cats and flowers coloring bookmarks on Etsy. Print copies for yourself or for every reader in the house.

Garden cats by the sea

Cats sit among tall garden flowers with the ocean right behind the fence. One strip winds shells and starfish through the blooms along the shore. Waves curl behind a cat watching the water, and beach grass frames a nap in the sun. The designs come from the same world as the Cute Cats and Flowers by the Ocean coloring book in this shop, so the strips pair with the full pages: same cats, same flowers, same salt air.

Flower colors carry these strips. Pick two bloom colors and one green, repeat them across a set of four, and your bookmarks look like a planned collection on the shelf.

Printing tips

Print on cardstock for bookmarks you plan to use daily, and consider a light spray fixative or a clear contact paper cover if you color with soft pencils. Pencil color rubs with heavy use, and one protective layer keeps your cats bright inside a well read book. Trim after the color dries for the cleanest edges.

A garden that holds your page

Color one strip for your current read and keep the rest for gifts. A finished bookmark tucked into a gifted book costs you minutes and looks handmade. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for the matching cat book, and find more feline projects under cat bookmarks posts on this blog.

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Scranton Fall Farm Coloring Bookmarks: Printable Bookmarks to Color

These Scranton coloring bookmarks put an animal office crew into 12 printable bookmarks to color, with flannel shirts, harvest fields, and one very serious beet farm. Every strip is a full scene drawn in bold line art with big open shapes. Nothing is tiny or cramped, and no strip sits empty.

What's inside

You get 12 bookmark designs in one printable PDF, laid out on 3 US Letter pages with 4 bookmarks per page. Each bookmark measures 2 by 6.5 inches at 300 DPI. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Get the set here: Scranton fall farm coloring bookmarks on Etsy. Print as many as you like for personal use.

From the office to the fair

A goose boss sits at his desk like the whole company depends on him, because it does. A goat tends his beet farm rows with the same strict rules he brings to work. A coyote sets up his next prank, a mouse runs reception, and a poodle plans the party down to the last napkin. The bear appears with his chili pot, of course. Break room, warehouse, and barn strips round out the workday, and the fall fair scenes bring the whole crew together under the string lights.

The set matches the Friendsgiving Scranton coloring book in this shop, plaid for plaid. A full set of colored strips makes an easy gift for a coworker who reads.

Printing tips

Print on cardstock and cut a hair inside the border line rather than on it. That small trim hides any slight printer shift and leaves a clean white edge around the plaid and the pumpkins. With markers, give the reds a few minutes to dry before stacking your cut strips.

Clock out and color

Color the beet farm strip first if you garden, or the chili pot strip if you cook. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for the matching book and city sets, and find more autumn projects under fall bookmarks posts on this blog.

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Pasadena Animal Friends Coloring Bookmarks: Printable Bookmarks to Color

These Pasadena coloring bookmarks pack seven animal roommates into 12 printable bookmarks to color at home. Palm trees and mountains frame the strips, and every design holds a full little scene. The art is bold line work with big open shapes, so the bookmarks color fast and read clearly even at 2 inches wide.

What's inside

You get 12 bookmark designs in one printable PDF, laid out on 3 US Letter pages with 4 bookmarks per page. Each bookmark measures 2 by 6.5 inches at 300 DPI. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Get the set here: Pasadena animal friends coloring bookmarks on Etsy. Print fresh copies whenever a strip wears out.

Roommates at work and at rest

A meerkat stands at his whiteboard, mid lecture, marker raised. A penguin carries his tray through the cafeteria with endless patience. A lioness holds down the restaurant counter like she owns the place, and a peacock browses the comic shop in full display. The red panda visits the observatory, the honey badger runs her lab, and the sloth claims the quiet corner of the library. Brunch, couch night, and a model train scene fill the group strips.

The set matches the Friendsgiving Pasadena coloring book in this shop. Color the whiteboard strip with the same colors you gave the meerkat in the book and the pair looks planned.

Printing tips

Use the heaviest cardstock your printer accepts and trim with a paper cutter if you have one. A straight cut matters at this size. One clean pass per edge gives you strips that slide into a book without catching, and a corner rounder, if you own one, keeps the tops from bending.

Keep your place, Pasadena style

Start with the observatory strip if you like stars, or the lab strip if you like bottles and beakers. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for the matching book, and find the other cities under friendsgiving bookmarks posts on this blog.

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New York Animal Friends Coloring Bookmarks: Printable Bookmarks to Color

These New York coloring bookmarks turn the Friendsgiving city crew into 12 printable bookmarks to color, print, and cut at home. Each strip holds a full scene, not a cropped corner of a page. Six animal friends work, play, and eat their way across the city, drawn in bold line art with big open shapes that stay easy to color at bookmark size.

What's inside

You get 12 bookmark designs in one printable PDF, laid out on 3 US Letter pages with 4 bookmarks per page. Each bookmark measures 2 by 6.5 inches at 300 DPI. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Get the set here: New York animal friends coloring bookmarks on Etsy. Print as many copies as you like for personal use.

The crew around the city

A cat chef runs her own kitchen, whisk in paw and dinner on the stove. A fox settles into the coffee shop with a big mug. A pigeon plays her guitar at the fountain while the owl reads on the plaza steps nearby. The raccoon takes on all challengers at the foosball table, and the dog keeps it simple at the pizza shop. Group strips bring the whole crew back together at the fountain, at game night, and around the Thanksgiving table.

Because every strip is a scene, the bookmarks read like tiny comic panels in your book. They also match the Friendsgiving New York coloring book in the shop, so your bookmark and your coloring page can share one cast.

Printing tips

Print at 100 percent scale on cardstock, and let markers dry fully before you cut. Cardstock keeps the strips stiff enough to last, and dry ink means the border lines stay crisp when the scissors pass. Cut along the printed borders and you are done, no measuring needed.

Mark your place in the city

Color the cat chef first and keep her for your cookbook. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for the matching book and the other cities, and find more small projects under animal bookmarks posts on this blog.

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Friendsgiving Grayscale Coloring Book for Adults: Friendsgiving Scranton

Book Three of the Friendsgiving Cities series sets this Friendsgiving grayscale coloring book for adults in one small paper office and the beet farm outside town. An animal office crew in flannel shares a very big fall: office parties, farm chores, and a feast with everyone at one long table. The 25 printable pages use a bold comic style with grayscale shading printed in.

What's inside

You get 25 coloring pages in one US Letter PDF (8.5 x 11 in), and the file prints cleanly on A4 too. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Clock in here: Friendsgiving Scranton coloring pages on Etsy. Six core characters carry the book, with a full office bench in support.

Office hours and harvest days

A goose boss who wants nothing more than to be loved hosts an awkward dinner party at his own house. A goat farmer runs his beet farm and the office by the same strict rules. A tall coyote prankster sets a whole mini turkey in gelatin on a desk and waits. A petite mouse at the front desk keeps a sketchbook, a tiny poodle plans parties to maximum standards, and a big round bear guards the potluck table, until his giant pot of chili heads for the carpet. Outside the office, the crew walks a corn kernel pit, crowns a Hay King at the fall festival, and dances at a barn wedding.

The costume contest page, where one coyote wears three paper circles and calls it a day, might be the fastest laugh in the series.

Printing tips

Lean on a flannel palette for this one: brick reds, mustard, denim blue, and warm browns. Repeating those plaid colors across shirts and barn wood ties the office and farm pages together, and the grayscale shading keeps the folds and boards readable.

Finish the city collection

Start with the gelatin page, then read the series in order with New York and Pasadena. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for all three cities, and find more workplace humor under office coloring posts on this blog.

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Friendsgiving Grayscale Coloring Book for Adults: Friendsgiving Pasadena

Book Two of the Friendsgiving Cities series moves this Friendsgiving grayscale coloring book for adults across the country to a Pasadena apartment, palm trees outside and strong opinions inside. Seven animal roommates share one Thanksgiving run by rules nobody else agreed to. The 25 printable pages use a bold comic style with grayscale shading printed in, ready for your pencils and markers.

What's inside

You get 25 coloring pages in one US Letter PDF (8.5 x 11 in), and the file prints cleanly on A4 too. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Join the roommates here: Friendsgiving Pasadena coloring pages on Etsy. Print one sided and keep a guard sheet handy for marker work.

Rules, seats, and seven casseroles

A meerkat genius guards his couch seat like a throne, and the great seat standoff opens the book. His penguin roommate keeps the peace with endless patience. A lioness neighbor fears nothing, least of all the kitchen. A peacock showoff, a quiet red panda, and a tiny honey badger who runs every room she enters complete the household, and a sleepy sloth friend joins for movie night. The pages cover a thermostat war, a seating contract signing, one frozen turkey carried up four flights of stairs, and a gravy equation worked out on a whiteboard. Seven identical casseroles show up for dinner. Nobody admits to bringing them.

Capture the flag in the fall woods and a pumpkin carving contest with one terrifying entry give the book its outdoor breaks.

Printing tips

The bold comic outlines suit markers well. Give each roommate a fixed color scheme on the first page, write it on the back, and reuse it all book long. The cast reads as a set, and your finished pages look like frames from one show.

Save your seat

Color the whiteboard page first if you like a joke with math in it. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for Books One and Three, and find more roommate humor under friendsgiving coloring posts on this blog.

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Friendsgiving Grayscale Coloring Book for Adults: Friendsgiving New York

This Friendsgiving grayscale coloring book for adults is Book One of the Friendsgiving Cities series, and it belongs to the friends you choose. Six animal friends share one city apartment and one Thanksgiving that keeps sliding off the rails. The 25 printable pages use a bold urban comic style with grayscale shading printed in, so the jokes land fast and the coloring stays easy to read.

Also available as a physical paperback on Amazon, $9.99

What's inside

You get 25 coloring pages in one US Letter PDF (8.5 x 11 in), and the file prints cleanly on A4 too. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Meet the crew here: Friendsgiving New York coloring pages on Etsy. One sided printing works best, with a spare sheet behind the page for markers.

Thanksgiving with the city crew

A cat host runs her kitchen like a boss and serves the big dinner in her apartment. A stylish fox, a pigeon with a guitar, and an owl who has an answer for everything fill out the table. The raccoon comments on all of it, and the dog thinks with his stomach. The pages catch the turkey worn as a hat, a touch football game played for a homemade trophy, a layered trifle nobody will forget, and a couch hauled up a stairwell the hard way. A stolen sandwich gets a full investigation. The book ends with the whole crew dancing in a city fountain.

None of the scenes need context. Each page is a small comedy you can color in one sitting.

Printing tips

Print a handful of pages for your own Friendsgiving table. Guests color between courses, pencils travel well, and the fountain page makes a good group challenge to see who finishes first. Copy paper is fine for pencils at the table.

Bring the crew to dinner

Start with the turkey hat page, then collect the other cities in the series. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog to see every edition, and find more holiday humor under friendsgiving coloring posts on this blog.

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Cat Grayscale Coloring Book for Adults: Cute Cats and Flowers by the Ocean

This cat grayscale coloring book for adults takes two cats to the coast and puts flowers in every scene. A fluffy cat and her kitten star in 25 printable pages set around a cottage by the sea. The scenes stay detailed enough to sink into, with big open areas that keep the coloring relaxing. Light gray shading printed in the shadow areas guides your colors as you work.

What's inside

You get 25 coloring pages in one US Letter PDF (8.5 x 11 in), and the file prints cleanly on A4 too. The price is $2.50, on sale for $2.00 during the Grand Opening Sale. It is a printable PDF, instant download. Visit the cottage here: Cute Cats and Flowers by the Ocean coloring pages on Etsy. Print pages as often as you like for personal use.

A seaside garden with two cats

The pair start on a rose covered porch above the water, the kitten watching the boats. Under a beach umbrella they share the shade with a basket of daisies. One page loads them into a rowboat full of flower baskets, drifting just off the sand. At the beach cafe they claim the best table, and in a hammock between two palms they do what cats do best. The book closes with stargazing over the water, flowers still in frame along the shore.

Roses, sunflowers, daisies, and wildflowers change with the pages, so your flower colors never repeat for long. The sea gives you a steady blue green thread through the whole book.

Printing tips

Fur rewards light pencil layering, so pick a paper with a bit of tooth rather than a slick finish. Two or three soft layers build the fluffy coat on the mother cat without dark lines, and the printed gray shading does the deepest shadows for you.

Take the cats to the beach

Start with the rowboat page if you color for calm, or the cafe page if you color for charm. You can browse the full GrayscaleHaven catalog for more animal books, and find more feline pages under cat coloring posts on this blog.

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