When life gets too noisy, I have to find a quiet place to relax. My favorite ways to relieve stress include exercise and creative activities. Coloring is a relaxing activity anyone can do. If I only have few minutes, I grab gel pens and enjoy coloring my stress away in my bullet journal or adult coloring books.
Gel pens are so much fun to use in all sorts of creative projects. I especially love hand lettering and coloring with Gel pens. The colored glitter gel ink dries to a sparkle on paper.
A gel pens set is a great gift idea, especially now that so many people are getting into the adult coloring book trend, journaling, and day planning. A few of my favorite adult coloring books are:
Gel pens are also perfect for creating beautiful journal pages and color coding day planners. I like to use gel pens to sign holiday cards and in my coloring books. I treat myself to new pens on my birthday. I love to add to my collection. I started with classic colors and went from there to add pastels and glitter colors.
My kids love gel pens, too. We spend time coloring together, especially on cold or rainy days when we are stuck inside the house. Most gel pen sets are budget-friendly. which makes it easier for us to build a nice collection of colors.
Gift Idea: Pair Gel pens with an adult coloring book.
Do you know someone who would like a creative outlet for relaxation? Give them a set of gel pens with a coloring book. Feel free to use my free printable Thank You gift tags below. We gifted these for Teacher Appreciation Day.
There are two gift label versions with the same “Thank you for COLORING my life” design. One set of labels is designed for printing on Avery scalloped edge labels and the other set works with Avery 2-inch round labels. If you don’t have printable labels, you can print the labels file on white card stock, cut the labels out and use glue or tape to attach them to your gift.
Thank You For Coloring My Life Gift Labels
with Gel pens and Adult Coloring Book
Teacher Gift Ideas
Click on the image below to download the printable ‘Thank You for Coloring my life!” labels file (pdf version). The one of the left is for Avery Scallop Round Labels 2.5″
Rebecca b says
I’ve never used gel pens but I love the look and I have a new coloring book – so I have a perfect place to try them.
Laurie Emerson says
I would use them to color with as well as when I make posters and banners.
Stephanie Larison says
I like to use them for scrapbooking and writing notes in my daughters lunch box.
clynsg says
I like writing with them, they are so smooth to use. I suspect that they would be one of the media I would use in one of the adult coloring books as well.
Laurie Nykaza says
We love to color in our color books my daughter really enjoys her color books as well so we share our pens. It would be so nice to have my own and for using in my scrapbooks too.
janetfaye says
I like to write with gel pens and also doodle.
Cassandra Eastman says
I love using gel pens to doodle, make shopping lists, write thank you notes, they make writing everything so much more fun!
Chelsea m says
I love using gel pens to write in and decorate my planner.
katherine says
I will use them in the coloring book I got for MOther’s Day
Dinah Farmer says
I think gel pens were the first type of pens I used in high school for my college paper. I loved them! Then i used them for all kinds of craft paper. My mom came home one day with a new bucket of fluorescent and neon pens and the black writing paper. Im telling you that you will love them. You end up finding anything you to write on. I hope i can win a set. Thanks for the chance! ??❤
Rosie says
I love to write notes, both to myself for reminders, and notes to others like thank you or thinking of you cards. I love writing cursive in colors, and also coloring.
Tracy Shafer says
Adult coloring books and scrapbooking
Amanda Alvarado says
I like just regular writing with them! School stuff, home stuff, etc – they are great for it all!
Dawn Monzu says
I’ve always used it to write in my journal, but the ones I have are messy! I would love to try these with my adult coloring books. God bless everyone!
Bridget Heiple Reich says
I have an adult coloring book and would love to use these on it! 🙂
Lauren says
I like to decorate letters with them.
Maryann Drapkin says
I like to use gel pens when writing out birthday or gift cards. It is fun to use them for notes too.
Cheryl says
I’ve never used gel pens for coloring, but I absolutely love to write with them.
Michelle Robbins says
I want to use them in my new planner
Cheryl B says
I would use these for coloring in my coloring book.
carol says
I like to use these pens for my card making and scrapping
Cynthia C says
I like to write and color with gel pens. Sometimes I use them for craft projects too.
Natalie Cromer says
I love writing with gel pens! I use them to do everything from my calendar, shopping lists, writing thank you notes, and coloring.