Stress Relief Resources: Coloring, Art Projects, and Cooking

Libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions around the world are sharing free coloring sheets and books based on materials in their collections. Download, print, and share your favorites! If a page opens with a large blank space in the middle, click the link at the bottom of the space to access the coloring book.

Color your way through the palettes of famous paintings. Color them online or download them and print them out.

Free coloring pages from Crayola, including coloring pages for adults.

Color a Zag-related coloring page

More than 1,500 free adult coloring pages to download or print. There are various themes, artists, difficulty levels and styles.

Sample coloring pages from the publisher's coloring books. Download them or color them online.

Volume 1 of The Public Domain Review's coloring book. Free to download or print.

Volume 2 of The Public Domain Review's coloring book. Free to download or print.

Let these ideas inspire you to create your own bookmarks.

Being frugal does not mean that you cannot create fun craft projects. Find lots of ideas at this website.

Free online pixel art drawing tool. Use your own photos or just your imagination.

Download and cut out Flat Spike and let him tag along with you.

Amazing artists on YouTube will help you learn how to draw for free.

Make your own homemade stress ball.

Get creative ideas for all sorts of art projects and crafts.

Cook up some comfort food with Martha Stewart.

This cooking show is dedicated to discovering what delicious (and occasionally horrible) foods from fiction actually taste like.

COG, or Center of Gonzaga, cookies are chocolate chip cookies sold at Gonzaga University and present at all sporting events. Try our take on their secret recipe, a cookie that's perfectly browned and a little bit crunchy on the edges, but always soft and fresh straight from the oven.

Learn basic conversational Italian, Italian culture, and the Mediterranean diet. Each class in this seminar is based on the preparation of a delicious dish and on the bite-sized acquisition of parts of the Italian language and culture.

An English cooking YouTuber focuses on cynical humor. His videos consist of a wide range of content from kitchen tips to meals and even music videos.

These paper models are easy origami for beginners. Learn how to fold simple, but still awesome models.

Learn how to make easy origami with these simple instructions and diagrams.

A giant database of free origami instructions and diagrams for all skill levels showing how to fold pretty much anything out of paper.

This origami tutorial video shows how to make an origami elephant.

A great collection of origami instructions ranging in difficulty from very easy ones to harder ones.

Learn how to prepare a regular 8½ x 11 copy or binder paper for origami.

Make a crane or try out some of the other simple origami projects for beginners.