Paint with water books 🎨🖌️💧

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kushielsdisciple@reddit

These were a core memory from camping as a kid. The only time I remembered seeing them as a kid was at the commissary at the campground that I went to as a kid every summer. I would get one of these when it was raining and we were bored, my mom would give us a couple bucks to waste at the commissary or the arcade.

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I-aim2misbehave@reddit

I absolutely lived for these.

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lunapearl83@reddit

I miss these where can I find them

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CocoXolo@reddit

They still make bunches of them. I got some on Amazon. They make them both for children and adults.

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Equivalent-Grade-142@reddit

They’re still really popular. They’re everywhere, Target, Dollar tree, Michael’s etc

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baconbag@reddit

I found them at dollar tree recently!

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lunapearl83@reddit

I would LOVE to

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HangryHangryHedgie@reddit

These and the magic marker books! One marker that filled in all the colors on the page. We would get these for road trips.

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IzzyBoris@reddit

I can still smell these

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Lcky22@reddit

Aww this set me up to enjoy playing “rock band” in the 2000s… I’m an artist, I swear! 🤣

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meowwwza143@reddit

Give me a Q tip and a cup of water. I’ll be busy for hours!

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snn1326j@reddit

I loved these. There’s a version now for kids on cardboard that is much more long lasting and on cardboard.

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VeganMinx@reddit

Xennials my ass. I'm firmly GenX and still have my Sesame Street "At the Seashore" book. That was some kinda fun back then. Granted I was in college and stoned off my ass, but wholesome happy memories were found!

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chozopanda@reddit

I owned several!

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shyguy1953@reddit

So good on road trips!

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Jogger_Dodger@reddit

I remember doing a lot of these.

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Spiritual-Promise402@reddit

Omggg memory unlocked I had the Jem book. Still love Jem

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FandomAddict82@reddit

The Little Mermaid one 😭😭😭

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medievalkitty2@reddit

I can smell this!! Don’t know if I had these particular ones. Possibly carebears or something ?

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ValancyNeverReadsit@reddit

I got a smell memory from this post too!

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epidemicsaints@reddit

OMFG Purr-Tenders!!!

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Comfortable_Tale9722@reddit

This just unlocked a memory I forgot I had!

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ValancyNeverReadsit@reddit

I’m sort of sliding into a memory of them. Must not have had toys of the myself but maybe a sibling did? 🤔

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SpookySchatzi@reddit

Saaaaame. I absolutely had one of those furry masks too.

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MissPrintedMargo@reddit

Me too! Totally unlocking memories of painting these for hours!

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

I remembered the toys and commercials but could not remember the name. It's been ages!

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NotYourGa1Friday@reddit

I I had the Little Mermaid one! I was always off out by off brand Flounder (which is probably just a rando fish but my brain couldn’t figure that out) 😂🐠

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NotYourGa1Friday@reddit

I LIVED for these! Just pure magic

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clutzycook@reddit

Oh man I loved these! I've been trying to find something like this for my kids for years.

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anniemdi@reddit

Now, were you all bougie and used an actual paintbrush with them or did your mom just hand you a few q-tips and a cup of water?

Q-Tips and Dixie cups here, I was shocked and amazed reading all the people here with their paint brushes! Like, what?!

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clutzycook@reddit

Right? Growing up I thought that was just the norm.

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eternallysantanasass@reddit

I loved these

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Superb-Cow-2461@reddit

I still have a Rainbow Brite one in almost perfect condition! (I collect rb)

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nihilist_pingu@reddit

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K2sX@reddit

The Jem one 🥰

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Hello_Hangnail@reddit

I discovered you could "repaint" them with markers that bled so I got a cool gradient thing going

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canadasecond@reddit

Oh my yes! Also reminds me of those invisible ink books. It was always such a treat to get a new one of those right before a road trip,.

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Tinkerfan57912@reddit

My grandmother got those for us all the time. I loved them!

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lushico@reddit

Me too! My grandmother owned a stationery shop so she always got us great stuff like this

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kathink@reddit

omg. thats my dream childhood

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Bajadasaurus@reddit

Oh wow, I used to love these! I feel like they had a unique scent

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BigFatBlackCat@reddit

I forgot all about these, thank you OP

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keyboardlady@reddit

Jem!!

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SpookySchatzi@reddit

She’s truly outrageous!

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SaveusJebus@reddit

I used to love these so much

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Luminaire_Ultima@reddit

I’m pretty sure I had a Rambo one where he fights a T-Rex using a machine gun.

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weedtrek@reddit

Memory unlocked

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Jazart_deco1309@reddit

Gosh! I was obsessed with these!!

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SocialGirlGaming@reddit

I had the Purr-tenders one!

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cookie_flip@reddit

Many of these Golden books have quite good scans online for free. When I color with the kids or my mom, I bust out some of these classics

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pappyred@reddit

Omg I can smell these

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KatzenXIII@reddit

Wow... memory unlocked

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TheObviousChild@reddit

Oh man, I remember having a Shirt Tales one.

...anyone else remember the Shirt Tales?

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PicklesDillyPickles-@reddit

These were so frickin’ rad!

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atropablack@reddit

I had the Rainbow Brite one!! You just unlocked a memory!!

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Lethave@reddit

Thank you! Was trying to remember if one of the ones I had was Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake.

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JDz84@reddit

Definitely had that Jem one.

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Lethave@reddit

Same!

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catplumtree@reddit

I was just thinking about these the other day.

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TlMEGH0ST@reddit

I just bought one of these at Michael’s lol

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ahaeker@reddit

Seriously, those were really fun!

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Ssladybug@reddit

I loved these

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HeightExtra320@reddit

There’s two kinds of people in this world, those whose stay inside the lines and those who stay outside the lines.

I can see what type of person you are.

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hey_suburbia@reddit

My best friend (1981 Xennial) loved these so much that he started, Coloready, a paint by Numbers for Adult

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SnikkerDoodly@reddit

Jem!

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Lateralus46N2@reddit

Truly outrageous!!!

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sodangshedonger@reddit

Oh my god! I just got a rush of nostalgia! Oh I miss my youth so much!!!!!

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reallyneedausername2@reddit

The height of entertainment… and my artistic talents.

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I_Can_Barely_Move@reddit

I loved these books. I have no artistic sense. No fucking clue what color looks fine with another color. These books made me feel like I could do something most the other class could do.

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MetallurgyClergy@reddit

The way I’d hoard the cheap brushes, just in case I became a real painter one day, and I needed cheap brushes.

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Diva_Bot@reddit (OP)

I love how all of my 80’s girls are in here collecting those memories!! 🤗

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sed2017@reddit

You’re bringing me back!

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screamingcatfish@reddit

These were fun!!!

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amindfulloffire@reddit

Those were fun! I got a couple for a Secret Santa thing we did in school and the girl I got them for said she couldn't have them because her mom didn't allow them. I remember getting upset about it.

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Moonbellhawk@reddit

I would looove to have some of these OG ones. I found a book at the dollar store with generic, simple images of objects (cat, truck, cow, etc) last year. The "technology" is still super fun to play around with, but would kill for one with 80s imagery.

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BichezNCake@reddit

Core fucking memory unlocked. Thank you 😊

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JumboThornton@reddit

Off-topic but have you seen the previews for the Masters of the Universe movie? I feel torn… and not very hopeful.

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greatlakesavenger77@reddit

Paint with water aka get a book wet

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Colorado-Dreams-1876@reddit

I feel attacked.. next your gonna come at me over the panini sticker books I had. I stole so many packets for Voltron and bravestarr

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Amy_Macadamia@reddit

So calming 😌

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nohombrenombre@reddit

Very nostalgic. I remember getting one for the first time after getting out of surgery as a young child.

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MochiFluffs@reddit

Wow, completely forgot about these until this post. I miss those simple days! 🥲

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Stonk_Lord86@reddit

Damn. This unlocked a deep forgotten memory. Well done, OP.

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cogentd@reddit

Dang, I loved these so much!

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rainbowspiralhawk@reddit

My mom kept some of mine and my kids paint in them now!

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acn09@reddit

These were the best! I love finding them at the Dollar Tree - my son enjoys them and I get to play, too.

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famousanonamos@reddit

My grandma used to get these for my sister and me. This and the onea with the little water color dots on the page like a pallet instead of embedded in the picture.

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CheekyLass99@reddit

I had the first 4 of these!

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Sk8rToon@reddit

“I’m all out of water!!!”

“Just use your spit!”

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suddenlyakinkajou@reddit

I took these so seriously. I was so delicate and deliberate with my brushstrokes. Pure art.

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Next-Honeydew4130@reddit

Only good memories here!!!!

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Angelkrista@reddit

I’m certain I at least did the little mermaid one! What a memory unlock!

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Aquatichive@reddit

My mom was a professional artist, I was not allowed these 😑

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adam5280@reddit

I can smell this picture

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_TheShapeOfColor_@reddit

I had those exact Barbie and Little Mermaid ones

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Pretend-Menu-8660@reddit

Sooo many! This was hours of entertainment…. Getting lost in the one of whatever I was painting- I mean putting water on lol

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Traditional_Isopod80@reddit

I had se of these.

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MysticKei@reddit

I looked all over for these so the youngest could "paint" with her older cousins. The only thing I could find was $Crayola$ magic something with $pecial paper 😠

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1_art_please@reddit

I love that in some of these books, because they are drawn likely by different people, that some of the characters look off brand (ie different from how they 'should' look). I am betting only Disney would have been consistent that way because they would've been very serious about their characters all looking exact over all media. Like Jem there is looking a bit off model! I find it charming.

I used to work in animation so I think of this stuff especially in the age of AI.

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