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Stressed out? Try colouring books. (Seriously.)

Adult colouring books are gaining in popularity — but is this repackaged childhood activity really as satisfying to grown ups? Yes, says Scaachi Koul. Yes it is.
Shad, Scaachi and CBC illustrator Ben Shannon chose this entry, by @glongest on instagram, as the strongest submission to our adult colouring contest. (@glongest/instagram)

Adult colouring books are gaining in popularity — but is this repackaged childhood activity really as satisfying to grown-ups? We asked q social experiment columnist Scaachi Koul to sharpen her pencil crayons* and find out.

*Whoops. Scaachi has informed us that she's more of a scented marker kind of kid. 

WEB EXTRA | Here's a quick peek at the other wonderful submissions we received after running a colouring contest related to this item.