My Journey to Creating My First Coloring Book: Colorful Adventures Book 1 – Animals

Creating a coloring book has always been something I wanted to try, but I had no idea just how much work (and fun) it would be! After hours of learning, experimenting, and pushing through some frustrating moments, I’m excited to introduce Colorful Adventures Book 1: Animals—my very first children’s coloring book, now available on Amazon!

Why I Started This Project

As someone who loves creativity and exploring different ways to make money online, I decided to dive into Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). I had already started publishing word search books, but I wanted to take it a step further by creating a high-quality, fun, and engaging coloring book for kids.

I knew that if I was going to do this, I wanted to make something unique and exciting—not just another generic coloring book. That’s how Colorful Adventures Book 1: Animals was born!

The Process of Creating My First Coloring Book

Step 1: Learning the Basics

I’ll be honest—this part took way longer than I expected. Coloring books aren’t as simple as just uploading some pictures to Amazon. There’s formatting, image quality, page layouts, and more to consider. I spent over 40 hours learning how to do everything the right way!

Step 2: Generating the Artwork with AI

To create the best possible images, I used ComfyUI with Stable Diffusion, an AI tool that helped me generate unique, high-resolution coloring pages. This was one of the hardest parts because not every AI-generated image is ready for a coloring book. I had to tweak and refine the images to make them kid-friendly and fun to color.

Step 3: Formatting in Canva & Book Bolt

Once I had the artwork ready, I used Canva to organize the pages and Book Bolt to ensure the book was formatted correctly for KDP. This step was crucial because Amazon has strict publishing guidelines, and I wanted to make sure everything looked perfect.

Step 4: Uploading to Amazon KDP

Finally, after double-checking everything (probably 10 times!), I uploaded the book to Amazon KDP. Seeing my coloring book go live on Amazon was an amazing feeling!

Where You Can Get It

You can now find Colorful Adventures Book 1: Animals on Amazon! This book is perfect for kids aged 4 and up, featuring adorable animal illustrations that are fun to color.

📌 Get your copy here: https://amzn.to/4gF8RBF

What’s Next?

I’m not stopping here! My goal is to create a whole Colorful Adventures Coloring Book Series, covering different themes, animals, and more creative topics. Plus, I’m continuing my money-making challenge to see if selling coloring books is actually a profitable side hustle.

Stay tuned for more updates, and if you grab a copy, I’d love to hear your feedback! Let me know what you think in the comments or leave a review on Amazon.

Happy coloring! 🎨✨...