Fatherhood Coloring Book - a Surprise Castle exclusive

24 hand-illustrated scenes from a father's day-to-day, from teaching a child to bake to lifting a kid high in the backyard.

Slow days. Tall shoulders. Open page.

A hand-drawn adult coloring book, 24 scenes that run from kitchen lessons and forest campfires to backyard catches and sunset shoulder rides. The pace is set by the patient pull of a fishing line and the slow rise of bread dough, not the next notification.

Step into a kitchen where a father and his child stir a great pot, cabinets and bottles behind. Walk into a living room where a father teaches the child to paint on a canvas at the easel. Pull up to a bedroom where the father sits beside his sleeping child under a bedside lamp and the moon. Then to a hallway doorway where father and child embrace beside a framed picture.

The pages keep moving. An outdoor patio where father and child play catch with a baseball over a wooden fence. A park path where the father pushes a stroller along a winding trail. A kitchen where father and child knead dough in a great mixing bowl. A workshop where they build a toy airplane together.

Wander through the day. A backyard fence game of catch on the grass. A forest campsite where father and child sit by the campfire inside a tent. A beach where they build a sandcastle with bucket and shovel. A dock where the father helps the child learn to fish.

Keep going. A park playground where the father carries the child on his shoulders. A backyard moment where the father lifts the child high in the air. A window where the father holds a sleeping infant against the clouds. A bedroom doorway hug. A field where they fly a kite. A second shoulders-aloft moment among trees. A second stroller walk along a paved path. A second kitchen mixing scene with rolling pin and apron. A garden where they plant a sapling with shovel and watering can. A backyard moment where the father ties a child's shoe. A laughing lift in the backyard near flowers and tree. And to close, a second window scene of the father holding a newborn against the clouds — a quiet, tender bonding moment.

There's a reason coloring sticks around. It gives a busy mind somewhere to land, and in this case that somewhere is the lacing of a baseball glove or the slate of a chalkboard at home. Some pages are bold and forgiving. Others will eat a whole afternoon. Works fine with colored pencils, fine-tip markers, or gel pens.

If you know a brand-new father, a friend whose kids are little and time is short, or a dad heading into the long quiet of empty-nest, this is for them. It's also for the person who'd quietly rather shade a sandcastle on a Saturday than scroll.

Take the day.

Inside you'll find 24 scenes: a father stirring a pot with his child, a father teaching painting on a canvas, a father beside his sleeping child under a bedside lamp, a doorway embrace, a backyard catch over a fence, a stroller along a winding park trail, a father and child kneading dough, a workshop scene building a toy airplane, a backyard catch on the grass, a forest campfire and tent, a sandcastle on the beach, a dock fishing lesson, a shoulders ride on a park path, a backyard lift in the air, a window with a sleeping infant against clouds, a bedroom doorway hug, a kite-flying field, a second shoulder-ride among trees, a second stroller walk, a second kitchen mixing scene with apron, a garden sapling planting, a backyard shoe-tying moment, a laughing backyard lift, and a second window scene with a newborn.