Painting by numbers....
Dan Robbins, the inventor of the paint-by-numbers kits, has died aged 93.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-47832466
'His kits inspired generations of budding artists to pick up a paintbrush and create multi-coloured wonders. Here, BBC News website readers share their artwork and stories about how the method helped them'.
The article starts with: 'Painting-by-numbers literally saved my life'.
I can believe that. People feeling down or poorly and getting engrossed in something creative, giving them confidence seeing the picture progress, especially if they have no particular artistic flair.
I'd forgotten all about these kits.
I remember seeing them in the shops when I was a kid although never did them.
(There was also rug making kits. We had one of those, which was really therapeutic to do, even if it was rather large and awkward
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Did you do them or do you do them now - the painting by numbers?
What about rug making?