We were kindly sent 'Dare you to Doodle' book published by Carlton Books.
From the title, you may have the impression that this is simply a book with lots of pages to draw/dooodle on. Now, as much as it does focus on drawing/doodling, there is so much more. Little person was absolutely awestruck with the content!
So, what makes it different?
We have a few drawing books, and they are essentially that, books with pages to draw or doodle following simple steps. With 'Dare you to Doodle' the difference is that it really gets children thinking.
To give an example, there's the beginning of a drawing, and you're asked whether you see a duck or rabbit. The task is to complete what you see, and once you've done that, doodle something else! It is the 'twist' to simple tasks that has made this book very different to others we have (and far more enjoyable!).
Little person has enjoyed filling his treasure chest with treasure, and once again, it wasn't simply, fill it in with drawings, but super cool shading using a coin (or more) and crayons. The sort of shading I've only ever remembered to do using tree trunks or leaves! The difference in the method of completing that task made it so much more fun.
Another favourite task of little persons was, to continue doodling sticks with his eyes closed until he thought he had built the birds nest. A lot of giggles were heard during and after this task, children are very expressive, so seeing that was another confirmation that this book was a huge hit!
The book is full of so many exciting and fun filled tasks, from comic strips, making your own flip books, pop out pyramids, creating your own superhero, ensuring safe landings for skydivers and so so much more (a list that would be far too long to note here; after all the book has 144 pages!).
Little person is currently working on trying to hold a scorpion for 10 seconds (I'm not giving anything away), and will then move on to think about whether the egg or chicken came first. He cannot wait to complete the dare and ruin some perfect art paintings (sounds scary!), and create many many robots. All in a days work. Alongside all these fabulous fun filled tasks, he will appear on TV, pop along to the moon, visit a haunted house, go back in time and so much more.
I can see us packing our 'Dare you to Doodle' book on all our trips. My son enjoys his doodling, but usually wants exciting ideas, and unfortunately I am not creative, so he normally gives up. However, 'Dare you to Doodle' is the perfect book for him. If it wasn't for his 3 year old younger sibling wanting to help out, he would be 'glued' to this book all the time!
Final thoughts
I can happily say, 'Dare you to Doodle' has been a huge hit in this house. It has provided the type of entertainment I was falling short on. There are arts and crafts activities, but most times little person wants to sit with his colours and a pencil, and this has been the book to give him that opportunity.
The quality of the pages is perfect, and, I've mentioned this many a times before; but little person is a 'go wild with the eraser' type of person...after all that erasing the pages look as good as new! We've also really liked the cover page, little person has said that 'it looks like a fun book and not babyish at the same time.'
Huge thumbs up from us!
For further information, or to browse more exciting books, hop along to Carlton books publishers website and instagram page.
From the title, you may have the impression that this is simply a book with lots of pages to draw/dooodle on. Now, as much as it does focus on drawing/doodling, there is so much more. Little person was absolutely awestruck with the content!
So, what makes it different?
We have a few drawing books, and they are essentially that, books with pages to draw or doodle following simple steps. With 'Dare you to Doodle' the difference is that it really gets children thinking.
To give an example, there's the beginning of a drawing, and you're asked whether you see a duck or rabbit. The task is to complete what you see, and once you've done that, doodle something else! It is the 'twist' to simple tasks that has made this book very different to others we have (and far more enjoyable!).
Little person has enjoyed filling his treasure chest with treasure, and once again, it wasn't simply, fill it in with drawings, but super cool shading using a coin (or more) and crayons. The sort of shading I've only ever remembered to do using tree trunks or leaves! The difference in the method of completing that task made it so much more fun.
Another favourite task of little persons was, to continue doodling sticks with his eyes closed until he thought he had built the birds nest. A lot of giggles were heard during and after this task, children are very expressive, so seeing that was another confirmation that this book was a huge hit!
The book is full of so many exciting and fun filled tasks, from comic strips, making your own flip books, pop out pyramids, creating your own superhero, ensuring safe landings for skydivers and so so much more (a list that would be far too long to note here; after all the book has 144 pages!).
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| He hasn't quite finished his masterpiece, but mama wanted to take a photo! |
Little person is currently working on trying to hold a scorpion for 10 seconds (I'm not giving anything away), and will then move on to think about whether the egg or chicken came first. He cannot wait to complete the dare and ruin some perfect art paintings (sounds scary!), and create many many robots. All in a days work. Alongside all these fabulous fun filled tasks, he will appear on TV, pop along to the moon, visit a haunted house, go back in time and so much more.
I can see us packing our 'Dare you to Doodle' book on all our trips. My son enjoys his doodling, but usually wants exciting ideas, and unfortunately I am not creative, so he normally gives up. However, 'Dare you to Doodle' is the perfect book for him. If it wasn't for his 3 year old younger sibling wanting to help out, he would be 'glued' to this book all the time!
Final thoughts
I can happily say, 'Dare you to Doodle' has been a huge hit in this house. It has provided the type of entertainment I was falling short on. There are arts and crafts activities, but most times little person wants to sit with his colours and a pencil, and this has been the book to give him that opportunity.
The quality of the pages is perfect, and, I've mentioned this many a times before; but little person is a 'go wild with the eraser' type of person...after all that erasing the pages look as good as new! We've also really liked the cover page, little person has said that 'it looks like a fun book and not babyish at the same time.'
Huge thumbs up from us!
For further information, or to browse more exciting books, hop along to Carlton books publishers website and instagram page.
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