Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls (Children's Doodle)

Looking at the preview for this book, I didn't know what to expect; many books on journaling include some sort of materials section at the beginning, and I was looking for something more. Wanting to learn to doodle better myself, I ordered a copy and jumped for joy when it arrived. When it came out of the package, I was surprised! It's a great size -- small enough to fit in a purse or backpack -- and is THICK. Past the recommended materials, there are pages and pages of prompts, ideas, and collaged backgrounds for you to work on. The prompts are diverse, and many have "tips" for how you can expand and enhance your journaling. They range from ways to use materials to cutting "out a photo of a friend -- paste it on the page and start dooodling in the Mehndi style around it," to "What do I want to be? Happy, adventurous, fun? Either write these words or find them in magazines and paste them onto the page. Doodle around them." The pages are great for girls just discovering who they are. There are bits for favorite jewelry, your favorite and least favorite classes, a school makeover, and "I can't wait to be an adult because..." But there are deeper prompts as well. Dawn Sokol has girls exploring who they are and want to be, what they value, who they look up to, what quotes guide them. Working through this doodle diary will help girls grow and foster strong self-esteem and figure out who they are. If you're an adult, you, too, can work through this diary! Many of the prompts will take you back to childhood, where you can re-examine what you loved (and didn't love!) back then, bringing those school years into clear focus. And many are fun prompts -- Dawn has you exploring new materials and gives you tips on how to use them in different ways. Journal about an embarrassing moment, what you said today. Use junk mail or combine words. What is on your iPod? What inspires you? 'Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls' is up there with Keri Smith's 'Wreck This Journal' for the pure creative genius of its writer; there is passion and fun in this book that you can't help but giggle with glee when you pick it up and start playing on its pages.

This doodle diary is really cute. There are so many different pages with different ideas on what to draw, write, doodle, etc. inside. I bought this for our 11 year old for Christmas and she's going to love it. I noticed the other day that she has a plain journal in her room, that only a few pages are written on. I think that this will really get her into journal writing! This is great for kids who like to document their lives and are really creative. For example, there are pages in this diary to: 1. List, doodle, collage the foods and desserts they love 2. A page where they can write down what movies they saw, add comments about them, add ticket stubs, etc. 3. A watercolor page - where they only doodle with watercolor colored pencils 4. A page of inspirations - to find and include colors, words, patterns, illustrations, labels, photos -- and to add what's so inspiring about them 5. A page about your best friends -- you can add pictures or draw them, say what you like about them, etc.. I like that this doodle diary is filled with ideas for kids, instead of giving them a blank diary. Not only is it fun and appealing inside and out, but they won't be "stuck" on what to say or write or draw. What a GREAT idea to encourage creativity and documenting their lives, so they can go back and look at it in the future!

I bought this for my 8 year old cousin as a Christmas present and she absoultely loved it! I wanted to find her something that would be fun and silly but that would also allow her to express herself and put some thought into what's going on with friends and school and family. When I recieved it I was happy with the size, the prompts, and the space for her to draw and write. I was even more pleased to see her excitement when she opened it; she must have seen these before and wanted one because she dropped the box that it was wrapped in and jumped up and down, ran to her mom and said "Mom! Bay got me the diary you can draw in!" She received a lot of presents that day but she really seemed excited to fill this out. If you have a creative child in your life and your looking for a gift that will allow critical thinking and creative expression then this is it!

I bought this doodle diary for my 8 year old niece. She loves to draw and I thought this would be a great open ended learning tool. I was pleasantly surprised by how many pages the book has. However, I did give the product 4 stars because the book is rather small making it hard to turn the pages and actually doodle on the pages. In the sellers defense the product dimensions are listed in the description. I had I read the description in it's entirity, I may have passed on this item. Overall super great quality, awesome learning tool, just wish the pages were bigger.

I purchased this book for an 11 year girl who I knew loves to doodle and write in a journal occasionally. She loved the gift! I have since asked her how she likes her new journal, her reply was that it was very fun and nice that they give you ideas of what to journal and make it fun to do. She also says how a lot of her friends are jealous and want one of their own. :) I call that a success! Its not easy now a days to please pre-teen kids with small simple gifts (its no IPod), I super happy with my purchase!

Stress comes into our lives everyday, so this is my little escape at the end of my day..I know it's a doodle book for girls, but I have gotten sooooo much stress relief, just doodling...I keep it at my bedside, with some colored pens, just doodle my way to calm. I have also ordered "Doodling for Paercrafters", funny when I was in school, I use to doodle all the time, I grow up, now I need ideas to doodle, what's wrong with that, are we to busy just to have fun and let our minds wander...i luv it..I feel like I'm back in school, when of course we were supose to be listening, but I think anyone who reads this review, will know, we all doodled somewhere, sometime, lets get back into having fun.

Got this for my niece as part of her birthday present. She lives in a different city so I usually pick a few things from amazon and send them to her, so these reviews are very important. She mentioned to me when she stayed with me during the summer that she wanted to be a journalist when she grew up so I figured this interactive journal will get her mind going. When I talked to my niece she said she loved it and likes that there are topics (or something like that) and you can write about it. Overall, she's very happy. She's 7 years old. My sister in law said it was age appropriate too.

I'm an artist and journalling teacher - and this book has tickled me on both levels. The prompts are perfect jumping points for all sorts of creative thought and the pages are delightfully designed, yet not so perfect/prescious that they scare a child off from marking on them/journalling. I put it immediately on my journalling bibliography that I hand out to my student's parents - and based on the kids' reactions at today's class, it'll soon be in each of their backpacks! Furthermore, my daughter begged me to give her my copy. Solution? I bought another one!! Wonderful book, Dawn - and thank you!!

love it! was a gift fir a 9 year old and she loves it

It's a good buy....if you are creative and love to doodle it's just the thing for you. Paper quality is very good.

I bought it for my daughter and her friend, as we will be traveling this summer and would like them to keep a journal of their travels. This looked like a fun book to write in and inside it does look inviting. I wish I had something like that when I was younger!

Bought this for my 7 year old cousin for her birthday and she loved it. Shes very crafty so this book was perfect for her little craft projects and a great way to develop her creativity. Great quality. Great delivery.

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