We Are in an ARTivity Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

This book is full of creative and fun activities with a variety of different things to do. I bought this as a gift for a recent kindergarten grad who is an art lover, as well as an Elephant and Piggie lover, and she is obsessed with this book! It’s been a big hit. Super unique concept that can engage kids of different ages.

If you’re familiar with Mo Willems, you’ll know that this book will be amazing.It’s such fun and interactive. We got it as a gift and purchased two more to gift to friends. Highly recommend for any piggy and Gerald fans.

Worth every penny! This kept my son busy for days! Love this and wish there were more!

This is truly the best activity book I've ever seen! It's so thoughtful and creative! The entire thing reads like an Elephant and Piggie book, but there's also instructions on almost every page with something to color, draw, etc. I just gave it to my daughter today for her 6th birthday, so no feedback from her end, but I think she will love it. Biggest issue is that she just started kindergarten so she can't read yet, so this might have to be a book we do together. If you're wanting your child to do it mostly independently, it will work best for a slightly older child, or at least one that can read. I think my 10 year old/5th grader would actually really enjoy this too! I will surely be checking out the other activity books by Mo Williems!Sorry the photo I added is bad quality, but I think it's so cool that these art references are added throughout the book! It's so thoughtful and clever!

I wish I could give this product more than 5 stars! Elephant and Piggie (stars of the Mo Willems easy reader series) star in this activity book with a new character, Artvark, who teaches them about art. This is so much more than your average activity book. There is a overarching story-line, though kids can do pages and projects out of the order without much difficulty. At the bottom of each page, there is a prompt for kids about what to do. Some pages are for coloring, and those pages often have prompts for creative engagement. For example, "add in a background," or, "color this page really fast and messy!" There are a few mazes and a color by number. Many pages, however, have more in-depth activities. Kids will learn to draw Elephant and Piggie, make a collage, tear out a page to build a sculpture, tear out a page to create a mobile, create a poster, tear out a page to make a board game, etc. All the while...children are learning about different forms of art (portraits, still-life, sculpture, mobiles, and collage). There are also pictures inspired by real art. At the end of the book, kids have an art show and they learn how to show their art and talk about it.I happened to pick this up book for the first time shortly before a school vacation week last year. It kept my two kids (then ages 3.5 and 6) busy ALL week. And not just busy, but happy, engaged, excited, and not fighting. They were SO excited to show their dad their museum when he came home. Beyond keeping my kids happy...I really feel like they learned so much. I saw their fine motor skills improve and they gained confidence in their drawing. This was also a fabulous first introduction to art and they got interested in going to art museums. We took them to an art exhibit and rather than being bored, they were engaged and so excited when they saw a Frida Kahlo self-portrait they recognized from their Elephant and Piggie book!Since then, we have purchased this book two more times...once as a gift and once because my preschooler wanted to do it again. Which he did. And now he wants to do it yet another time! I suspect we will be buying a few more of these!I find that the Elephant and Piggie book series attracts a wide age range, from older toddlers to early elementary schoolers who are reading it on their own. In order to be completely independent with this activity book, kids need to be able to read at a solid first grade level (similar reading level to the Elephant and Piggie books, though some of the activity directions are at a slightly higher reading level), and use scissors, tape, etc. But if you have an artsy preschooler, like I do...then I have to say that some of my most joyful parenting moments have been poring over the pages of this book together. I highly recommend. This would make a fabulous gift for ages 4 and up.

I bought this book and the doodle 101. My kiddo loves drawing books and loves this author. But she is not into these books. I think it looks too busy/overwhelming for her. I thought these looked great, but she isn’t into it.

We love this book, it's so fun! Lots to do in it. Elephant and Piggie are a favorite among my kids!

My daughter started getting these Gerald and Piggie books from school, she is in Kindergarten and starting to read. These books are very easy to read for her and the books have silly stories.I purchased this activity book and had no idea it came with multiple fun activities to do. Using scissors, glue stick, coloring and building art are some of the fun things within. I would highly recommend this to anyone else, it was worth the money especially spending quality time with my little girl laughing and learning!