Story Doodles Place Mats

Not for younger kids; mine were 3 and 5 when we bought them and they only held interest in them so long as I read the descriptions. And after a while I got tired of reading descriptions every 3 seconds. But it is really great and would make a great gift, too. Good prompts.

I do not believe in showing children poorly done drawings. I believe artwork should be done well to give kids something to aspire for and learn to improve their own art skills. Yes, the art should be done at a level that they can aspire to.... but that does not mean the work needs to look like an unskilled child did them. Unfortunately all the drawings provided on these placemats were at a toddler's or small child's level... not very good. Plus, a number of the ideas per page really would not fill the entire space provided. I also did not feel this really had much to do with story making. Because of this, I will not keep the product. The concept of drawing on placemats was great, the quality was great, but the art was not that great, and I expected a lot more for a title like "story" and for the price. Plus, you only get only one copy of each placemat... so if you have multiple children and you them to do the same place at the same time, you need to buy one of these packs for each child.

This is the best activity book! It encourages our four year old to think on his own and make up his own stories. We use them for daily activities instead of place mats, but also have a box with markers and these sheets that we can take into restaurants. Will be ordering more as gifts!

Seriously fun product for our whole family.Not fond of the high price - which is why I bought "used" (which meant open!) for way cheap! I wouldn't spend the regular retail price on papers with just the start of a picture as a placemat.

I love ALL of Taro Gomi's coloring books because they have great drawings to color, as well as good quality paper, in case I want to use markers or paints

Great distraction at restaurants especially where restaurants don’t have entertainment!

Great!! Super cute book to foster imagination and creativity. The paper is super smooth and high quality. I can not wait for the kids to use this pages. I bought an extra one for birthday presents

Coolest thing, my kids love it!!! Great for playing at the dinner table while waiting on food and can be easily thrown away upon completion of a meal! There are multiple of each page so the kids don't fight about not getting the same thing. Love it.