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Creative Doodle Book

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The Creative Doodle Book consists of a series of playful activities and instructions designed to encourage creativity.

Creativity is about being imaginative, adventurous and free.

We believe that creativity is essential to everybody’s wellbeing. Through being creative we are able to express our thoughts and feelings in ways that are constructive and provide a sense of agency.

We are all creative, but sometimes we need a little help – the blank page or empty space can be daunting. The Creative Doodle Book is full of ideas designed to get people thinking and being creative, to be used by individuals or as part of a community group practice.

The Creative Doodle Book contains playful, creative activities divided into three sections:

Tasks to make you Do
Instruction-based ideas designed to help you be creative.

Tasks to help you Think
Thinking is hard and we hope these pages can make it fun and engaging.

Task to help you Reflect
We learn through reflecting on what we’ve done before. These pages support you in doing just that.

The Creative Doodle Book was developed in collaboration between researcher Matthew Reason, illustrator Brian Hartley and artists from Mind the Gap Theatre Company.

A picture of a book with a black and white cover on a wooden table
The Creative Doodle Book
a double page spread from the doodle book in black and white
Example Pages 1
a double page spread from the doodle book in black and white. There is a palm tree on the right.
Example Pages 2
a double page spread from the doodle book in black and white. There is a superman logo in the middle of the page.
Example Pages 3
A man wearing a red jumper is drawing on the pages of the doodle book next to a plate of food.
Alan Clay Using the Creative Doodle Book
a double page spread from the doodle book. A participant has drawn trees on the pages.
Completed Pages 1
a double page spread from the doodle book. A participant has created a collage on the pages.
Completed Pages 2
a double page spread from the doodle book with a drawing of a face on the left side and a colourful heart on the right side.
Completed Pages 3
a double page spread from the doodle book covered in hand drawn orange and pink flowers.
Completed Pages 4
a page from the doodle book with a drawing of flowers in a vase with the phrase wouldn't it be lovely for rain written next to them.
Completed Page 5
a page from the doodle book with various shapes drawn inside a love heart.
Completed Pages 6
a page from the doodle book with a drawing of flowers in a vase a drawing of a superhero surrounded by words describing their skills including laser eyes and a cape to fly.
Completed Pages 7

Vicky Ackroyd Blog about the Creative Doodle Book

You might not think that a global pandemic would be especially fertile ground for launching an online visual art project, and yet the Creative Doodle Book seems to have been exactly what people needed!

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