One line on a sheet. Next sheet. A sun in the corner. Next sheet.
Children don't draw the way adults do. They draw fast, they draw a lot, and they are done with a page long before the page is full. That is how it should be. But it uses a lot of paper, and most of it is on the floor by evening.
A reusable doodle book is a simple fix. Here are five reasons we think it earns a place on the toy shelf.
One book takes the place of the paper pile
The pages are black and they wipe clean. Your child draws with the bright markers, you wipe the page with a wet wipe, and it is blank again. The same page can be a giraffe in the morning and a rocket after lunch. A new idea no longer needs a new sheet.
Clean-up is one wipe, not twenty sheets
After an hour of drawing on paper, there are sheets on the table, sheets on the floor and a few under the sofa. With the book, there is only the book. Wipe the page, close the flap, and you are done. Less to pick up, and less in the dustbin.
It folds flat and goes where they go
Closed, it is a slim book that slips into a school bag. The markers sit in a pouch inside, so there is no separate pencil box to remember. Car rides, train journeys, restaurants, an afternoon at Nani's house: the whole drawing kit is one thing to carry.
The DoodliBook set is ₹799, with markers included.
See the DoodliBookIt is made for small hands
The corners are rounded and wrapped in fabric. A velcro flap keeps the book shut, and a child can open it without help. One page is see-through: slide a picture under it and they can trace it. That helps on the "what should I draw?" days.
You buy it once
Drawing pads and paper are a small expense that never stops. The DoodliBook set is ₹799, and it comes with its own markers and two wet wipes to get started. The markers will run dry one day, as all markers do. The pages can be wiped and used again and again.
