A creative family activity: make a book together

What do you do together in this creative family activity?

In this creative family activity your child draws and you take the photo. Then you sit together in front of the screen and choose the topic, who else will be in the story and the style of the pictures. There are 17 styles, from watercolour to a knitted world, 15 palettes and 6 typefaces, and the book on screen changes with every tap.

Beside every step stand Aris and Iris, the two drawn guides of Vivlary, with one line of help. Nothing moves on by itself: you go to the next step when you press Continue, so you can talk over every choice for as long as you like; a creative family activity needs no rush.

The dedication on the first page of the personalised book can be written together too: choose one of the suggested lines or write your own words.

What is "My drawing comes alive"?

It is one of the categories of the personalised book for children. After the people's photos you upload one photo of your child's drawing. The creature they drew becomes a character of the book, drawn with artificial intelligence as your child drew it.

The text never says what the creature is; it calls it "the creature from the drawing" and lets the pictures show it. If your child drew something that has no name yet, nobody will give it one on their behalf.

How to plan a creative family activity around the book

If you are looking for things to do with kids at home, here is an order that works well:

• Choose the topic together from the "My drawing comes alive" category.
• Your child draws a creature on a sheet of paper, with whatever materials you have.
• Photograph the whole drawing in good light.
• Put in whoever you like, up to 6 people, each with up to 5 photos.
• Choose the style, colours, typeface and dedication together, and look at the free preview together.

Which topics are there for a child's drawing?

Each step of the creative family activity can be taken on by someone else: Dad takes the photos, Grandma writes the dedication. The topic, though, is a good one for your child to choose:

• "The friend from the paper" (3–5, 6–9): one night, the creature from the drawing climbs down from the wall, shy and a little wobbly.
• "The monster I drew" (3–5, 6–9): it looks fierce, but it is scared of everything, from the vacuum cleaner to its own shadow.
• "The world of my drawing" (6–9, 10 and over): a journey into the picture, with trees made of scribbles and one piece waiting for a crayon.
• "My drawing comes to school" (6–9): a friend hidden in the school bag.

What happens to the drawing and the photos?

The drawing follows the same rules as the photos: it is used only for your book, never to train AI, and it is deleted together with them, automatically 7 days after a preview that was not bought or 30 days after delivery of a bought book. You can delete them sooner. More on the photos page.

Start with the friend from the paper or see every topic on the stories page. The steps of the site one by one are in our guide on how to make a personalised book.

At the end of the creative family activity you have a book: digital, in your account, or a printed hardcover that includes the digital one. The delivery cost and time are shown before you pay.

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