Create Your Own Planet!
A wildly imaginative activity book that sparks creativity, critical thinking, and self-expression as kids design their own one-of-a-kind planet—one silly, thoughtful doodle at a time.
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2026 First-Grade Curriculum Kit
Create Your Own Planet!
What would your child's perfect planet look like? In Create Your Own Planet!, he's in charge of everything—from the weather and wildlife to the food, fashion, transportation, and rules that govern daily life.
This imaginative activity book contains 240 pages of drawing and design prompts organized into 10 themed chapters. As your child works through the book, he'll create original characters, animals, landscapes, inventions, foods, cities, and countless other details that bring his unique world to life.
Each prompt encourages creative thinking, problem-solving, and self-expression while giving children the freedom to develop their own ideas. One page might ask them to invent unusual weather patterns, while another challenges them to design new creatures, create local traditions, or imagine entirely new ways of living.
The open-ended format makes the book easy to use as a daily creativity exercise, a rainy-day activity, or a long-term project completed over weeks or months. There are no right answers, no complicated instructions, and no pressure to create a perfect drawing—just opportunities to imagine, invent, and create.
Create Your Own Planet! offers a fun way for children to develop creativity, observation, storytelling, and critical-thinking skills while building a world that is entirely their own.
How to Use Create Your Own Planet!
- This open-ended creativity book can be used as a daily drawing activity, a creativity break between subjects, or a long-term project completed throughout the school year.
- To finish all 240 pages in a typical academic year, plan on completing 6–7 pages each week. Some children will prefer a page or two each day, while others may enjoy spending longer sessions immersed in a single chapter.
- Encourage your child to approach each prompt with curiosity rather than perfection. The goal is not to create polished artwork but to develop original ideas, explore possibilities, and bring an imaginary world to life.
- Take time to discuss your child's creations. Ask questions about the creatures, inventions, traditions, landscapes, or rules he designs. These conversations often reveal thoughtful problem-solving, creative reasoning, and surprising insights.
- Feel free to participate alongside your child. Creating your own planet can spark meaningful discussions and turn independent drawing time into a shared family activity.
Most importantly, allow the book to remain open-ended. There are no right answers and no required outcomes. The value comes from imagining, creating, and exploring ideas that could never exist anywhere but on your child's planet.
Publisher: Hachette Chronicle Books
Author: Todd Parr
Age Recommendation: 6+
Grade Recommendation: 1st+
Faith-Based: No
Consumable: Yes
Pages: 240
Lessons/Projects: 240
ISBN: 9780811871464
Format: Paperback
Copyright: Aug. 4, 2010
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Ages 6 and up.
It is 8.25 x 8 inches, and 0.75" thick. It has 240 pages.
- April 23, 2025
Neat Art Book
Karolyn B.
My daughter did not make this book as beautiful as it could have been (she penciled almost all of the drawings and did not color); however, having to think and draw made up images has helped her drawing to improve this year. Todd Parr has such a fun way of relating to kids. She found it hilarious. If you have a natural artist this will be just beautiful by the end of the year. If your student isn’t naturally inclined to draw you might want to wait to do this book for 1 more year.
- February 21, 2025
My kids love this!
StinaRae
My daughter loved this so much. I bought a second one for my son. They absolutely love using their imagination to create their own world. So many giggles.
- December 19, 2024
Inspiring creativity
April S.
My KG daughter loves to imagine what her planet would be like and has absolutely loved filling this book with her visions! It’s a fun supplement to art class and a fun way for a brain break.
- October 7, 2024
So Much Fun and Creativity!
Travis H.
This is a great creative writing/drawing book. I love using this to break up the day or for a start to the day to get the gears moving.
- July 18, 2024
Creativity
Sara W.
Our son completed this and now our daughter will be this year. It’s a fun book that is great to add in as creative thinking and art.
- September 14, 2023
Kids love it
StinaRae
We purchased a second one for my son because my kids loved this book so much. My daughter has had it for 2 years and still loves working in it. My son is so excited to now have his own
- July 15, 2023
Good first journal
Rachael M.
Very creative way to get your young ones interested in journaling and also creative thinking.
- June 24, 2023
Grandkids love it!
Diane S.
We got one of these (at our daughter's request) for our grandson. At age 11 they moved to Japan, and this was one of the items he chose to bring with him. Our daughter says that our granddaughter age 7 has seen his brother's and is now dying to have one of her own, so we bought her one too. Very popular book in their family!
- May 16, 2023
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haley m.
Love this ended up getting 3
- May 14, 2023
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haley m.
So unique and awesome
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