Disclosure: We received a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are our own. This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
I’ve always wished I could draw but that is something I couldn’t do if you a paid me too. But David and Charlie can both draw verry well. When Charlie was little, I thought he might grow up to be an Author like his Uncle Don or my dad who could draw but that isn’t something Charlie decided to do which is fine me with me.
I’m excited to introduce you to The Peanuts gang who has been entertaining readers for generations, and now children can learn how to draw their favorite characters with How to Draw Peanuts for Kids: Create Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, and the Gang!. Whether your child is a longtime fan of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, or Linus, this book offers a fun and approachable way to develop drawing skills while spending time with some beloved characters.
One of the things I appreciated most about this book is how it breaks the drawing process into simple, easy-to-follow steps. Young artists are guided through each character one step at a time, helping build confidence along the way. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, children can focus on one part of the drawing at a time and watch their creations come to life. If Charlie and I were #Homeschooling still we would have used the book in our Art Class.
How to Draw Peanuts for Kids: Create Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, and the Gang! would be a wonderful addition to summer activities, which is why you will find the book inside our Summer Gift Guide. It’s a great addition to homeschool art lessons, rainy-day projects, or family creative time. It encourages children to put down their devices for a while and spend time drawing, creating, and using their imagination.
As a former homeschool family, I’ m always looking for activities that combine learning and fun. Drawing helps children practice patience, follow directions, improve fine motor skills, and express their creativity. How to Draw Peanuts for Kids: Create Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, and the Gang!.manages to do all of that while keeping children engaged with characters they already know and love.
Fans of the Peanuts gang will enjoy learning how to create their favorite characters, and parents will appreciate having an activity that encourages creativity and artistic exploration.If your child enjoys drawing or wants to learn how to sketch cartoon characters, this book is a fun way to get started.
Be Sure to Check Out Our Other Peanuts Reviews
- The Peanuts Guide to Friendship
- Peanuts All About Me: My Fill-In Book
Recommended For: Children, homeschool families, aspiring artists, and Peanuts fans of all ages.
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Learn how to draw Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie Brown, and the Peanuts gang in this easy, step-by-step, officially licensed activity book for kids ages 7 and up!
Calling all kids who love to draw! Now you can learn how to create members of the Peanuts gang in this easy and fun beginning drawing book. Hone your skills of drawing Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Woodstock, and more so you can create your own comic strips and scenes. Officially licensed with Peanuts and inspired by Charles M. Schulz, this how-to activity book for kids includes practice drawing pages throughout, so young cartoonists can follow the step-by-step instructions while becoming master drawers.
Kids and beginners will learn how to draw their favorite Peanuts characters, including:
- Snoopy
- Woodstock
- Charlie Brown
- Linus
- Lucy
- Sally
- Schroeder and his piano
- Pigpen
- Franklin
- Marcie
- And more!
Met the Author: Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz was born November 25, 1922 in Minneapolis. His destiny was foreshadowed when an uncle gave him, at the age of two days, the nickname Sparky (after the racehorse Spark Plug in the newspaper strip Barney Google).
In his senior year in high school, his mother noticed an ad in a local newspaper for a correspondence school, Federal Schools (later called Art Instruction Schools). Schulz passed the talent test, completed the course and began trying, unsuccessfully, to sell gag cartoons to magazines. (His first published drawing was of his dog, Spike, and appeared in a 1937 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! installment.) Between 1948 and 1950, he succeeded in selling 17 cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post—as well as, to the local St. Paul Pioneer Press, a weekly comic feature called Li’l Folks. It was run in the women’s section and paid $10 a week. After writing and drawing the feature for two years, Schulz asked for a better location in the paper or for daily exposure, as well as a raise. When he was turned down on all three counts, he quit.
He started submitting strips to the newspaper syndicates. In the spring of 1950, he received a letter from the United Feature Syndicate, announcing their interest in his submission, Li’l Folks. Schulz boarded a train in June for New York City; more interested in doing a strip than a panel, he also brought along the first installments of what would become Peanuts—and that was what sold. (The title, which Schulz loathed to his dying day, was imposed by the syndicate). The first Peanuts daily appeared October 2, 1950; the first Sunday, January 6, 1952.
Diagnosed with cancer, Schulz retired from Peanuts at the end of 1999. He died on February 13, 2000, the day before Valentine’s Day—and the day before his last strip was published—having completed 17,897 daily and Sunday strips, each and every one fully written, drawn, and lettered entirely by his own hand—an unmatched achievement in comics.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
