Brain building, boredom busting!

Our unique variety of activities light up different parts of the brain, building imagination, confidence, and problem-solving skills, all while conquering boredom!

Keep scrolling to see what we mean!

Our books are similar enough to know the quality to expect, but different enough that each book is its own unique experience, that doesn’t feel like you’re doing the same thing over and over again.

A drawing of a stegosaurus with large, grouped tail spikes, labeled 'Walnut or Banana,' standing on ground with rocks. The stegosaurus has a speech bubble saying, 'Banana Brain,' still hurts my feelings. Text explains misconceptions about the stegosaurus brain size, comparing it to a walnut or banana, and mentions cartoonist Gary Larson's joke about its tail spikes being called 'Thagomizer.'

Source Dinosaurs Coloring + Activity Book

Facts & Jokes

Facts and jokes keep kids engaged! We’ve heard back from multiple customers that one book can entertain an entire family on a road trip thanks to facts and jokes!

(Psst! Why can’t T-Rexes clap? Because they’re dead!)

A black and white illustrated fantasy adventure game map with a whimsical maze, including castles, forests, mountains, dragons, and various characters, asking if you will survive the ultimate quest.

Choose Your Own Adventure Mazes

Invites kids to do it multiple times b/c multiple possible outcomes. Funny.

This is the best activity book we’ve ever done. It's a good thing we bought two different Caravan Shoppe activity books because they loved them. This is the only thing other than a screen that's had their attention this way in a while. so good.

—Amanda Smith

A flowchart titled 'Which Dinosaur Are You??' that helps identify different types of dinosaurs based on questions about diet, habitat, and size, featuring illustrations and brief descriptions of various dinosaurs like Velociraptor, Triceratops, T. rex, Spinosaurus, and Plesiosaur.

Source: Legendary Monsters: Cryptids

Flow Charts

Funny flowcharts! Encourages participation of others (social interaction/sharing)

A black and white illustrated maze story about Miracle Mike, a headless chicken. Features include a large headless chicken illustration, a tent with admission ticket price, a university badge, black and white magazine covers, a motel sign, and various comic-style speech bubbles narrating the story of Miracle Mike's life and death.

Mazes

Relaxing, challenging… benefits of mazes. Funny/facts.

This is the best activity book we’ve ever done. It's a good thing we bought two different Caravan Shoppe activity books because they loved them. This is the only thing other than a screen that's had their attention this way in a while. so good.

—Amanda Smith

A black and white educational puzzle titled 'What does the moody astronaut need?' featuring a grid with various space-related symbols. The bottom shows a legend matching symbols to words, with some keys listed with letter and number codes.

Source: Legendary Monsters: Cryptids

Secret Codes

Decoding a mystery is always fun.

A black and white illustration of various pets and their owners, showing similarities in appearance. Includes dogs, cats, a guinea pig, a llama, a hedgehog, a frog, a chicken, and other animals, with matching owners depicted alongside.

Hidden Pictures…

Brains LOVE to solve puzzles! Our activity books includes the classics, like mazes, spot the difference, and hidden pictures.

This is the best activity book we’ve ever done. It's a good thing we bought two different Caravan Shoppe activity books because they loved them. This is the only thing other than a screen that's had their attention this way in a while. so good.

—Amanda Smith

A black and white activity sheet titled 'You've Discovered a New Cryptid!' with sections for creating a unique cryptid, including birth month, second letter of first name, birth date, last letter of first name, first letter of first name, and generating a certificate of authenticity.

Source: Legendary Monsters: Cryptids

Name Generators

Funny, so many diff outcomes/possibilities! Encourages participation of others (social interaction/sharing)

Black and white illustration of a fairy and a pixie inside glass domes. The fairy has human skin tones, wears elegant clothing, is kind-hearted and positive, six inches tall, with wings, and is standing on a flower. The pixie has mischievous nature, four inches tall, with butterfly wings, wearing tattered clothes, with skin that can be purple, green, yellow, pink, or blue, and is standing on a mushroom.

Coloring

Every page can be colored. Popular among kids who like to color and those who don’t. For both.

Black and white illustration of four llamas behind a counter with various hair accessories and grooming tools, and a sign that reads 'Llama Sallona' with a slogan about hair styling.

Free Drawing

Funny and clever, full creative license!

A black and white coloring page featuring a word search on the left side with words related to monsters and spooky themes on the side. On the right side, there are four comic-style panels with animals in a swamp, accompanied by speech bubbles, and a small photo of a cloudy sky and water in the bottom right corner.

Word Games

Crosswords, Word searches, word puzzles, unscramble… word searches reveal a fact or punchline.

Text tutorial on how to draw a lake monster using letters, titled 'How to draw a LAKE MONSTER using letters' and underlined.

Source: Legendary Monsters: Cryptids

Drawing Tutorials

builds confidence in drawing skills… learn a new trick to drawing something that you didn’t already know!

Black and white comic strip featuring a bearded man with a pointy hat, a squirrel, an owl, a mouse, and an owl in a tree. The characters are speaking in speech bubbles, with the owl stern-looking and the man and squirrel chatting. The scene takes place outdoors with trees and a river in the background.

Complete the comics

Fill in the bubbles to tell the story!

A blank fill-in-the-blank witness statement worksheet with a drawing of a large, smiling whale on the right side.

Source: Legendary Monsters: Cryptids

Fill in the blank stories

Funny stories making! On your own or with others!

A black and white illustrated infographic explaining how scientists can clone pets by identifying tiny differences between them. The image shows pairs of cats and dogs with subtle differences, with text emphasizing that clones are not the same animal but have the same DNA. There are labeled illustrations of cats and dogs, and a cartoon of two people holding dogs with some text about DNA and twins.

Spot the Difference

Challenging, relaxing, satisfying.

Black and white coloring page featuring a unicorn with a flowing mane and a speech bubble that says, "Who you calling ugly?" At the top, large stylized text reads, "I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS," with a smaller paragraph explaining the myth that unicorns are real. The scene has stars and sparkles in the sky, grass, and a rocky landscape.

Source: Legendary Monsters: Cryptids

Connect the Dots

NOT OBVIOUS. Worth doing. (Relaxing… numb out a little.)