Tandem Activity Book: Designing Money, Tent Guess, and Food Memories


Here are even more spreads from the Tandem Activity Book I worked on for Lea Redmond through Chronicle Books. You can order it online or read more about the project, or see more pages from the book here, here, and here.

There is also a new review pairing a man and a woman who haven’t met before to do some of the activities in the book.

Design some money. Who or what would you commemorate on these coins and bills?
Design some money. Who or what would you commemorate on these coins and bills?
Pick up the book and stand it up like a tent, with space between the two covers. Take turns hiding a small object inside the space. Ask "yes" or "no" questions until you can guess the mystery object.
Pick up the book and stand it up like a tent, with space between the two covers. Take turns hiding a small object inside the space. Ask “yes” or “no” questions until you can guess the mystery object.
Jot down any memories you have associated with each of these foods. Then rotate and compare notes.
Jot down any memories you have associated with each of these foods. Then rotate and compare notes.

Tandem Activity Book: Bucket List, Friendship Bracelets, and Flower Shop


Here are some more spreads from the Tandem Activity Book I worked on for Lea Redmond through Chronicle Books. You can order it online or read more about the project.

What's on your bucket list? Take turns listing 10 things you each want to do in your lifetime. Share and compare. Then, on the next page, list 10 things you want to do together.
What’s on your bucket list? Take turns listing 10 things you each want to do in your lifetime. Share and compare. Then, on the next page, list 10 things you want to do together.

This illustration was especially fun as I spent many hours as a pre-teen making friendship bracelets and working on the cache-building skill of macramé. If only I had had this handy diagram back then, I could have planned my color ways more diligently.

Color in a friendship bracelet for your friend. Inquire about his or her favorite colors before you begin.
Color in a friendship bracelet for your friend. Inquire about his or her favorite colors before you begin.

I don’t own flowers or plants because they die in my presence, despite watering them as per their instructions. So this is probably the only type of flower shop I will ever be involved with.

At your own personal flower shop, what flowers would you offer? Draw, color, and compare.
At your own personal flower shop, what flowers would you offer? Draw, color, and compare.