Overall,

To conclude this module, from obtaining relevant research and information I feel that I have successfully achieved what was set out to complete, as I had designed and created two double page spreads and a front and back cover for the children’s cookbook. My user testing questionnaire had ensured me that children would find my designs fun and their parents would want to buy the cookbook for them. Finally, I am very happy with my final designs and I believe that they represent the sustainability and provide important information about sustainability with ingredients to the children and parents.

Final Designs

 

 

(including a pack of crayons)

Research - Questionnaire

Questionnaire

This questionnaire has been designed to find out what children think about my designs for ‘The family sustainable cookbook’ and whether they would want to read the book, and whether the parents would want to purchase the book for their children.

 

Children 8+

 

Do you like the book?

 

Yes               No

 

Would you want to colour in on the pages?

 

Yes               No

 

Is the book fun and colourful?

 

Yes               No

 

What is your favourite bit of the book?

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Parents

 

Are these designs effective enough to engage the attention of your child?

 

Yes               No

 

If No why?

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Do you think the small flap of information if enough to teach the children about sustainability in these recipes?

 

Yes               No

 

If No why?

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How do you think these designs could be improved?

 

Yes               No

 

If Yes why?

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Would you buy this book for your child/children?

 

Yes               No

 

If No why?

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Responses

I had 20 questionnaires back. With the responses I focused on the majority of the answers that were similar and put them all down below:

 

Children 8+

 

Do you like the book?

The majority answer was –YES

 

Would you want to colour in on the pages?

The majority answer was –YES

 

Is the book fun and colourful?

The majority answer was –YES

 

What is your favourite bit of the book?

The majority answer was – The colouring in bit

 

Parents

 

Are these designs effective enough to engage the attention of your child?

The majority answer was –YES

 

Do you think the small flap of information if enough to teach the children about sustainability in these recipes?

The majority answer was –YES

And most stated yes because if I had more on the pages they would get confused and bored

 

How do you think these designs could be improved?

The majority answer was – No

And most stated that their children would enjoy the pages as they were fun and bright

 

Would you buy this book for your child/children?

The majority answer was –YES

Research

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Your-Children-to-Eat-their-Vegetables-and-Fruits

The websites above explores how to get children to eat their vegetables, and with my book I had chosen to reflect vegetables and fruits in my front cover to make them look fun and colourful so that children would want to know what they are and how they taste.

My hand rendered images for my front cover

Research

http://www.simplebites.net/easy-recipes-that-kids-can-cook/
http://www.thekidscookmonday.org/about/kitchen-tasks-for-different-age-groups/
http://www.mumsnet.com/food-content/teach-your-child-to-cook

The websites above explore how to get children to cook, how to involve them in making dinner and also showing them how to make treats.

Added Extras

 

To get the children involved in the book I added simple black and white outline drawings to the recipe pages which the children can colour in them to make the book their own, so I would provide a pack of 4 wax crayons with my book.

Design - Information on double page spreads

In order to provide information to the children about where their food comes from I had added a flap that they could lift up which contains information about where I had gotten the ingredient’s from along with a little member-able quite saying ‘Think Locally’. On the front of the flap I have added a hand rendered image of cherries to represent the recipe.

In order to provide information to the children about where their food comes from I had added a flap that they could lift up which contains information about where I had gotten the ingredient’s from along with a little member-able quite saying ‘Think Locally’. On the front of the flap I have added a hand rendered image of bread to represent the recipe.