The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book is the revised and expanded edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, released on May 10, 2011, 2 years after the original. The new version added 60+ new pages, but the journal pages were decreased to 45 pages, compared to the old version's 80 pages.
New Pages
- "Now with even MORE!"
- What's in your brain?
- Predict the FUTURE
- FRIENDS HALL OF FAME
- Which would you RATHER DO?
- Draw up your FAMILY TREE
- Draw your DREAM HOUSE
- Record your FINEST MOMENTS
- If you had a TIME MACHINE
- The SCOOP on your CLASSMATES
- Come up with your own catchphrase
- In case you get AMNESIA
- Probing QUESTIONS
- Design your own SANDWICH
- Create your own SPORTS TEAM
- Form your own BAND
- Write your own SONG
- Design your own TOUR BUS
- Plan the ultimate ROAD TRIP
- Take a friendship COMPATIBILITY TEST
- Draw Your BEDROOM the way it looks right now
- Design your own SHOES
- All-Purpose EXCUSE MAKER
- Pearls Of WISDOM
- Design your own HAUNTED HOUSE
- Create your own TOURNAMENT
- What do you see in these INKBLOTS?
- Newer comics include Creighton the Dinosaur, Gareth Runs for Office, Joshie Action Comix: Double Trouble, Gareth's Revenge, Precious Poochie, Office Antix, Oh, Grampsie! and Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid.
Contest
To promote the book release, Jeff Kinney held a contest on the Wimpy Kid website. Over 3,000 comic entries were made and sent to Jeff Kinney. The winner was a New Jersey kid named Chudney Patterson. His comic was published on the "DIY Winners" page of the website, along with 20 runner-ups
Trivia
Some pages have a thing if you turn the page upside down you can see a message.