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Synopsis
Provides instructions for making such items as a clay pen holder, paper rockets, monster masks, sock puppets, and a "weather reporter."
Kristin Harris - Children's Literature
Although few of these twenty-one craft activities are unique and new, the instructions, illustrations and photos make this a good guide. There is a pretty good range of activities, from simple tepees made of paper and wooden skewers to complex dioramas. Paper plates are used to make a flying saucer that really flies. Crepe-paper strips are added for a lively rocket. More complex activities include making a swivel snake with thin cardboard and a three-dimension map using paint and making buildings and trees out of paper. Socks to make puppets and ice cream sticks for picture frames are familiar young children crafts. Sewing a placemat is one of the activities that would require the most time and patience. The pet shakers, which are first modeled in clay then covered in papier-mâché are also more time consuming projects. My favorites are the totem poles made out of cardboard and egg cartons and the clay crayon holder. 2002, Gareth Stevens Publishing,
Editorials
Children's Literature
Although few of these twenty-one craft activities are unique and new, the instructions, illustrations and photos make this a good guide. There is a pretty good range of activities, from simple tepees made of paper and wooden skewers to complex dioramas. Paper plates are used to make a flying saucer that really flies. Crepe-paper strips are added for a lively rocket. More complex activities include making a swivel snake with thin cardboard and a three-dimension map using paint and making buildings and trees out of paper. Socks to make puppets and ice cream sticks for picture frames are familiar young children crafts. Sewing a placemat is one of the activities that would require the most time and patience. The pet shakers, which are first modeled in clay then covered in papier-mâché are also more time consuming projects. My favorites are the totem poles made out of cardboard and egg cartons and the clay crayon holder. 2002, Gareth Stevens Publishing,— Kristin Harris