Winter
Day Play
Winter Day Play!: Activities, Crafts, and Games for Indoors and
Out is a great idea book for what to do in the winter months whether
the weather is good or bad outside.
Snowmen:
Creatures, Crafts, and Other Winter Projects
This is a great resource for families who like to engage in indoor
and outdoor activities in the winter months.
Crafts
to Make in the Winter
I really like the colourful illustrations framing the instructions
for all the projects in Crafts to make in Winter. The illustrations
make the pages very eye catching and draw the reader in as they
are looking to see what craft is contained on that page.
Kathy
Ross Crafts Letter Shapes
Kathy Ross Crafts with Letter Shapes is a good book for teaching
children about letters while making a fun craft based on the shape
of the letter. The instructions for each project are clear and simple,
the number of steps ranging anywhere between two and seven for the
crafts.
20-Minute
Crafts
When I first flipped through the pages of 20-Minute Crafts I fell
so much in love with the crafts it was hard to narrow down my favourite
choices. Children can choose from a wide variety of craft ideas
for occasions such as Valentine’s Day, Easter, Father’s
Day, birthdays, back to school, sports, fall, Halloween and Christmas.
Autumn
Autumn is a simple book about great crafts children can make during
the fall season. They are beautiful and really capture the essence
of the season or event the craft represents. There is a color photo
on the first page of every craft project.
I
Can Make That! Fantastic Crafts for Kids
I like that all the projects require some amount of grown-up participation
in the preparation of the materials. In addition some help is required
with the assembly of some of the large projects such as the Enchanted
Castle, making the projects a family effort.
Nature
Crafts for Kids
The craft/project ideas in this book are divided into the four seasons
with the materials and projects mostly made up of things available
in each individual season.
Button
Girl, More Than 20 Cute-as-a-Button Projects
I really like Button Girl, More than 20 Cute-as-a-Button Projects
because it takes crafting to a new level. The author incorporates
the use of buttons in fashion, accessories and gifts in ways you
would never have thought they could be used.
The
Crafty Art Book
Everything about The Crafty Art Book screams it is for children.
The colors used throughout the entire book are bright and the images
of the projects are displayed beautifully and appealingly.
The
Outrageously Big Activity Play and Project Book
I really like this book because if you have kids or work in child
care, there is a almost everything you will ever need to know about
doing projects in the areas of miscellaneous crafts, recipes, painting,
science, music, parties, magic, planting, modeling, making t-shirts,
making jewelry, doing hair, making masks, face and body painting,
balloon art and juggling.
Sandcastles
Made Simple
This book takes you through the subtle art of sandcastle making
that is leaps and bounds from the bucket molds you make with your
child in the sandbox or at the beach. It teaches and enhances your
skills as a novice sandcastle maker. What I really like about this
book is that after you have read it from cover to cover and experimented
a little at the beach or on a small scale in the sandbox you can
see yourself successfully making sandcastles you may only have dreamed
about.
Making
Make-Believe
This very hands-on book is geared toward children exploring the
world of fantasy and imagination with instructions for creating
the props and settings for creative fun.
Beads
(Kids Can Easy Crafts)
The materials, tools and the bead making process are all within
the capabilities of children aged 4-8 and above with minimal adult
assistance and supervision. The beads can be used to make necklaces,
bracelets, ponytail holders, barrettes and even a mobile.
Fun
With Modeling Clay
Fun With Modeling Clay is a great visual resource for older children
to experiment with making things out of clay. Barbara Reid, the
author of Have You Seen the Birds and Two by Two, books made up
entirely of clay scenes, has demonstrated in this book some beginner
projects involving modeling clay.
Fun
Crafts For Kids
The over seventy ideas in this book may not all be new but they
are definitely good. Most of the crafts also have a small section
called "Other things to try" after the main instructions.
100
Incredible things to Make, Do and Play
This is a great book for children ages 9 to 12. The book includes
templates, patterns and a wonderful introduction that shows you
how to do Tracing, Scaling up and Papier-mâché techniques
that are necessary to make some of the crafts in this book.
501
Fun to Make Family Crafts
The step-by-step instructions are straightforward and combined with
the photos and patterns the projects are easy to do. Full size patterns
are included.
Best
Friends Forever
I loved this book as soon as I opened it. The book is well
organized, has 199 projects that kids can make, has tons of full
color pictures making it easy to see what the crafts look like,
and each craft is accompanied by a full list of materials needed.
Disney's
Family Fun Crafts
This is one of my favorite books. In it you will find 500 crafts
and activities that can be done at home, or away on vacation.
Explore
and Create
This is another great book for daycare and elementary teachers who
want to inspire their children to learn. Each idea includes
the name of the activity, the objective it serves (i.e. development
of fine motor skills) the materials required, procedure, and a sketch
of what is to be done.
Gifts
Kids Can Make
This book has great ideas to get kids off to an early start making
gifts to give this year. Take advantage of long weekends and
days off from school to make fun projects from this book.
The
Book of Wizard Craft
Within its pages there are crafts and science experiments (magic
potions) and everything else you need to know to make you as much
a wizard as is possible.
Nursery
Crafts
The crafts in this book are geared toward assisting in the development
of early learning skills for children such as fine motor, social
emotional, cognitive, language as well as exposure to science, social
studies, mathematics and pre-reading.
Felt
Board Stories
The activities in this book are good for learning about and reinforcing
the concepts of counting (Whale and the Fish), shapes (Splish-Splash)
and animals (Zoo Safari).
Draw
Squad
I really liked this book because the author writes like he is talking
in person to the child who is learning to draw. The numbered
lessons have a fun quality with fun exercises to do and there are
cartoon illustrations to go along with the lessons.
Seasonal
Fun:Totline Parent Flyer Series
I really appreciate that the recipes are all healthy and sugarless;
in this way the writer is ahead of her time because this book was
published before obesity really became a problem with some of today's
children.
Recipes
For Art and Craft Materials
This is a great book for all levels of crafting experience and a
wonderful resource for teachers. The book opens with a brief
introduction and a page of helpful hints containing suggestions
for surprising products that one can use in their recipes such as
Lemon Extract, Oil of cinnamon and even Listerene!
The
Storytime Craft Book
The thing that I like about this book is that it is not only a craft
book but also a storybook. It is a great way to extend a child’s
favorite story into a toy or activity.
See Also:
The
Jumbo Book of Needlecrafts
As the knitting craze continues to spread and grow through all the
age groups The Jumbo Book of Needlecrafts is a perfect resource
for children's exploration of needlework. For kids ages 9 - 12.
Kids
Can Sew: fun and easy projects for your small stitcher
When I first read through Kids Can Sew I got a really positive feeling
about it because the content is so brilliantly and brightly illustrated
it makes you want to jump into a project. Ages 9 - 12
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