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This book should really be called “The Super Cute Art and Craft Activity Book,” with its appealing illustrations and projects.
The (cute) section dividers are likely the first noticeable feature, with icons representing the types of crafts in each section: Sunny Day Fun, Rainy Day Fun, Recycle It, and Party and Gift Activities.
The book begins with one very helpful feature for parents: the list of materials, many of which can be found around the house, such as newspapers and shoeboxes. Others are good basic materials to have on hand for art and craft projects, like pipe cleaners and glitter.
The activities vary in complexity, and all have good, fun questions accompanying them. Take, for example, the bark rubbing activity. As one would imagine, the activity consists of holding a piece of paper up to a tree and rubbing a crayon over it to transfer the pattern to the paper. Questions included are, “What other things around you will show a pattern when you rub a crayon lightly over them?” and “Do the textures remind you of anything else – say, dinosaur skin or alien fur?”
The texture theme is carried over in the Rainy Day Fun section in the Texture Hunt activity, which encourages kids to do paper rubbings on many different surfaces, then suggests trading the rubbings with a friend to guess where each one came from.
The more complex crafts include pompom pipe cleaner creatures, and kooky goggles, made from plastic rings from a soda can six pack, glitter, sequins, and confetti, and a rubber band. Along with the glasses, little artists can become fairly well outfitted with the Recycle It section, which includes silly sneakers, decorated in puff paint and plastic googly eyes, as well as tie-dyed socks.
Great party ideas include making edible necklaces with licorice, candy, and cereal or mini pretzels, in addition to photo fridge magnets made with juice can lids.
With 75 fun and mostly easy projects, this book definitely lives up to its name!
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