Great Stuff: 100 Fun Projects for Kids - Susie Lacome

by Tristi Pinkston | More from this Blogger

25 Oct 2006 06:27 AM

"Mom, I'm bored!"

Do you hear that phrase just a little too often? Are you looking for ways to spark your child's creativity, help them to unleash that inner artist, loose the chains of boredom that bind them? This is the book for you.

Page after page of projects await, including a list of materials you'll need, pictures of the completed project, pictures with step-by-step instructions on how to make the projects, and hints for what to do when them when they are complete.

Some of the projects include:

A penguin bowling game An Easter paper chain Leafy monsters Fruity picture frames Fat cat door stop Explorer compass and binoculars Space rocket Sock puppets A fingerprint owl

And much more! Like the title says, there are 100 projects in here, bound to get your child painting, cutting, creating, and having a wonderful time.

The best part about this book is that the projects mostly utilize items you already have in your house. Occasionally you'll need something special (I don't happen to have tennis balls in my house as a matter of course, but maybe you do, and you wouldn't need to go get one) but for the most part, I can find these items in my closets or drawers.

The best part of all - once your child has the concept of how to create the crafts, he can use the basic principle to add variation to the theme. A horse sock puppet can now become a monster or an alien. My son took the instructions for the pirate ship and modified them to become the terror of the seas in our own back yard, substituting for what items we didn't have.

Even if you're already creative and have no need for additional ideas, this is a great resource book for your children. It's one they can read and follow themselves after they reach about a second grade reading level, and they'll love studying the pictures and figuring out how each thing is made.

(This book was published in 1999 by MQ Publications.)

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