Presents one hundred craft projects which use common household supplies for creating such items as a paper bead necklace, sun catchers, tie-dye shoelaces, ice towers, a desk organizer, and a tin can vase. - (Baker & Taylor)
100 kid-friendly projects from the creator of C.R.A.F.T.!
Get ready for some serious family fun! Filled with 100 fun crafts, Creating Really Awesome Free Things helps you develop your child's creativity, imagination, and fine motor skills--all while using common household items. Each budget-friendly project features step-by-step instructions and keeps kids entertained, engaged, and learning all day long. You and your children will love recreating one-of-a-kind crafts like:
- Memory Game
- Egg Carton Flowers
- Key Wind Chime
- Ring Toss
- Lion Mask
Complete with photographs for every project,
Creating Really Awesome Free Things promotes hours of playtime fun with the entire family! - (
F+W Publishing)
<b>100 kid-friendly projects from the creator of C.</b>R.A.F.T.!<br><br>Get ready for some serious family fun! Filled with 100 fun crafts, <i>Creating Really Awesome Free Things</i> helps you develop your child's creativity, imagination, and fine motor skills--all while using common household items. Each budget-friendly project features step-by-step instructions and keeps kids entertained, engaged, and learning all day long. You and your children will love recreating one-of-a-kind crafts like:<br><ul><li>Memory Game</li><li>Egg Carton Flowers</li><li>Key Wind Chime</li><li>Ring Toss</li><li>Lion Mask</li></ul>Complete with photographs for every project, <i>Creating Really Awesome Free Things</i> promotes hours of playtime fun with the entire family! - (Simon and Schuster)
Jamie Dorobek is the creator behind the popular craft, parenting, and lifestyle blogCreatingReallyAwesomeFreeThings.com--or C.R.A.F.T. She has been blogging full-time since 2012, and has worked with brands from The Home Depot to Target to Elmer's to Mod Podge to Martha Stewart Crafts, and many more. She andC.R.A.F.T. have been featured on Apartment Therapy, Design*Sponge,Craft Business magazine, The Meredith Viera Show, and the Huffington Post, among others.
- (
F+W Publishing)
Jamie Dorobek is the creator behind the popular craft, parenting, and lifestyle blog CreatingReallyAwesomeFreeThings.com--or C.R.A.F.T. She has been blogging full-time since 2012, and has worked with brands from The Home Depot to Target to Elmer's to Mod Podge to Martha Stewart Crafts, and many more. She and C.R.A.F.T. have been featured on Apartment Therapy, Design*Sponge, Craft Business magazine, The Meredith Viera Show, and the Huffington Post, among others. - (Simon and Schuster)
Library Journal Reviews
Blogger Dorobek (CreatingReallyAwesomeFreeThings.com) presents a series of tutorials for kid-friendly crafts using common household items such as empty cans, paper plates, cardboard toilet paper rolls, and coffee filters. Classics such as paper-plate shakers and straw necklaces appear alongside newer crafts, including tie-dye nail polish, emoji masks, and candy wrapper and duct tape zip pouches. The directions are simple and straightforward, supplies are inexpensive and accessible, and crafting tips (including suggestions for clean-up and variations on projects) are presented throughout. Kids will appreciate the tidbits of trivia. Many of the projects are preschooler-friendly with some minor assistance, and all are appropriate for school-age children, with a few that may appeal to young teens. VERDICT Parents and caregivers looking for rainy-day projects will find a wealth of ideas in this collection—and they won't have to make a run to the craft store for supplies.
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