Nature Crafts For Kids

Nature Crafts For Kids

3.72 of 5 stars 3.72  ·  rating details  ·  18 ratings  ·  2 reviews
With the 50 colorful craft projects presented here, children can make kites, bamboo whistles, leaf prints, homemade paper, a seed mosaic, snow candles, a star clock, and much more. Each project shows--in full-color photos--how to make something that's useful or attractive or just plain interesting, while the fascinating instructions will help kids see, feel, and understand...more
Hardcover, 144 pages
Published March 1st 1992 by Sterling Publishing (NY) (first published December 12th 1991)
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Robert
At a cursory glance, this looks to be a wonderful resource. The photographs are colorful, and the crafts look wonderful. But this is a far-fetched book, as far as I am concerned. It has the omnipresent making paper craft. Yeah, that doesn't work out so well. The "wormery" is not realistic. It certainly isn't what I use with students. I don't think building a sawdust kiln with children is something I ever will attempt. I like kaleidoscopes, but making them is iffy at best.

When one delves into wha...more
Dolly
Apr 02, 2013 Dolly rated it 3 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: children who want to make crafts with natural materials
Our oldest loves making crafts and she loves nature, so this was a great find for her at her elementary school library. She's borrowed the book a couple of times and has made a couple of the crafts already.

The instructions are clear and the photographs are helpful for showing the different stages of the projects. We both thought this was a good book to inspire children to make things out of natural materials. Some of the projects are simple enough for any child to make, but most are fairly comp...more
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