Holiday Crafting and Baking with Kids: Gifts, Sweets, and Treats for the Whole Family

by Jessica Strand, Aimée Herring (Photographer)

Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids will bring the whole family together for some good holiday fun. Children ages four and up will love selecting their own materials and digging into these cheerful projects. There is something here for everyone and every winter occasion Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, New Year's, and Boxing Day! Step-by-step instructions, helpful templates, and color photos make it a cinch for little ones to follow along. Best of all, the materials and ingredients for these projects are inexpensive, easy to find, and even easier to turn into amazing gifts, decorations, and treats.

Genres: Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Christmas, Crafts, How To, Cooking

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 2011

About the author

Jessica Strand, former events coordinator at the Strand Book Store, is the associate director of public programs at the New York Public Library. She lives in New York.

Reviews

[Alyssa Miller]

A couple of fun ideas to remember to do with the boys this fall & winter. My favorites:
- Changing Leaves: Autumn Wreath (pg. 20-21)
- Magic Ice: Pipe Cleaner & Borax Snowflakes that Grow (pg. 48-51)
- Just for You: Paper Holiday Gift Tags (pg. 52-54)
- Shimmering Snowflakes (pg. 58-59)
- Wrap it Up: Hand-Printed Gift Wrap (pg. 60-62)
- Yummy Garland: Popcorn & Cranberry Strands (pg. 68-69)
- Corn on the Cob: Popcorn Kwanzaa Collage (pg. 84-85)

[Jess]

A little too simple for what I was looking for, but some super cute activities for little ones.

[June Jacobs]

This is a cute book filled with lots of appealing activities and crafts for some inexpensive family fun. Perhaps the thing I liked most about this book is that it includes the holidays of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas and adds in New Year's too.

Great photography and stepped-out instructions with photos. Templates are included at the back of the book.

I borrowed this book from the local public library.

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[Elizabeth Edwards]

really fun, works well on the kindle FIRE screen. well done!! so cool. i love cooking. would be awesome for your kiddie poohs .. check it out. i would recommend a hand held book but the kindle works well in a snap. i did the local library leaning program ... check later. i have to run ... gotta do life. bye.

[Amy Adams]

Positives:
-clear materials lists
-nice color pictures of the final products
-easy to follow, numbered steps
-images and text on facing pages to give you the full project in one spread
-many different holidays incorporated, including New Year, Kwanzaa, Christmas, etc.
-templates provided

Negatives:
-ideas did not seem very unique
-the book was not organized. All holidays and projects just mixed in together
-Because of the way the projects were presented, there were lots of filler pages with nothing of note on them.
-Some of the templates were very small and require resizing

Overall, this has some fun ideas for kids for the winter holidays, and you might want to check it out from the library if you have young crafty kids. However, you can also find most of the ideas on Pinterest or in other holiday tutorial books. Despite the extra space required for the layout, I like the way the projects are presented, as much as possible, in double-page spreads.

[LinBee]

Cute ideas, well laid out. Instructions are clear, and easy to follow.