This is the best book of children’s do-it-yourself crafts/recipes/games I have ever seen. I occasionally borrow or buy craft and recipe books for my kids, but they (we) generally find one or two things of interest in each book and then the book either goes back to the library or to the dusty, lonely world of kids' forgotten treasures.
I checked out This Book Made Me Do It by John Woodward from the new juvenile nonfiction section of the library and now am quite conflicted. It’s a new book so I should return it for others to use, but it’s so jam-packed full of fun stuff that I (and my kids) want to keep it longer.
Published by DK Publishing, which specializes in illustrated reference books, This Book Made Me Do It is has some of the following activities:
Make an ice bowl
Make a piñata
Make a water bomb
Raise caterpillars
Dissect an owl pellet
Cook for birds
Pan for gold
Find constellations
Paddle a kayak
Jump higher
Squeak like a mouse
Avoid a shark attack
Climb Mt. Everest
And it goes on and on, with 192 pages full of intriguing ideas and neat illustrations. Even if your kids don't end up using this guide to climb a mountain (ha! I hope they don't!), they will most likely have a lot of fun exploring this book.
JJ
JJ
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