Creating Really Awesome Free Things: 100 Seriously Fun, Super Easy Projects for Kids

by Jamie Dorobek

Overview

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440591686
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	12/04/2015
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	771,055
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

"A handy tool for their DIY development. This focus on materials and their location makes this book particularly useful for coming up with a fun project on the fly.... A great resource for environmentally and financially minded crafters. So, the next time you and your little maker are ready to get down to DIY brass tacks, you just might want to reach for C.R.A.F.T." —Make blog

"The directions are simple and straightforward, supplies are inexpensive and accessible, and...kids will appreciate the tidbits of trivia. 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." —Library Journal

From the Publisher

02/15/2016
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.

Library Journal