Lazy Crafternoon

by Stella Fields

Overview

Spend a lazy crafternoon with your friends. From pretty school supplies to colorful tech accessories to perfect party decor, Lazy Crafternoon guides tween crafters through simple steps to create amazing projects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623707514
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Craft It Yourself Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	959,596
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

Interviews

• Growing market • Over 14 million kids in the US are crafting • Step-by-step instructions and images of complex steps makes crafting easy • Part of the CIY (Craft-It-Yourself) Brand with a proven track record for tweens

Editorial Reviews

Inside, you’ll find ideas for homemade journals, jewelry, decorated mugs, jazzed-up pencils and other school supplies, and more. There are even instructions for making fancy gift boxes for when you are ready to present your goodies to someone you love!

"Lacey Recommends" New Moon Girls

Need more cute projects for your craft-savvy teens? Crack open this book for an afternoon of clever crafting. Targeted to tween and teen girls, this brightly colored book provides instructions for more than 50 appealing projects. . . .With its color photos and attractive, easy-to-navigate layout, this would make a great additional purchase for public libraries with large numbers of experienced crafters.

Booklist

06/01/2016
Gr 5–8—This fresh, funky, and visually appealing book presents an assortment of crafts to while away the afternoon. Its purpose is to promote friendship and social engagement through crafting, offering an assortment of ideas, and even snack recipes for hosting a "crafternoon." Some projects are more challenging than others, with ideas ranging from accessories to decorative items to school supplies. Designed to be shared among friends, each project can be easily accomplished by the individual as well. While the visuals are geared more toward teenagers, the projects are just as appropriate for younger tweens. With a few exceptions, the supplies required are general art and supplies available from most retailers. The specialized items are accompanied by more in-depth discussions for their use, cost, and availability. While most instructions are fairly self-explanatory, a couple of shortcomings leave the impression that these projects would work best with kids already somewhat familiar with crafting. Directions and photos of the finished products are given, and the step-by-step graphics tend to show only the finished result of the instruction (for instance, in the braided necklace activity, the images do not make clear what in direction the fabric needs to be turned). In addition, certain terms and procedures related to sewing are not always clarified fully, an inconsistency that would leave those new to the craft somewhat at a loss. VERDICT For collections needing an update in their crafting fare or for those wishing to appeal to the younger crowd, this is an adequate purchase.—Rebecca Gueorguiev, New York Public Library

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