Make Your Own Cool Cards: 25 Awesome Notes & Invitations! (Quick Starts for Kids!)

Blanchette, Peg; Thibault, Terri

ISBN 10: 1885593961 / ISBN 13: 9781885593962

Published by Williamson Pub, 2003

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Make Your Own Cool Cards: 25 Awesome Notes & Invitations! (Quick Starts for Kids!)
• Publisher: Williamson Pub
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885593961
• ISBN 13: 9781885593962
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Hershey, Rebecca
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Gives instructions for making a variety of cards and envelopes ranging from simple to more complicated shaped and three-dimensional cards.

Reviews

Grade 4-8–This title offers imaginative ideas for creating handcrafted cards suitable for many occasions and levels of ability. All of the directions are clear and illustrated with helpful black-and-white drawings. Younger children may need some adult help with following the instructions for cards requiring more complex folding techniques. Safety warnings for the use of sharp implements and glue guns appear where necessary. The designs feature animals (a dragonfly, a dog, etc.) as well as favorite items (a cell phone, a sleeping bag, etc.) and include pop-up and pull-down elements. Many use materials that give the finished products tactile quality, such as a mouse made of dryer lint. Several activities include suggestions for embellishments or alternate ideas. Helpful full-sized templates for all cutouts are appended. A solid addition to craft shelves.–Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ
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Gr. 2-4. Two practiced craft-book authors supply ideas for making simple cards and invitations in this entry in the Quick Starts for Kids series. A glossary of papers and tools is positioned right up front, along with instructions for handling the patterns, most of which appear full size at the back of the book. Brief, encouraging words from the authors introduce each of the 16 projects, which are described in step-by-step instructions. The pictures, artistic renderings, aren't step-by-step, but they are still well thought out and clear enough, relying on multiple arrows to indicate position and direction whenever necessary. The projects call for mostly easy-to-obtain materials--ribbons, dryer lint, craft foam, photographs, and craft papers. Most creations are simple cut and paste though kids will learn how to quill, a skill that opens up a whole new avenue of fun. Stephanie Zvirin
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