The Arts & Crafts Busy Book: 365 Art and Craft Activities to Keep Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy

by Trish Kuffner

Book Overview

The Arts & Crafts Busy Book should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching children. It is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight.

The Arts & Crafts Busy Book contains 365 screen-free, fun, creative and educational arts and crafts projects for children ages two to six that provide a great alternative to using TV as a babysitter. It shows parents and daycare providers how to:

Stimulate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684018721
• ISBN13: 9780684018720
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Ok

Some good crafts, about half, not easy to do...

Great book for long winters indoors with young kids...

This is a nicely organized book. You can pick crafts based on holidays or the type of craft - food/paint etc. Most all crafts you can do at home with things you should already have in house. Perfect for those with young kids living in the midwest/east coast with the LONG cold winters indoors!!

Awesome Book

I have been a first grade teacher for 12 years, so I really know arts and crafts books inside and out. This is an outstanding book. What sets this book apart from all of the other craft books out there is Trish's aversion to doing crafts with kids. She wrote that she just wasn't that into it. Therefore, she has written a book that has projects that require VERY little adult help, are easy, have little clean up, and best of all ~ they are really FUN for kids! I just open the book, read what is on the page, and set my 5 and 6 year old to work. For example, one day I opened the book and my kids found themselves at the kitchen table with mini marshmallows and toothpicks, building. Clean up for me: a few toothpicks on the floor. (and a week later sneaking it into the trash) They had a blast for the whole evening doing that. This is my favorite Arts and Crafts book. Really, her whole series is great, but I would start with this one. Happy Non Crafting!

the book is great

Arts & Crafts Busy Book : 365 Activities by Trish Kuffner, Bruce Lansky the book will help on makeing a lot of activities

Great book!

This book is great! There's never a dull moment when you have Kuffner's Busy Books around! My tot loves the ideas! I loved the whole Busy Box concept and he has a lot of fun exploring it too! Great idea, great buy, thanks Trish!

Crafting and play fun for toddlers

Full of simple arts and crafts for toddlers and preschool children "The Arts and Crafts Busy Book" is a great resource. In total there are 365 basic crafts grouped into 12 chapters. Some of the areas covered include coloring, painting, printmaking, modeling, sculpting, nature arts and crafts, educational arts and crafts, and holiday arts and crafts. Each craft is laid out in cookbook style listing all the materials required first and then the instructions for completing the craft. Easy, fun activities for preschool children, "The Arts and Crafts Busy Book" is highly recommended for anyone who deals with young children.