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All over the world, parents are raising kids to get active and embrace the "design-it-yourself" spirit of homemade arts and crafts.D.I.Y. Kids encourages young readers to use basic design principles and onhand materials to express their individuality through more than eighty imaginative projects. The book is divided into four sections"Graphics," "Toys," "Home," and "Fashion"each packed with fun ideas for making T-shirts, party supplies, pop-up cards, bracelets, stuffed animals, and dozens of other fun and useful items. Each project is explained with step-by-step instructions and colorful photographs of cool designs and the kids who made them. The projectsrated by difficulty, time, mess, and costare intended for ages seven through twelve, but can easily be modified to suit all ages. D.I.Y. Kids is designed to trigger imaginative play, without requiring fees, teams, or a minivan. It's for parents, teachers, aunts and uncles, friends and babysitters, neighbors and citizensanyone who wants to create a better world not only for, but also with, the next generation. Most of all, it is for kids who want to make their mark by exercising the artsof design with wit, intelligence, and style.… (more)
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Illustrated with artwork by children - not just artwork made by adults for children - make this a book a tried and true projects for children. For children by children.
The book has photographs of children who contributed their artwork from many different ethnic and cultural
Between involving children directly and people of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds this book is a wonderful example of multicultural cooperation and influences.
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Many of the projects and crafts could be used in conjunction with story hour themes or other reading program themes to encourage children to express their ideas and reflections of written materials in physical form.