~ MMGM 52 DIY CRAFTS FOR GIRLS ~

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MARVELOUS MIDDLE-GRADE 

MONDAY NON-FICTION FEATURE

--  '52 DIY CRAFTS FOR GIRLS: PRETTY PROJECTS 

YOU WERE MADE TO CREATE!'  --

 AUTHORS: KARIANNE WOOD, WHITNEY WOOD, 

and WESTLEIGH WOOD

ILLUSTRATOR: MIKAL SPARKS

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK {FROM GOODREADS}:

 

Build Your Daughter's Confidence and Creativity

Tween girls are surrounded by technology, but cell phones and tablets can't replace the simple joy of making something of your very own. Encourage the artist in your daughter with these 52 DIY activities designed to help her believe in herself and convince her she can accomplish anything she sets her mind to.

From the creative dynamo behind the popular Thistlewood Farms blog, KariAnne Wood, along with her twin "mini-thistles" Whitney and Westleigh and illustrator extraordinaire Michal Sparks comes this amazing collection of crafts designed with your tween girl in mind—a new project for every week of the year.

Each craft is illustrated by Michal Sparks with an easy-to-understand, hand-drawn DIY with a simple set of instructions. In addition, each DIY comes with a supply list, skill level projection, approximate cost, and estimated timeframe to complete the project.

Nothing hard. Nothing complicated. Just easy and fun projects for your girl to enjoy by herself, with friends, or with you!

 

{CATALOGUED IN THE LIBRARY RECORD FOR:   GIRLS 8-11}

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR {from Goodreads}:

 

KariAnne writes the decorating and lifestyle blog Thistlewood Farms from the back porch of her vintage farmhouse in the rolling hills of Kentucky. She followed God’s call for her heart and jumped with her family from the busy Dallas metroplex to the middle of the country, where she lives with her husband and four children. If you turn down the winding country road to KariAnne’s farmhouse, you might find her painting mismatched chairs, listening to the music of the crickets in the pasture, singing Scripture, or walking hand in hand with her knight-in-shining-armor husband as the sun sets over the river. She loves sweet tea with lime, thunderstorms, good books, milk glass, and yard sales, and she is an imperfect DIYer saved by grace. Thistlewood Farms is full of stories of family and faith, and features hundreds of home decor projects KariAnne creates every week for readers. The blog was awarded the 2012 Country Living Blue Ribbon Blogger Award for decorating, was named one of the top ten decorating blogs by Better Homes and Gardens, and was voted one of the best DIY blogs of 2015. KariAnne has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens’ Christmas Ideas, Country Living, Flea Market Décor, Country Woman, HGTV Magazine, Cottage Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Reloved Magazine, and This Old House, and on popular websites including the Today Show, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living, Apartment Therapy, Good Housekeeping, Mediakix, Bob Vila, and BuzzFeed. KariAnne has made numerous appearances on television, including Nashville Channel 5’s “Talk of the Town” and Channel 8 Dallas.

 

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR {from Goodreads}:

 

Michal Sparks’ artwork can be found throughout the home-furnishings industry in textiles, gift items, dinnerware, and more. She is the artist for 52 DIY Crafts for Girls, Reagandoodle and Little Buddy Welcome Baby, and the DIY Home Planner. Connect with Michal at www.michalsparks.com.

  

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MY REVIEW:

 

This user-friendly non-fiction craft book is filled with simple, inexpensive craft ideas for tween girls to make for themselves and for others.

The projects are divided into eleven chapters. The first five chapters are entitled, 'Stuff You Can Make For Your ______,' and include things to create for your family, your friends, yourself, your room, and your locker. The remaining six chapters give ideas for things to make for a party and for five holidays—Valentine's Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

The book is narrated by the author's twin daughters, Westleigh and Whitney who are warm, friendly, and witty. This winning combination will really appeal to middle-grade girls.

Each project includes a skill level rating, a time estimate for how long it will take to make the project, supplies, instructions, and illustrations showing each step of the process. There are no photographs in this book except for the author and illustrator photos.

Several of the projects are based on a Christian theme such as scripture magnets, personalized scripture board, scripture rocks, scripture bookmarks, and nativity wreath. The authors thoughtfully share other ideas for how these projects could be made without using scriptures.

As always, my favorite projects in the book are the ones which include sewing and/or embroidery. In this case, the sewing projects include the hand-stitched notebook, felt monogrammed gift-card holder, braided bracelet, and fabric pumpkins.

Back Matter for the book includes 'Tutorials and Templates' for how to sew a few beginning stitches (my personal favorite, of course!), how to make pom-poms, how to make tassels, how to use Mod Podge, and templates for several of the projects in the book.

Highly-recommended for teachers, librarians, youth group/church group leaders, camp and scout leaders, families, and anyone is ready for a fun adventure into the world of DIY crafts!

I borrowed this book from the children's collection in the local public library.

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Find the links to read more great Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday posts from middle-grade authors and bloggers at Greg Pattridge's 'Always in the Middle' Blog.

 

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