A practical and informative book. Ideal for keeping children busy and entertained. Excellent value.

Full of excellent ideas for children all environmentally friendly. Easy to follow and understand. Buy it now!!!!

Lots of great ideas for making shaped books - from dinosaurs to butterflies. Designs are simple and effective. Templates are included to get you started. Great project for early elementary students or for adults to give to children (I'm planning to make some books for my niece and nephew and found lots of inspiration in this book).

Good introduction to making books for children. This book can be used by an adult wanting to create books for children or by children to create their own books with the assistance of an adult. Another book by the same author is Making Shaped Books.

This is a lovely craft book from an Egyptian art perspective that includes historical and cultural information with extreme attention to period detail. Even the borders and endpapers reinforce the design concepts and color and style. An end glossary defines words in bold type. Each craft is given a two-page spread with information to put the craft in context, well-illustrated straightforward directions, and a close-up photo of the finished product. Most pieces have a function and purpose, in addition to looking pretty, and would make lovely gifts. This is definitely an advanced book. A few activities require a great deal of skill, such as the use of square grids in making murals. Others are messy, including papier mache, plaster, and ink. Most require using a sharp exacto knife to cut paper, cardboard or clay. The construction paper and glue creations are a blessing, and macaroni jewelry transcends preschool and becomes gorgeous with the right color of paint and some gold beads. Many crafts are made with recycled materials. Some materials (such as dried reeds or papyrus) may be hard to find, but substitutions are encouraged, as is the creativity of the individual. A few patterns would have been helpful to the novice. General instructions and safety tips get a bit lost on the copyright page, but a page devoted to the specifics or Egyptian crafts is very helpful. Homeschoolers and teachers will appreciate this excellent resource; purchase where there is a need.

Our class is studying ancient Egypt and this book was so entertaining that we caught on to the concepts a lot easier. It also brought to life the meanings of a lot of the symbols we are learning about. It is well written and the instructions are easy to understand.

ALL of the materials needed were easily found around the house, and that makes it even better, becuase you don't have to go out a buy a lot to be able to do the projects.

I especially enjoyed the section on Cat Mummies along with the Canopic Jars. It goes along great with another book called Cat Mummies.

Even if you don't do the crafts, you will enjoy reading about the different items, as they explain more about the symbols of ancient Egypt. I hope you like this book as much as our class did!