Back in July I posted about the first two books in the Kids’ Crafternoon series that I contributed projects to: Sewing and Papercraft. The second two books – Felting and Beading – have just been released and I’m kicking off the blog tour today.
These books are a wonderful resource chock full of fun projects aimed at school-aged children, and even better, the projects are designed for the kids to make with minimal supervision. The series is edited by Kathreen Ricketson of Whip Up fame and are published by Hardie Grant. For the previous blog tour I interviewed Kathreen about kids and creativity – I loved what she had to say. You can read it here.
Over the weekend Roxy and I decided to make the Stitched Jewels from the Felting book. We made a brooch and a variation on the pendant, making ours into a tiny bag that Roxy put her precious rose quartz into. It was a fun and fast project which Roxy really enjoyed and she was thrilled with her pendant bag.
I was honoured to be asked to contribute to these beautiful books again and I loved creating the projects, especially the Zombie Critter Charms:
OK, the giveaway part… Hardie Grant have generously offered to give you guys the chance to win a copy of the new Kids’ Crafternoon Felting and Beading books. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by Monday 21st November. There will be 2 winners – each will receive the book of their choice, either Felting or Beading. As the books are being sent direct from the publisher this giveaway is open to Australian residents only.
If you’d like to purchase your own copy of the Kids’ Crafternoon books they are available from Booktopia. They’d make a wonderful Christmas gift, and not just for girls – there are lots of projects in the books that crafty boys will enjoy.
You can catch the rest of the book blog tour here:
15 Nov – soozs big adventure
16 Nov – mmmcrafts
17 Nov – // Between the lines //
18 Nov – Christine Chitnis
19 Nov – Chez Beeper Bebe
20 Nov – The Happy Zombie
21 Nov – a work in progress
22 Nov – loveinthemummyhood
23 Nov – jcasa handmade
24 Nov – picklebums
25 Nov – modern parents messy kids
26 Nov – little eco footprints
27 Nov – li’l magoolie
28 Nov – ohdeedoh
29 Nov – Simple Kids
30 Nov – sadie and lance
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