From School Library Journal
Gr 4-7-Creative children will find clever ideas for a number of stuffed toys here. The projects range from fairly simple to those with five or more pieces. Directions are clear and the illustrations picture each step from start to finish. Materials needed are boxed at the beginning of each activity. Variations of several of the toys are illustrated to whet the imagination. Initial sewing and stuffing tips include safety cautions, such as using a sewing machine with an adult present. The final pages feature patterns for the different animals. While Christine Hoffman's Sewing by Hand (HarperCollins, 1994; o.p.) is more useful, this is an attractive volume that encourages creativity along with sewing skills.-Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH
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Review
Check out the Kids Can Press line of great how-to-do-it books for kids of all ages and all of the books listed below have easy to follow step-by-step instructions.Judy Ann Sadler gives instructions and ideas on Beanbag Buddies and Other Stuffed Toys from sock bunnies to baby chicks and other cutesy things like the now-popular ladybugs and starfish thrown in between the other pages. Most of the ideas use stuff you can recycle like old socks, gloves, fabric scraps, buttons and beads from mom’s broken jewellery box. This book is suitable for children eight years and up.
Directions are clear and the illustrations picture each step from start to finish ... An attractive volume that encourages creativity along with sewing skills.
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