Customer Reviews

Clay Characters for Kids

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Kids are going to love this book - so many wonderful ideas for making their own gifts for family and friends. I think a lot of adults are going to like this book, too. Every project begins with simple steps, but the results are polished and beautiful.

Thirty projects, lots of great basic info about colors, color mixing, making shapes, combining shapes, changing expressions, etc.

Everything is illustrated in imaginative ways - even the basic color wheel is a whimsical thing.

The elves are adorable and the dragon beautiful - a huge range of critters and creatures in between - all appear to be quite do-able.

I think this would be a great book even for an adult who wants to try sculpting/modelling - you'll get some great inspiration from this! Plus, the "story-process" in the second half of the book is terrific and all the pictures are just gorgeous! :)

Elizabeth

This was my first ever polymer clay book I was very pleased with it. It is suitable for the young or the young at heart. (Especially mothers with toddlers/young children, something to do on a rainy afternoon!)

Definitely a book to own for kids pc artist. You may not be able to recplicate 100%, but this book surely gives ideas to kids.

Let me describe this way. My 7 year old native Chinese boy does not read English (yet), but he manages to create his versions of characters out of the book - just by looking at the pictures.

We're going to build our story scenario out of our creations soon. I'm happy with my purchase.

Oh, I enjoyed this book so much. It was one of my first polymer clay how-to books and taught me about supporting the clay character shapes with aluminum foil and even cardboard. I revised the dragon character and made dinosaurs with lots of animation. They have all sold (to grown-ups)and I'll be making more soon. The story line is great for Moms looking to connect reading with a craft. A must have for new polymer clayers.

This was my first polymer clay book. I got it because my 8 year-old daughter had a play date with two other girls, and it was raining "cats-and-dogs". I found that, with my supervision, the girls were able to make figures that they were really proud of. No previous practice! But, Oh Oh(!), by the end of the play date the girls were watching mom make figures of her own, and shamelessly ignoring the little ones! That was over two years ago, and polymer clay has become one of my passions. This book is great for introducing the fun and versitility of polymer clay, and is great for kids with adult supervision!

My 8 y.o. daughter and I are on cat #3 in her planned family of 5. I agree with other opinions that there could be a little more details, but we're adaptable sort of folks, so we just ran with it and used our imaginations. Other figure books are too detailed in sculpting for kids so I think this is a great place for a kid to start especially as a project to share with a grownup.

I've worked with polymer clay for a few years, but found this book to be lacking in step by step details to make the characters. The directions for each character are vague and leave most of the steps in getting the design up to the sculptor.
The pictures and story are cute, but I think some of the other artists write better directions for replicating their designs. Other artists include amount of clay needed, how to add character and details to the clay so the final result is more professional.

This is a fun book. Some of the ideas are a little too advanced for younger children, but the projects are wonderful.

I just got this book today. I love the pictures, so vivid. I think kids will love this book so long as there is an adult around who can help them finish the project. I would have given this book a 5 star, but some details are left out of each project. I do like the fact the book does show the use of toothpicks to hold up parts of the sculptures.

I am really impressed with this book. The instructions are easy to follow and it is great to be able to create something considering I have no artistic ability. My kids and grand kids have all enjoyed making these cute and fun characters. Can't say enough good stuff about the author Maureen Carlson.