Dog Crafts (Kids Can Do It) [Hardcover]

Linda Hendry (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2002 | Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Kids Can Do It

Want your friends to howl with delight? Then surprise a pooch-loving pal or a canine companion with one of these creative crafts! All 17 fun ideas in this book in the Kids Can Do It series, including a fuzzy puppy pillow and a doggie desktop organizer, use easy-to-find materials. With full-color photos, patterns and simple-to-follow directions, these unique projects will have your friends "hounding" you for more! You can make a * doghouse bookend * pooch pencil case * canine collar cover * dog biscuit frame * puppy-treat jar * handy hound hook Illustrated step-by-step instructions make it easy!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-These books provide projects to delight pet owners and animal lovers. Each book begins with a description of the basic craft materials, a safety warning, and instructions with illustrations for the blanket sewing stitch. Although the titles have animal-specific crafts, they share some basic types of projects, with pet-theme variations. They both include directions for making a photo album, a treat container, a picture frame, a switchplate cover, jewelry, a child's accessory organizer, bookends, a lampshade, and more. Cat also has instructions for a catnip fish sewn from an old sock, a spider cat toy, and a doorknob cover. Dog additionally describes how to make a grooming caddy and a dog-collar cover. Every project is covered in a spread and finished products are shown in full-color photos. Materials are listed in well-delineated boxes; they are easily obtainable from the local discount store, fabric shop, or within the home. Full-sized patterns are included where necessary. Similar in format to Nancy Furstinger's Creative Crafts for Critters (Stoddart, 2001), Hendry's books focus more on projects with animal themes rather than on those for the pets themselves.
Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Reviewed with Linda Hendry's Cat Crafts.

Gr. 4-6. Peppy pooches and fetching felines decorate myriad objects in these two companion volumes in the excellent Kids Can Do It series. Jewelry, place mats, toys, and a variety of decorative accessories for both pets and people are among the 17 projects in each volume. Nicely designed, double-page spreads show the project step-by-step, each one clearly and succinctly described and illustrated with a color drawing. The left margin is devoted to a picture of the finished product and a list of required materials, most of which (cardboard, yarn, glue, clay, paint) are readily available. What's just as nice is the level of difficulty: middle-graders (and even some younger children) who like crafts can easily handle most of the projects on their own, though Hendry does occasionally suggest an adult's assistance for safety reasons. Stephanie Zvirin
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Kids Can Press (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550749609
• ISBN-13: 978-1550749601
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,739,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Woof Woof Woof, July 26, 2006

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Kathyrn W. Rihl "Pro Shopaholic" (Deep Swamp Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dog Crafts (Kids Can Do It) (Paperback)

Human Translation: Sure glad my mom bought this book. She made me lots of things from it....they were quick and...my crazy human sister helped so they had to be easy if she could make them (know what I mean?) Best of all...they were fun...only took me half a day to tear them to shreds!! Job well done!!
Sincerely, Monkey (mom's precious, beloved, greatest, queen of all queens, spectacular dog) :)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pet Product Designer, April 12, 2008

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S. Torso "Samys Dogs" (St Simons Island, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dog Crafts (Kids Can Do It) (Paperback)

This book was not as intresting or as good as I had hoped. The crafts are easy for children and not hard. Not a lot of ideas, few pages of craft ideas.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cure your kids boredom!, February 26, 2010

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Kelly A. Carroll "kelmad" (Waldorf, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dog Crafts (Kids Can Do It) (Paperback)

This book if full of so many cute and easy crafts. My daughter belongs to a 4-H dog club and we are always looking for dog-related crafts to do and this book has so many. Even if you're not in a dog club and your kids just love animals or you have animals, this is the craft book for you.