Customer Reviews

Ed Emberley's Picture Pie 2: A Drawing Book and Stencil

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Within minites of receiving this book, my son(6)was cutting out shapes & gluing them together.... with enthusiasm! I always thought all kids love art, but it took this book to get my son interested. The only reason it didn't get 5 stars is the book binding was very poor. The binding (very loosely with only 4 strings) was falling apart after only one use. This is a book for kids, but I was the one using the stencils (I drew the shapes & kids cut them out). I shudder to think what shape the book would be in if I had turned them loose on it! Also, the book would probably hold up better if the stencil detatched from the book (a little pocket for storage in the flap would have been a good idea).

I keep having to order copies of this book! My grandchildren enjoy it so much that I end up sending my current copy home with one them. The many animal pictures keep them busy for hours. Now that they all have a copy I can order one to use in my classroom. The clear directions for preparing materials present excellent oportunities for me to teach fractions. The sequenced step-by-step pictures allow for exact duplication, but munipulation of the pieces encourages creativity. The original PICTURE PIE is good too, but I found this book to be more popular with the little people.

If you're a scrapbooker wondering how to use your circle cutter this is the book for you! There are so many great projects in this book that can easily be adapted to use in scrapbooks...how about the animals for a day at the zoo page, or the train for Christmas or baby pictures? The bugs and flowers are great for spring and summer layouts. You can use the stencils that come with the book, but I like the results I get with the circle cutter better. Great for kids, too. Overall, I love this book and highly recommend it!

I bought this book a few weeks ago and have really ejoyed it. I just cut out a lot of the shapes, grab a couple of glue sticks, get my kids and they have hours of fun. The shapes and directions make it so easy for my kids (ages 4 & 6) to be successful in their art endevors. This is a good book to have in your collection if you work with kids at school, in your church or just have a child/children in your home.

Picture Pie 2 is a wonderful book that is fun for children and adults. While children make incredibly bright, fun and professional looking animals (bears, butterflies, cats, birds etc.) out of construction paper, they are learning all about fractions and geometry. Simply a must for every home and classroom.

Emberly presents engaging pictures formed from simple shapes which your child (or even you) can reproduce using the simple instructions and the stencils which come attached. Younger children may need help following the directions but can make the picture themselves. Older children and adults will get great results. We all like this one better than Picture Pie I which is based on circles only.

I was not familiar with this book before I bought it; however, it was recommended by the teachers of the students for which this and several other Ed Emberley books were purchased. From the thank yous I have received, this book was a real hit! It is used in a Native American Mission School with great enthusiasm and even better results. What more could you ask for?

Great craft book for kids. I love all of the Ed Emberley's art books. It has a lot of fun crafts and instructions are clear and easy to follow. I used several of his books to teach Sunday school kids.

I purchased Ed Emberley's Picture Pie Two book for my daughter-in-law.She loves to do scrap booking and I knew this would offer her lots of cute ideas when she puts together the albums for her two young children.I can see using it to create a border in the childrens bedroom or a rainy day craft project when the children are older.I have used the original Picture Pie book for craft products with my children when they were young but this book gives me even more ideas.
I am sure that I will be purchasing more of these delightful books in the future.

My kids are learning to draw right now, and Mr. Emberly's books offer invaluable, easy-to-follow directions. They are LOVING his books!