Kids love making crafts, and no one knows that better than Heidi Kenney, creator of the popular blog My Paper Crane. In this festive how-to book, Heidi shares a year's worth of classic and not-so-classic projects that the whole family will enjoy, from the National Bird Day embroidered handmade book to the St. Patrick's Day mini leprechaun pin. Fifty fully photographed projects are geared to all age levels and abilities. Somelike the New Year's Day newspaper hatsare simple enough for small kids to make themselves with minimum assistance, while more complicated projects require a little extra help from mom or dad. With so many fun projects to bring the family together, Every Day's a Holiday proves that every day really is a holiday.
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Heidi Kenney created her blog (www.mypapercrane.com) as a venue to showcase her handmade art projects. Her work has been featured in many galleries and she sells her creations to a number of select shops. She lives with her family in Pennsylvania.
France Ruffenach is a San Francisco-based photographer specializing in food and crafting.
Heidi Kenney is a self-taught artist who creates plush and 3D soft sculptures, happy (& sometimes very sad) plush veggies, donuts, toilet paper rolls, and other everyday food & household items. Born in Washington DC, Heidi currently lives in Pennsylvania. She started her company and website, My Paper Crane, in 2001 so she would have a place to blog and showcase the plush toys she was making.
Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Print magazine. She has participated in group exhibitions across the globe including Tokyo, Australia, and The United Kingdom. She recently had her third solo show "Seedlings & Sprouts" in Chicago IL.
She has been a part of books like Dot Dash Dot, I Am Plastic, Softies, and Making Stuff For Kids. Her first book Every Day's A Holiday Year Round Crafting With Kids releases this fall with Chronicle Books.
This is a tough one! When I found out that Heidi Kenney wrote a book, I was so excited as I love all of her work at mypapercrane.com. But this book didn't really jive with that website...at all. So I was a little disappointed that the projects weren't in Heidi's 'signature style'. But, once I got over that and looked at the book as if I didn't know the author's work.... I still didn't like it. *sigh* A bunch of projects, but all ho hum. Sorry, Heidi.
