Customer Reviews

Garden Fairies Scratch and Sketch: An Art Activity for Magical Artists and Believers of All Ages (Scratch & Sketch)

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Great entertainment in the car or on the plane. Not as messy as I expected either. We have the fairy one and the princess one. Princess one is better for younger kids (like my 4 year-old). The fairy one requires you to draw your own picture, it's not traced out.

My daughters 4 and 7 love this scratch book. It is a great activity for a boring day at home or for a long car or plan trip. The 7 yo was able to copy the pictures but the 4 yo made her own pictures instead of copying. I have given these books as gifts as well.

This is excellent my daughter is very artistic so it has been good but I recommend that you have a little artistic ability or it could be not so fun.

My 7yr old is in love with fairies and wants to be an artist. So this book was perfect for her. It captured her attention for a couple hours. She was less interested in the fairy vignettes and just wanted to draw her own versions on the beautiful scratch off paper. For her it became a fun art book but it is not limitless. At the end of the day, she'll have a cute fairy book as well. Good for kids who are ready to draw independently and enjoy the free hand style. If not distracted by other Christmas activities, I think she would have finished the book in one sitting. Great variety in these books. Very fun for the creative types.

My daughter loves arts and crafts. For her 9th B-day, we had a flower fairy party and this book was one of the gift I got her. She really likes it! As you " scratch " the pages, different colors appear.

I actually bought this book for myself, to draw in and give to my fairy-loving daughter as a keepsake. I absolutely LOVE magic scratch ornament pieces that you can order from Oriental Trading Co.; I find designing them very calming and a great way to get my creative juices flowing and used... without it being too time-consuming. So when I saw actual magic scratch books about flower fairies, I had to have it.

Each fairy is simply drawn on the opposite side of the scratch page. You can either copy it, or like I intend to, make your own variation of the fairy. The paper underneathe the black scratch layer is rainbowed with glittery areas. The book comes with its own scratching tool (think of a thin lead-less pencil), but you can use other items to give it more detail/definition (like the eye of a needle~ the needle point is too thin and sharp). To save your finished images, get an art fixative spray at any craft store to prevent further scratching on your art.

For a child's use, I would suggest slightly older children (like 9+) who display artistic ability. It's kind of expensive for a child just to scribble on the pages, taking the black off to see the rainbow paper beneathe. For kids like that (and I have 2 of such kids), I would suggest just getting blank sheets of this magic scratch paper, or the ornamental cut-outs I mentioned above.

I don't believe I would have bought the Garden Fairy or Butterfly Scratch and Sketch books had I known that the designs must be made free hand. I have a child who has used scratch art before, but we've never used a scratch art book where you have to create the picture on your own. They offer pages to copy if you want to, but for a five year old it is a little too advanced. I just wish they had put it in plain words that it's for advanced artists and not for young kids. On the plus side, I do like how the books are written. The fairy book has a flower poem for each type of flower fairy-they're short and sweet little poems with a drawing you are supposed to copy.

My daughter received this as a gift and she enjoys using it. She said it was fun, but not her favorite artsy thing to do. I think it's cute and a good project on a plane or on a long car ride. Also something to take to a restaurant when waiting. It has a spiral hard cover so very durable.

This Scratch and Sketch book is a great activity book for my granddaughters ages 5,7,and 9. They just love it and I plan to buy more. However, try to keep them from losing the one lone pencil the book provides!!! It is an impossible task. Where can I purchase just the pencils? Does anyone know? I have asked at bookstores and novelty stores to no avail. Please help!