Geckos & Other Bead Animals [Spiral-bound]

Drew Wilkens (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up

This book will teach you step-by-step how to make "beadie babies" bead animals. 25+ easy to follow projects make it fun and easy. Color photos of each project will keep you on track! A great art motivator, making bead animals helps younger children develop counting, patterns and fine motor. Older kids just think its fun. This activity will keep your children entertained for hours.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

This book was inspired by the children of the Pacific Northwest. I feel privileged to be associated with such a wide-spreading phenomena. So many products, activities and styles are pushed at children. The success of bead animals has grown because it is an activity that they truly love to do and share with others. I have had many wonderful comments from parents regarding how focused there children were with the book. One parent said that here usually wild 8 year old son sat quietly for 4 hours working on projects from the book. I think each of us in our life wants to affect others in a positive way, no matter in what capacity. The response I have received from parents and their children has been wonderfully fulfilling.

From the Back Cover

Kids are crazy about bead animals, An imaginative and creative activity for all ages. Coming soon to backpacks all over America. This book will teach you step-by-step how to make bead animals. Everyone can do it and the patterns in this book will make it a fun and easy project. A great art motivator that helps define fine motor skills. The materials are inexpensive and readily available. This activity will keep your children entertained for hours. "My kids love this book. They sit for hours making bead animals" I use this book in my classroom. I find it is also a great reward for tasks well done" Drew Wilkens, artist and designer, owns The Bead Man bead store outside Seattle, Washington and has created art kits and bead kits for children of all ages. The book that started the bead animal craze. This activity will bring joy, greater creativity and hours and hours of fun to any child.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Spiral-bound: 50 pages
• Publisher: Beadman Press (February 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966359100
• ISBN-13: 978-0966359107
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, October 4, 2010

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Priscilla Grant "Peegee" (Riverside, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geckos & Other Bead Animals (Spiral-bound)

Making these bead animals is so much fun. The book gives step by step instructions (with photos and diagrams!) that are super easy to follow - You'll learn the basic stitch to wire through the beads and before you know it you will be making alligators, geckos, and other cute little beaded animals.

This is a craft that anyone can do. And once you have a bunch of animals made up, you can use them to make earrings, pins, or even hot glue them on card stock for greeting cards!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beading for children, September 12, 2010

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B. Wenrich-garcia - See all my reviews
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I guess this book would be okay for children. The animals really did not like description.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Geckos and Other Bead Animals, June 10, 2009

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M. Verner "Mamatothree2007" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geckos & Other Bead Animals (Spiral-bound)

The product didn't come in the expected condition as was described. There was writing in the book when she stated that the pages were free of writing. The cover was in rough shape.