Hearts and Crafts: Beautiful Crafts to Make and Enjoy All Year 'Round [Paperback]

Sheri Brownrigg (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

Lavender wands, Trinker Bows, and Red Hot Cinnamon Tea--this is the stuff magical moments are made of. Here's a collection of crafts and recipes that is sure to please that fanciful, whimsical, and gushily-romantic side of anyone. Line drawings throughout.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8?From wearable art to tea-time recipes, this book presents 45 Valentine's Day-related crafts that, thanks to clear directions, are easy to make. They call for low-temperature glue guns and craft glue rather than needle and thread. Snippets of poetry and history are also included. Adult supervision will maximize success and minimize frustration. Simple line drawings illustrate the procedures.
Carole B. Kirkpatrick, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn,
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 4^-7. Organized according to broad themes, such as love letters, teatime, and dreams, these Valentine crafts include a wide variety of projects: conversation heart candy necklaces, sand heart candles, lavender wands, cherry vanilla scones, and even a love potion ("apply where you would usually use cologne and brace yourself" ). The instructions are straightforward, and although many of the ideas require special supplies and tools available at craft stores and florists' shops, others can be made with readily available materials. Along with the craft projects and illustrations, there is an eclectic collection of short quotations on love, friendship, and dreams from the author and her friends as well as from such writers as Aesop, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, and Jean Anouilh. A sweet treat. Carolyn Phelan

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Tricycle Press (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883672287
• ISBN-13: 978-1883672287
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,009,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars so-so book, January 25, 2003

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This review is from: Hearts and Crafts: Beautiful Crafts to Make and Enjoy All Year 'Round (Paperback)

I ordered this book to have some Valentine crafts to make with my daughter. It's not a bad book, but not one I would have bought if I had been able to flip through it in a store first. There are a few good craft ideas- such as a ballet dancer made with craft sticks and colored thread; a daisy hair wreath (which I will make this summer when the daisies bloom); a "surprise package" card which is a homemade card with a folded envelope on the front of it that you can put a picture or poem in; a paper heart box to fill with some yummy goodies (includes pattern for the box); and a dream keeper box that I think young girls would really enjoy. (Although some of these ideas I have seen already. But they are nice reminders of, "oh ya, I remember seeing that before and thinking it would be nice to make...")

But the rest of the ideas are either no-brainers (like making a Valentine frame by gluing conversation heart candies onto a piece of cardboard) or uninteresting (like making a place card with a rose petal glued to it). And the recipes for the "love potions" seem more complicated and less productive than other "potions and lotions" I have made.

There are also a few food recipes, but nothing unique or different. Just plain old recipes for scones, truffles, etc. that you can find in many cookbooks, magazines, or even online.

So - all in all - I would have been better off doing a search on my computer for Valentine craft projects, and a search for Valentine recipes.

An okay book, but nothing special. I would rather not have wasted my money on it. The book does have okay b&w illustrations of the projects, but a few more pictures on the cover (rather than pictures of a pair of scissors and some colored pencils) would have been nice. (You can see on the cover of the book the "thread & stick" ballerina; and the pearl and rose garland; and the mouse puppet which are all in the book...)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a fun craft book, unusual items, October 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hearts and Crafts: Beautiful Crafts to Make and Enjoy All Year 'Round (Paperback)

This craft book is written in a style that doesn't talk down to young readers. Descriptions and phrases are in the language of teens and pre-teens and contribute to a reader's enthusiasm to try one of the projects. It's a rather unusual craft book!