Kids' Crazy Art Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun (Williamson Kids Can! Series) [Paperback]

Jill Frankel Hauser (Author), Loretta Trezzo Braren (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Williamson Kids Can! Series

This title is suitable for ages 9 to 12 years. Squish, squash, mush, and mash. With "Kids' Crazy Art Concoctions", children mix up the most fascinating paints, doughs, pastes, and unbelievable special papers - making fun and funky art while they're at it. Creativity will blossom as kids experiment with thick paints like Vincent Van Gogh used, or go wild creating a no-brush painting in the spirit of Jackson Pollock - all with paints they concoct themselves.

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About the Author

Jill Frankel Hauser

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Williamson Pub (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885593287
• ISBN-13: 978-1885593283
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 10.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #663,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, May 2, 2002

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apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kids' Crazy Art Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback)

I knew what I was buying when I bought this book. I wanted this book. This is a great book. There are 100's (? It seems like that at least) recipes for clay, paint, glue and more in there. It is an excellent book. I turn to this book whenever I need playdough. I turn to this book when I want to make paper mache and when I want to make fingerpaints, I turn to this book. This is a fantastic resource. Every kindergarten, pre-k teacher should have this on their personal shelves.

Enjoy.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Basic Book of art/craft recipes, May 9, 2004

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pjenning "pjenning" (Bellvue, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kids' Crazy Art Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback)

This is a great basic book of art and craft recipes. I checked it out of the library after seeing it at a friend's house, and now I want my own copy. Besides recipes, project ideas, notes on early art and art materials and bits of art history are included.

Some of the other reviewers have been a little unfair, slamming the book or the publisher for their not knowing what they had ordered. This book is not a knock off or trying to capitalize on something else. The original copyright of this book, as in the old library book I have in my hands, is 1995 -- which would keep it from being a knock off by the publisher or author. On top of that, if you go to the PBS website, and search for Kids' Concoctions, this is the book that shows up.

33 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Kids Like It!, December 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Kids' Crazy Art Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback)

I bought this book thinking it was another book I saw on TV called "The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions". At first I was very dissapointed with the book because it didn't have the exciting secret toy store recipes like the book on TV, but after 3 weeks on our book shelf my kids have already made two projects and seem to be enjoying the book.