Make it Wild! shows how children can enjoy the endless opportunities offered by wild places. Looking at what nature has to offer, they explore the potential of diverse raw materials such as snow, leaves, and sticks and suggest how to work with them. The book demonstrates how to use nature's free, renewable resources to make anything from a clay monster to an ice lantern or flaming balloons. Making things outdoors involves creativity and imagination, as well as learning how to solve practical problems, how to work together, the need to see a process through from start to finish, and the safe use of potentially dangerous tools — all of which help children acquire the skills they need to cope with the world and develop a commonsense understanding of the way it works.
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This inviting collection of outdoor activities, beautifully illustrated with color photographs, is sure to inspire couch potatoes to go outside and test out many of its creative suggestions. Using the raw materials nature has to offer, the authors offer clear, concise instructions on how to create ephemeral art, outdoor toys, jewelry, sculptures, and dozens of other things using materials like clay, ice, leaves, sand, and wood. The instructions offer good guidance but also encourage children to use their own creativity and imagination to craft the final product. The projects range in level of difficulty and, depending on the age of the child, can be done individually or in collaboration with siblings, peers, or parents. The authors include safety instructions and recommendations for further resources on outdoor creative exercises. The activities will teach problem solving and commonsense, useful skills; instill a deeper appreciation of nature; and encourage creativity and ingenuity. An excellent choice for any library collection. Grades 4-8. --Ed Sullivan
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Parents have a lot of competition when it comes to luring their kids outdoors: SpongeBob, Wii and today’s toy du jour. “Flaming Balloons” just might do the trick. They are made from bamboo and rice paper, with a small candle attached at the base; the rising hot hair lifts it up to the sky (tether lanterns for safety.) Make it Wild! 101 things to Make and Do Outdoors by Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield entices kids to be creative with their natural environment all year long. We can’t wait to try: Outdoor Ice Lanterns, Flaming Night Boats, Withy Lanterns, and Sand Silhouettes.
This is not your average craft book. Beautiful photographs accompany detailed descriptions for each distinctive project. Children (and adults!) are encouraged to think for themselves and make their creations their own. They learn to take risks, work together and discover new uses for natural resources.
This should hold their attention until they’re old enough to discover Facebook.
Let the wild rumpus start!—Urban Baby
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"Refreshing" is the word that I keep thinking when I open this guide to outdoor activities for kids.
There's a great range of activities, from snow lanterns to body painting to pottery. Generally they're presented with new variations from the norm, but without getting too complicated. They give kids a great deal of latitude to experiment creatively, while making something that's likely to be fun, attractive, useful, eye-catching, or perhaps all of the above.
A lively and attractive layout, and high production values, add to the content. If this doesn't get kids away from the computer screen for a while, I don't think anything will.
There's a great range of activities, from snow lanterns to body painting to pottery. Generally they're presented with new variations from the norm, but without getting too complicated. They give kids a great deal of latitude to experiment creatively, while making something that's likely to be fun, attractive, useful, eye-catching, or perhaps all of the above.
A lively and attractive layout, and high production values, add to the content. If this doesn't get kids away from the computer screen for a while, I don't think anything will.
By Viv Burnie
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The book is great for encouraging others - young and old - to get more out of enjoying the outdoors.
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I love the book because they have so many things to make outdoors. I got this book for my grandson and he loved it, he like to build things and make thing so this fit him to a tea.
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