Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy: A Complete Guide to Bending Funny Sticks [Spiral-bound]

Laura Torres (Editor), Michael Sherman (Editor), Peter Fox (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

A mega-dose of creativity for the common household pipe cleaner. Step-by-step instructions for making pipe cleaner animals, jewelry, food, people...you name it. Comes with enough pipe cleaners (in a variety of sizes and colors) to make every project in the book.

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Winner of Canadian Toy Testing Council Three Stars Award, National Parenting Publications Award, A Parenting Magazine Toy of the Year

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Spiral-bound: 46 pages
• Publisher: Klutz; Book and Access edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570540756
• ISBN-13: 978-1570540752
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for little kids!, July 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy: A Complete Guide to Bending Funny Sticks (Spiral-bound)

I bought this book on a whim -- I wanted a quiet indoor activity that my 7 year old niece and my mom could do together. My niece absolutely LOVED this book. She was old enough to know how to read, and young enough to enjoy doing little crafty projects -- I think that's a key combination to how much a child will like this book. She could figure out the directions herself, and she and my mom spent a few hours making the projects in the book. Later, she reused some of the pipe cleaners to make up her own projects.

All in all, this book kept her occupied for several hours over the weekend. I expect that she's still having fun with it -- we bought her a stack of pipe cleaners from the local craft store.

I HIGHLY recommend this book -- it's not messy or noisy, kids like it, they can follow the book or use their imaginations, they can do the projects independently or in a small playgroup, and buying more pipe cleaners is very inexpensive -- a few dollars gets you several packets. I bet it would be a great activity for kids taking long car trips, or for rainy-day fun.

My _ONLY_ critique of this book is that they should give enough pipe cleaners for TWO of each project, instead of for just one. That way, if a child wants to play with another person, each one can make the same item. The cost of doing so should be quite small, as the the pipe cleaners are really cheap, but even if it raised the book cost by another dollar or two, it would be worth it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy, January 20, 2002

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"pokorny25" (Yorba Linda, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy: A Complete Guide to Bending Funny Sticks (Spiral-bound)

I bought this book for my son,who just turned 8. He had wanted to make animals out of pipe cleaners, they had done this at school. He really liked this book. I liked it because it comes with enough pipe cleaners to make everything in the book. It really does! The pictures are step by step and really clear. We had a lot of fun with this book.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK WAS FUN & CREATIVE., January 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy: A Complete Guide to Bending Funny Sticks (Spiral-bound)

I READ THIS BOOK AND THOUGHT IT WAS VERY CREATIVE. I ESPECIALLY LIKED IT BECAUSE IT CAME WITH ALL THE MATERIALS.THE DIRECTIONS WERE ACCURATE AND EASY TO FOLLOW.OVERALL IT WAS FUN,CREATIVE,AND EXCITING. A GREAT RAINY OR SNOWY DAY BOOK.