The Little Hands Art Book: Exploring Arts and Crafts with 2-To 6-Year-Olds Williamson Little Hands

"There are a mulitude of ideas here ... this book has a place beside the older favorites." -- School Library JournalThe Little Hands Art Book is an ideal beginning art book for little hands ages 2 to 6 with lots to express!. Judy Press has an uncanny understanding of how to inspire preschoolers' creative spirits. Instructions are bare minimum, and resulting art is very clever as kids' imaginations take flight with simple materials and only a hint of direction. Over 70 art projects with introductory poems to stir kids' imaginations ex;ore textures, colors, shapes, moods, and feelings. Introductions to basic media include glue, doughs, paint, paper, markers, and crayons. Unusual crafts feature a paper bag picnic basket, muffin cup birds, milk carton caboose, dough porcupine, popsicle stick flower gardens, and a clothespin splatter paint butterfly. Guidelines for parents, teachers, and caregivers for encouraging truly creative art experiences are of especial value. -- Midwest Book Review