Reviews for Funky junk : cool stuff to make with hardware
Horn Book
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Basic equipment, supplies, and techniques are described and pictured. Step-by-step illustrated directions for inventive crafts follow. All projects are fairly sophisticated, with those in Junk requiring advanced fine motor skills due to the small size of the finished products. Picture contains a glossary. [Review covers these Kids Can Do It titles: Picture This, Crocheting, and Funky Junk.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
School Library Journal
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Gr 3-5-Clearly written instructions and ideas, illustrated with color diagrams and photographs. Crocheting explains basic techniques and has step-by-step instructions for making several articles such as bookmarks and purses. Along with basic camera information, Picture This explores such concepts as light and shadow, action, and point of view. The crafts include framing and matting as well as suggestions for arranging pictures in a scrapbook. Some of the photos in this title are in black and white. Funky Junk is full of ideas that will appeal to kids who love to explore the gizmos that are usually found in bins at the hardware store. Directions are given for turning nuts, bolts, corner braces, and so on into jewelry, a chess set, and more. Parental supervision is a must for many of these projects, especially those requiring the use of a utility knife or epoxy. These books are welcome supplements for crafts and hobby collections.-Genevieve Gallagher, Orange County Public Library, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
