Crafty Moms Share: Make Your Own Zoo -- Crafty Weekends

Disclosure: Ryland Peters & Small sent me a copy of this book free of charge to review. All opinions in my review are my own and I did not receive any other compensation. As in all my reviews I am providing links for your ease, but receive no compensation.

We are definitely having a crafty weekend at my house. Hazel and I finished up some of the fun zoo animals from Make Your Own Zoo by Tracey Radford and worked on some Christmas gifts as well as doing the free craft at Lakeshore Learning.

http://www.rylandpeters.com/make-your-own-zoo

This post however will focus on our zoo animals and this great book. Hazel was so excited to get started on these. She actually tried to make some herself, but got a little confused. It is definitely kid projects but a six-year-old needs some help with them. We of course had to make the flamingo.

She probably could have made this one by herself. It was pretty easy. We did not make the pool it is in, but the book provides the scenery as well. We made the chimpanzee and the baboon as well. They are very similar with different heads.

The book provides templates for the faces and such. The instructions are very clear and easy to follow. We used an egg carton for our cardboard in all three of these, but a cereal box would have been easier for the faces. Hazel also started the crocodile, but I did not finish it for her yet. We also worked on the eagle, but never painted the bottom side of it.

This book provides many great projects from various animals for a zoo including an aquarium. They also include projects for trees, pools, grass and the zoo entrance. The details of the animals and the range of types is wonderful. We love this book!! It is the perfect book for an animal loving kid who also loves to craft! We will be making more of these animals to use as decorations at her Wild Kratts birthday party!!

Crafty Weekends Link Party

We had a fun party last week with some amazing crafts shared!! Sharing Saturday (anything kid oriented) is also going on. Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop will start tomorrow for this month. It is the place to share anything multicultural.

Thank you to everyone who shared with us at last week's party!! I can finally pick my features!! There were some fun crafts shared and this is just a sampling. Be sure to check them all out!!

1) From Ginx Craft: Red Fox

2) From Crafty Journal: Peek a Boo Turkey

3) From Art Club Blog: Painted Acorns

4) From Creative Khadija: Mug Decorated with Mirrors and Collage Clay Tutorial

5) From Jewelry Making Journal: Mixed Media Gypsy Necklace (Tutorial)

6) From Kitchen Floor Crafts: Potato Stamped Tea Towels

7) From Wesens-Art: Wallpaper Sample Gift Bags

8) From Thistlewood Farm: DIY Magnolia Garland

Thank you to everyone who shared the last week!! I hope you will share again!! If you are featured here, please feel free to grab a featured button to display proudly on your blog.

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