What Can a Mess Make? -- Picture Book Review

 

Disclosure: I was sent a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Did you ever hear the story about the time milk spilled on the floor and instead of getting upset the mother sat with the child on the floor and they made pictures with the spilled milk? I believe the child becomes an artist, but I don't remember whose story it is. Our lives, homes, rooms, desks, etc. are filled with little messes, but with some creativity they can become a masterpiece just liked the spilled milk. Today I am sharing a book that is being released today. It is What Can a Mess Make? by Bee Johnson. It is recommended for ages 4 to 8.

From the Publisher:

In this gorgeously illustrated rhyming picture book, two sisters spend their day playing at home and leaving joyful, cozy messes in their wake.

Kitchen clatter.
Milk and juice.
Syrup splatter.
Chocolate mousse.
Bowl of berries—
Red and blue.
A mess can make a meal for two.

From breakfast to bedtime, from pillow fort to pillow fight, these sisters make all kinds of messes.

Imaginative, playful, forgiving, delicious messes.

And their messes make a day full of possibilities.

With bouncy rhyming language and warm illustrations, What Can A Mess Make? inspires readers to embrace their imaginations, linger in the beautiful messes on every page, and make some messes themselves.

From Me:

This is such a sweet book that shares the magic of childhood. The magic of taking a mess or mix or things and make it into something wonderful. The words are fun, and the illustrations are beautiful. It is a fun book that kids will love. The rhyming words will make it fun to read aloud. I can also see reading it to young children and looking at the various illustrations and playing a bit of "I spy". Or perhaps try guessing what the mess could be making. 

My Mess & Creations

Now I was challenged to share a mess and the creations made from it. I decided to share my mess of quilling supplies.

I have been doing some more quilling as well as die cutting flowers. I made this fun word art.

I also have been playing with make a new type of round paper bead. One of my quilling books has a tutorial to make a round bead from very thin quilling strips. The tutorial called for four 17-inch long 1.5-millimeter strips. I didn't have 1.5-millimeter strips, so I ordered some. I could only find 15-inch-long ones. I played around with different numbers and sizes. You make a tight coil of them. It is pretty hard working with such a narrow strip. After you finish your tight coil, you use a form to make it into a dome. I found they worked best with two of the narrow strips.

The secret to these is that you are making them as halves. You also need to put glue on the inside to keep the form. I used craft glue and my finger. Some of them I used my finger to help shape the domes. 

Once the inside glue dries you glue two halves together to make the round bead. I haven't sealed them yet but here are the beads. I am thinking of a necklace with the small purple ones in between with the brights and pastels alternating.

Here is a close up of one of the beads. As you can tell I still need to practice with them.

I hope you check out this fun book and make some of your own masterpieces from messes!