Kumon My Book of Easy Crafts: Ages 4-5-6

Whole family absolutely love this book . I can not rave enough about it. Have bought it for friend children and they feel the same way.it has helped my son (only 4 but very academic/can read etc.) learn and practice: valley and mountain folds, following visual and verbal instructions and diagrams, cutting accurately, hand strength, problem solving, following a key, creating and then playing with or more often gifting his creations. From which he has derived great autonomy, confidence and pleasure. After the first few he just did it on his own and then was teaching me how to do it (I'm generally good at spacial awareness, instructions, map reading etc. turns out he's even better ... Well...at this book!)have bought another for my daughter for when she's older.the variety of toys and games and models you can make with this book is huge. You will end up with a house full of little paper toys but could gift them to grandparents, make into mobiles etc. Or just bin them after a few days! Its the process that counts, which my son really git that and after a little investigation and play with what he had made gave it to someone and cracked straight on with the next thing.again i had to slow him down a bit but each thing does take longer to do than mazes etc.finally they get progressively harder throughout book which is great

This book is fabulous. It contains 40 projects for cutting and sticking with a range of animals, people and other bits. They projects are suitable for girls and boys. Many of the finished models move in some way and they all look impressive. The pages are thick paper so they are easy enough to cut with decent scissors but sturdy enough allow the model to stand up. In 6 months of doing these occasionally my 4 year old daughter (who has loved all the projects) has progressed from needing significant help to largely doing these independently. As a tip I would suggest scoring where the paper needs to be folded to help little ones fold in the right place. Great rainy day activity and very good value for money compared to many 'making'' kits.

I get my kids to work together to make these. I had originally bought it to help my 4 year old with her cutting skills. My 7 year old enjoys this book just as much.

Good book, full of many crafts

Great fun projects with a game or fun outcome for each project

I bought this for my 5 year old, but my 8 and 9 year old love it, too!

This is quite hard even for 6 year old.

The book is super quite but difficult for my 4,5 years old. Keeping the book till she gets elder.