Creative Cat Crafts (Get Crafty With Pets!)

Gr 3-5Eleven crafts per volume let readers pamper, play with, and celebrate their animal companions. This well-designed series provides amply illustrated instructions for kids to decorate a picture frame, make a toy, or create a practical item, such as a chew ball to keep a pet bunny from gnawing on all the furniture. Each book includes a technique section at the front (some overlap between volumes), and every craft includes a suggested variation. Techniques and materials are pet-friendlycardboard or repurposed fabric is sewn, painted, braided, or glued with nontoxic glue. Sidebars reveal genuinely interesting tidbits with a little fancy vocabulary tossed in (bunnies are crepuscular). Dog is the standout here, with a real dog modeling some of the crafts (most of the other photos of animals and children are stock). VERDICT Cute and achievable functional and decorative items. A great addition to crafting collections.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.