Fun and Festive Spring Crafts: Flower Puppets, Bunny Masks, and Mother's Day Pop-Up Cards

Product Description
In spring, winter ice melts away, flowers bloom, and animals have babies. In FUN AND FESTIVE SPRING CRAFTS: FLOWER PUPPETS, BUNNY MASKS, AND MOTHER’S DAY POP-UP CARDS, follow easy step-by-step instructions to create unique crafts as you learn about spring. Discover the ancient Greek myth about Demeter, goddess of the harvest, and the scientific reason we have a spring season. Also read about symbols, holidays, and special events that take place during this fruitful time of year and get creative!
From School Library Journal
Gr 2-4-Each of these slender volumes is introduced with a story about the season from Chinese, Hawaiian, Abenaki, or Greek tradition, followed by a scientific explanation and some information about holidays and typical activities. Unfortunately, the myth is the best part of the book. There are a few inventive crafts (a snowman rod puppet with a working mouth, baby birds made of modeling clay and clothespins), but most of the eight projects in each volume are old chestnuts (tie-dye, paper masks, pinecone turkey). Materials rely heavily on craft store purchases-craft foam, Styrofoam balls, modeling clay-and instructions, while verbose in places, gloss over details in others ("Sculpt a base for the snow globe from air-drying clay and let it harden." Young crafters will need help copying and enlarging the templates provided for many projects. Though these crafts are lackluster overall, they might be good for classroom use.α(c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Review
Each of these slender volumes is introduced with a story about the season from Chinese, Hawaiian, Abenaki, or Greek tradition, followed by a scientific explanation and some information about holidays and typical activities. Unfortunately, the myth is the best part of the book. There are a few inventive crafts (a snowman rod puppet with a working mouth, baby birds made of modeling clay and clothespins) but must of the eight projects in each volume are old chestnuts (tie-dye, paper masks, pinecone turkey). Materials rely heavily on craft store purchases- craft foam, Styrofoam balls, modeling clay -and instructions, while verbose in places, gloss over details in others (Sculpt a base for the snow globe from air-drying clay and let it harden. Young crafters will need help copying and enlarging the templates for many projects. Though these crafts are lackluster overall, they might be good for classroom use., School Library Journal Fall 2014