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Summary
Summary
From castles to animal masks, pirate ships, and even dinosaurs! You will be amazed at how much you can do with a simple cardboard box.
A DIY projects book for kids that use recycling as a way to build creativity, imagination, and interactive play for kids aged 7-12. It features clear step-by-step instructions and detailed photographic explanations that will inspire imaginative minds.
The sky is the limit with Out Of The Box ! This book is designed to help kids learn and play. They will learn about the idea of upcycling and reusing materials that otherwise would be thrown away.
This book has 25 brilliant projects for them to choose from. Detailed instructions and photographs along with colorful inspiration sheets will delight and inspire for hours of endless fun. Out Of The Box will help kids develop their creativity and imagination through interactive play, and inspire them to find a thousand more projects to build.
Think Out Of The Box !
A box is just a box, right? Wrong! It could be a pirate ship, a butterfly, or a family of penguins! Out of the box will encourage kids to see a cardboard box as more than junk. Kids can build their imaginations and creative skills by reusing household cardboard. Learn to build and decorate a range of projects to share, wear, and play with.
This educational book will show kids how to:
- Develop cardboard skills
- Build a castle, city and pirate ship
- Design penguins, butterflies, and rabbits
- Create games like ring toss
- Produce wearables like Pharaoh's finery and masks
- Decorate funky flowers and lazy lizards
- And much, much more!
DK is all about inspiring young minds, teaching them new skills and expanding their knowledge, imaginations, and perspectives. Help them to realize their true potentials by adding to your DK collection today.
Awards
Book category winner of the Creative Play Award 2017
Author Notes
Jemma Westing is an award-winning book designer and paper engineer based in the UK. She has developed a number of innovative interactive books and modeling kits for children. In 2013, Jemma set up a not-for-profit initiative called BrilliantBuilds, which runs free workshops to encourage children to create amazing things with recycled cardboard.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 3 Up-Westing explores the art of crafting and building with recycled cardboard packaging. Moving beyond typical dollhouses, playhouses, and race cars, the author provides detailed projects that will help kids develop fine motor skills through cutting, drawing, rolling, bending, folding, and more. The crafts spark creativity and inquiry and move students beyond storebought toys. The content spans the seasons: the "ring toss challenge" and "balancing butterflies" are great options for spring and summer, while children will enjoy making the "cardboard theater" on colder days. The colorful imagery and thorough instructions will pique the interest of upper elementary students and older kids alike. Younger children could complete these crafts with assistance, and these projects would also fit well with art and math lessons on shape, proportion, and ratios. Projects such as the "hero's helmet" and "pharaoh's finery" would supplement literature and history classes. The few photos feature a diverse group of children. VERDICT With such a rich mix of possible applications-from science to literature, math to art, and social studies to engineering-this bright and engaging book is a first purchase for elementary and middle schools and public libraries.-Sarah Knutson, American Canyon Middle School, CA © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Westing, a paper engineer and book designer, proves just how much cardboard can do in more than 20 projects inspired by her not-for-profit BrilliantBuilds workshops. Among them: transforming toilet paper tubes into brightly colored (and adorable) owl figures, building a geodesic "dome den" for the backyard, and creating wearable robot costumes. (The accompanying photograph shows two kids engaged in a face-off reminiscent of Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots, though children who attempt this project may want to be more careful with their own handiwork.) The ambitiousness of the projects varies greatly-from a modest vase of hand-painted cardboard flowers to elaborate masks, games, and race cars; difficulty levels are noted, and small photographs help make the steps of each project clear. With equal emphasis on construction and decoration, it's a book pitched at both sides of a child's brain. Ages 7-10. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Once kids see some of the fun things that they can make out of recycled cardboard, they will be inspired. The 25 colorfully decorated STEAM projects here range from easy (tube owls, funky flowers, lazy lizards, a cardboard theater) to difficult (dome den, lion mask, race car, pirate ship). Color photos accompany the step-by-step instructions, and many projects have templates. Not every project includes the actual measurement required for building, or states the final dimensions of the finished project, but the photos are helpful. Although the materials, such as cardboard, are easily available, some projects, like the race car, require a lot of paint, which may add to the project's cost. The book warns that adult supervision may be needed, and some projects suggest that adhesive putty be placed underneath the cardboard to protect kids' fingers as holes are punctured through it, or to prevent damaging the surface underneath. Kids will enjoy using their science skills to create the projects in this engaging book.--Rawlins, Sharon Copyright 2010 Booklist