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Book Review – By Little Hands

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by little hands – Written By Elyse Rosati

ISBN-10: 1425186025 RRP $23.95

This wonderful little book was sent to me for review by Elyse as I have a 2 year old girl that loves to craft.

This book is designed to inspire parents and caregivers with pre-schooler projects that are perfect for gift giving.

These 26 projects will not only give you projects to complete but inspire you to create your own variations as your 2 1/2 to 5 yearold picks up the skills of gluing, pressing, painting and more.

With Christmas fast approaching this is the perfect book for anyone who wants their children to give handmade presents this holiday season.

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Comments

  1. I love the idea of a book for ‘little hands.’ I’m a great-grandmother & would love to do crafts again with my greatgrandchildren & grand nieces & grand nephews.

    Fran

  2. I’m a grandmother and love to encourage all tiny hands to discover the thrills of creating their own delightful crafts. There’s nothing like the joys of glue and paint! I would enjoy sharing these projects ‘By Little Hands’ very much.

  3. I would love to get my daughter into crafting! Then she would be a 4th generation crafter, I think it is necessary to craft in my family.

  5. I have a super crafty grand daughter and we do fine… but her mother could use some craft guidance with her ) and hopefully her younger brother shortly!). Would love to win this for her!

  8. Wonderful book. I have 3 granddaughers and a grandson that I’m encouraging to like crafts.

    Billie

  9. Always looking for ways to encourage creativity in the kids. This book looks delightful, and make a very nice addition to my craft book collection.

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Try it with the Kids: Finger Knitting

With summer coming on fast, parents who read this may have kids home from school more soon, or teachers who have a class in the summer may be looking for more crafty things to do with some of their time over the summer. I’m planning to share some general craft ideas and skills you can learn along with the kids if you don’t already know them so you can all make together this year.

First up: finger knitting. Kids love finger knitting (especially in late elementary school, but I think teens would love this too as a throwback) and it’s super easy to learn.

The only supply you need is yarn. I have a tutorial over at Our Daily Craft you can try, which shows you how to make a chunky bracelet, or check out this video from Red Ted Art that shows you how to make a finger knitting butterfly.

What else can you make with finger knitting? There are actually whole books on the topic, but here are some other ideas to get you started.

A finger knit snake is a classic, and this pattern from Vickie Howell (who also wrote the book mentioned above) is fun and easy.

Red Ted Art also has a cute bunny made with finger knitting. Imagine Childhood has a darling little finger knit basket.

Kids might enjoy making this finger knit garland from Sisters What to decorate their rooms. Or for a bigger project they can make a rug like this one from Meet Me at Mikes.

This finger knit ear warmer from Simply Maggie could be made into a headband by just working a single strip of knitting. You can also finger knit a hat with these instructions from Bean Creative (shared at Red Ted Art).

Or you can just make a long strand and turn it into a necklace, or sew strips together into a scarf. Hello Glow has a single strand infinity scarf project. Once you get kids started they are sure to think up their own ways to use the strips of finger knitting, too.

Do you know how to finger knit? I’d love to know what you or your kids do with your knitting!