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Book Review- Low-Mess Crafts for Kids: 72 Projects to Create Your Own Magical Worlds

July 6, 2020 by Shellie Wilson

Messy crafts have met their match with these 72 creations that keep out the clutter and mess but pack in the fun and creativity

When craft time rolls around, parents usually cringe at the thought of a creativity storm’s aftermath. Glue, glitter, globs of paint?it all adds up to Mom and Dad assisting (let’s be honest, doing everything) with cleanup. But Debbie Chapman?the supermom behind One Little Project ?keeps that freshly cleaned kitchen table in mind with tips to keep these tutorials as mess-free as possible. With tricks like twisting pipe cleaners into fun shapes to avoid glue and using brightly colored cups and patterned paper to avoid paint, Debbie shows that keeping it simple doesn’t mean play time has to be less fun.

Low-Mess Crafts for Kids brings parents and caretakers solutions to the craft time conundrum. As well as being low-mess, all 72 of these awesome projects feature everyday items like pipe cleaners, pom poms and clothespins, which make playtime a cinch. And with step-by-step pictures, kids of any age can create something they can be proud of.

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Round Bee and Flower Inspired Mini Scrapbook Album

Round Bee and Flower Inspired Mini Scrapbook Album

How adorable is this round Bee inspired album from Traci?! She used the Bee Happy collection from Doodlebug and a round petal acrylic album of her own design for the base. The cover has flower petal openings so she decorated the center with round scalloped die cut pattern paper and a cute bee embellishment in the middle and added smaller circles of pattern papers on the first page so they show through the openings. It’s held together with a metal “O” ring tied with plaid ribbon.

Round Bee and Flower Inspired Mini Scrapbook Album

The inside pages are cut from black cardstock and measure 7 1/4″ wide and she decorated each page with more cute bees, lots of floral papers and flower embellishments and cute bee themed sentiments and sayings.

Round Bee and Flower Inspired Mini Scrapbook Album

She’s also included a few of her signature interactive elements like flaps and pockets too. I love how bright and cheerful this project is! It would make a perfect give for a newly married couple or for an anniversary.

Click here to visit the Artsy Albums blog to check out the entire album.

-Heather

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