Cubee Craft

Cubee Craft   URL:  http://www.cubeecraft.com/

Check out Cubee Craft for fun mini creatures you can make using your color printer, cardstock, scissors and a craft knife.   I made R2D2 and Harry Potter including his wand.  They are super cute and fairly easy to make.  Making a Cubee Craft  does require fine motor skills.  It is important to take extra care when using the craft knife to make sure you do not cut yourself.  Once you are done you have a cute figurine you can play or decorate your desk with.  Check it out.  You can make characters from Star Wars, Family Guy, Spiderman, Princess Bride, Pokemon, Batman  and many, many more.

Alter This by Alena Hennessy

Title:   Alter This       

Author:  Alena Hennessy

Publisher:  Lark Books          

Year:  2007

ISBN:  978-1-5790-948-2

Genre: Non Fiction/Crafting

This book is for Ages: 8 and up

Subjects/Themes: Paper Crafts

Alter This is has great ideas for up-cycling books into cool art and other projects.  It has a materials section and a design section to help you decide on how you want to create your projects and teach you how to talk like a real artist.  Projects include, top secret shadow boxes, picture frames, and accordion books.  Alter This shows you lots of fun and creative ways to use old books as canvases for your own art.

If you like this book you may also like:  Playing with Books, by Jason Thompson.