Create your own Christmas by Isabel Thomas
Ill. by Katie Abey. Bloomsbury, 2017. ISBN 9781408882207
Have you spent all year dreaming of turkey, tinsel and Christmas
trees? Christmas is FAR too important to leave to the adults to get
right - so take control and create your own Christmas. Make a sleigh
launcher to start Christmas with a whizz? Paint a festive scene with
leftovers from your Christmas dinner. Build your own Christmas
cracker to celebrate with a BANG.
Well this book was right up my alley - anything to do with craft,
making, construction - my ears prick up! This book would be a great
Christmas stocking filler - children would love to have their own
copy to pick and choose which activity to choose next. I love the
introduction of the book and the little annotations throughout it
allowing the children to follow the directions. It is bright and
colourful, utilising the traditional Christmas colours and extremely
well set out. It clearly lists the items required and have simple
step by step instructions to follow. While the children are
completing the activities, they will also be able to learn about
many of the history surrounding Christmas traditions. Priced with a
RRP of $14.99 it would also make a great boredom buster leading up
to Christmas.
Kathryn Schumacher