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Non-Fiction Review: Christmas Paper Crafting
Christmas Papercrafting: Holiday Cards, Gift Tags, and More!
by Thaneeya McArdle
by Thaneeya McArdle
4 out of 5 stars on GoodReads
This crafting book contains templates and cut-outs for gift tags, postcards, holiday greeting cards, decorative envelopes, bookmarks, small posters to frame, and scrapbook paper. The illustrations come in many different styles and colors, all with festive patterns, snowmen, gingerbread houses, Christmas bells, Santas, reindeer, mittens, and Christmas trees. There are even a few postcards you can color!
I love the colorful illustrations and styles. Each page is so bright and merry! The paper is thick and heavy, making it perfect for mailing the post cards or using as background for a photo book. Each page is double-sided, so for some things you would have to choose which side you wanted to use. The pages also have perforated lines that make it easy to tear out and use! Continue reading
Activity Book Review: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt: Christmas
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt: Christmas Activity Book
by Candlewick Entertainment
by Candlewick Entertainment
4 out of 5 stars on GoodReads
This sticker activity book features Christmas crafts, sticker pages, cookie recipes, games, and activities for children.
There are charts for counting down the days to Christmas and even a weather chart to keep track of the weather each day. Some of the crafts include masks, bird feeders, table setting cards, snowflake paper chains, and a Christmas wreath.
The games include a Christmas treasure hunt for indoors; exploring for leaves, pine cones, and bird feathers in the outdoors; as well as on-paper activities like a word search or puzzle.
My favorite part of this book are the coloring stickers that are left blank so you can color them in yourself before using them on the sticker activities. There is even a page that prompts you to write your own holiday song!
These look like such fun activities to do with children at Christmas time!
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Book Review: The Magic Christmas Ornament
The Magic Christmas Ornament
by James and Victoria Barbato (Authors), Joe Huffman
by James and Victoria Barbato (Authors), Joe Huffman
2 out of 5 stars on GoodReads
Three siblings hear the story about how their father found a magic ornament when he was a boy. When they examine the ornament on Christmas Eve, the children are whisked away to Santa’s Workshop in the North Pole, where they play with toys and meet Santa’s elves. They are given an ornament off Santa’s own Christmas tree, and they return home full of the joy of Christmas.
The writing is good, but has a stiff style, especially in the dialogue. It doesn’t flow as well as it could, but it’s not bad. The story is interesting, but rather simple. There isn’t anything particularly memorable or special in the plot, but it is a sweet story.
The illustrations really bothered me.
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