Monsters, 'tis that time of year when monsters become fun and interesting, and what better time of year to make a FUN monster craft with your children? Over the past couple of week we've been able to preview "Make & Move Monsters".
What do you get?
- 12 monsters to make
- Monsters that are NOT scary
- Clear instructions that are printed on a glossy paper
- Instructions easily found in the front of the book, in the order that they appear
- Monsters are printed on a cardstock type paper
As my son was uninterested in making any of these creations, I asked a friend if her children could make one or two. Her lad was happy to help out. He's an almost seven year old non-reader. What I observed was a very intrigued lad, carefully looking through his options. This lad happily punched out each monster from the single page they are printed on. He needed to be encouraged to be careful so he wouldn't rip them. When it came time to make each monster he was able to find where the directions were printed quite easily.
He did need his mom's help in understanding the directions as arrows and images weren't enough for him. Once he knew what to do, he was quite capable of making the ghost on his own. The skeleton one needed to be remade a bit since one piece was put on backwards.
As you can see... the monsters actually work! Big grins from one young lad.
He did need his mom's help in understanding the directions as arrows and images weren't enough for him. Once he knew what to do, he was quite capable of making the ghost on his own. The skeleton one needed to be remade a bit since one piece was put on backwards.
As you can see... the monsters actually work! Big grins from one young lad.
How to Use?
I can easily see people using this book at a birthday party with a monster theme, or at a hallowe'en party as a creative centre. A rainy day activity to amuse your children. :)
I can easily see people using this book at a birthday party with a monster theme, or at a hallowe'en party as a creative centre. A rainy day activity to amuse your children. :)
| Book: Make and Move: Monsters Pages: 56 Ages: 7-11 years Illustrator: Sato Hisao Reviewed for Raincoast Books Canadian readers: Make & Move: Monsters: 12 Paper Puppets to Press Out and Play  United States Readers: Make & Move: Monsters: 12 Paper Puppets to Press Out and Play |  |
I would love to see a slightly thicker paper as this would make it possible to make the perforations easier to young hands to manipulate.
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