Garden Fairies Scratch And Sketch: An Art Activity For Magical Artists And Believers Of All Ages (Scratch & Sketch) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Scratch and sketch your very own gardens of flower fairies!Enjoy verses about your favorite flowers and their fairies as you copy 20 pictures from the land of fantasy.As you scratch away the black coating with the included wooden stylus, you'll see your artwork blossom on rainbow-swirled and gold, silver, and purple glitter pages!Use the extra sketch pages to draw your own floral designs and tiny friends.Ages 5 and up.This art activity book comes shrink-wrapped.64 pages.Includes 20 scratch-off, 20 illustrated, 20 sketch pages.6-3/8 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches high; wire-o bound hardcover.Publisher's Note: This activity book is best enjoyed by older children who are comfortable copying sketches onto the blank black-coated pages with the stylus. Younger children may have more fun with our Trace-Along Scratch and Sketch books.Warning: Choking hazard -- small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Non-toxic: Potential eye irritant. Avoid inhaling particles of scratch coating.
Spiral-bound: 64 pages
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.; Spi edition (December 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159359870X
ISBN-13: 978-1593598709
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 6.5 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #46,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #62 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Art > Drawing #1071 in Books > Children's Books > Activities, Crafts & Games > Activity Books
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Great entertainment in the car or on the plane. Not as messy as I expected either. We have the fairy one and the princess one. Princess one is better for younger kids (like my 4 year-old). The fairy one requires you to draw your own picture, it's not traced out.
My daughters 4 and 7 love this scratch book. It is a great activity for a boring day at home or for a long car or plan trip. The 7 yo was able to copy the pictures but the 4 yo made her own pictures instead of copying. I have given these books as gifts as well.
Peter Pauper Press was generous enough to donate a large amount of their various Scratch and Sketches to our non-profit organization, Child Advocacy Services ([...]). We are a non-profit that provides voice, healing and security to children through our CASA program and our CAC program. These donations from Peter Pauper Press will be used in the Play Therapy rooms where child victims of abuse will be able to utilize them during the counseling process. A few of the children have already been able to use them and they LOVED it! Thank you, thank you, thank you Peter Pauper Press and employees for your time and commitment to giving back!
I actually bought this book for myself, to draw in and give to my fairy-loving daughter as a keepsake. I absolutely LOVE magic scratch ornament pieces that you can order from Oriental Trading Co.; I find designing them very calming and a great way to get my creative juices flowing and used... without it being too time-consuming. So when I saw actual magic scratch books about flower fairies, I had to have it.Each fairy is simply drawn on the opposite side of the scratch page. You can either copy it, or like I intend to, make your own variation of the fairy. The paper underneathe the black scratch layer is rainbowed with glittery areas. The book comes with its own scratching tool (think of a thin lead-less pencil), but you can use other items to give it more detail/definition (like the eye of a needle~ the needle point is too thin and sharp). To save your finished images, get an art fixative spray at any craft store to prevent further scratching on your art.For a child's use, I would suggest slightly older children (like 9+) who display artistic ability. It's kind of expensive for a child just to scribble on the pages, taking the black off to see the rainbow paper beneathe. For kids like that (and I have 2 of such kids), I would suggest just getting blank sheets of this magic scratch paper, or the ornamental cut-outs I mentioned above.
This book was a disappointment in comparison to other books in this series. In the past, books in this series have had a sketch of the drawing on the scratch art page that you then trace with the stylus, so that your scratch art result is similar to the items pictured on the cover. However, this book was just blank scratch art pages. Seems little overpriced for that... My 5 year old still enjoyed drawing her own art, but I was left feeling like I paid too much...
I fully admit that I must not have read the directions accurately before purchasing these. I was under the impression that you would scratch the paper to reveal the image below which is not the case. This is designed for you to try to copy the image on the page. Not what I was expecting and my kids quickly lost interest.
Got this for my daughter. It is so neat that I have used a page or two for my own doodles. Looks great.Not all pages will have the rainbow colors, some are silver, some gold, glitter color, etc. The wood pen it comes with the book is a nice tool. Loved drawing in this book and I could totally see it as a gift for adults also.
I don't believe I would have bought the Garden Fairy or Butterfly Scratch and Sketch books had I known that the designs must be made free hand. I have a child who has used scratch art before, but we've never used a scratch art book where you have to create the picture on your own. They offer pages to copy if you want to, but for a five year old it is a little too advanced. I just wish they had put it in plain words that it's for advanced artists and not for young kids. On the plus side, I do like how the books are written. The fairy book has a flower poem for each type of flower fairy-they're short and sweet little poems with a drawing you are supposed to copy.
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