2014-12-10 10.50.09Firstly I have to apologise for this post being so late as I’ve been meaning to review this book since oh… June… anyway all is not lost because if you’re in need of a last minute Christmas present for a child, parent or teacher, this is in stock at Amazon (get it in the UK here and the US here) and can be on your doorstep by xmas eve.

Now onto the book – it’s been a while since I’ve read a book that made me so excited about spending time with my children, ha! In fact the last one that I enjoyed so much was probably this one. This is not just a book of art and craft projects – I have a few of those already and they’re all wonderful but the Tinkerlab book is something special. I’ve been a fan of the Tinkerlab website for many years so I was very excited when I saw that Rachelle was publishing a book and signed up to get it straight away – I wasn’t dissapointed!

The Tinkelab book is full of art and craft projects, science experiments, parenting manual, tips for setting up and organising a creative space and some useful insights into educational theory. The projects range from the very simple (sticking stickers on paper) to complex (making a robotic drawing machine) but every one of them has potential for hours of fun and can be adapted to work for younger or older children.

Some of the other projects and ideas include:

  • Plexiglass painting
  • Foam plate prints
  • Making potions
  • Ice cream in a jar
  • Pounding nails
  • Gumdrop structures
  • Natural dyes
  • Cloud dough
  • DIY light box

Maya had a fun time flicking through and picking out which projects she wanted to do first and she has as much fun looking at the pictures as she does doing the actual activities.

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