Kids Craft Project: Pom-Pom Animals
Twice a month I get together with my almost 7 year old grand daughter and we sit down to craft together. We’ve been doing this for the past 1 1/2 years and she loves it. It’s a great way to spend time with children and have a good bonding session with them.
As part of our bi-monthly crafting with kids segment we are featuring a wonderful craft kit that you can do with older kids!
Silver Dolphin Books presents a crafting kit just for kids: Pom-Pom Pals: Animals ISBN: 978-1626862906; Ages 7 and up, and contains everything that budding crafters need to create the most adorable fuzzy friends you’ve ever seen. This complete kit and detailed book of instructions comes with easy-to-use pom-pom makers, four colors of yarn, felt, ribbon, and ready-made mini pom-poms, everything kids will need to make a lion, penguin, monkey, and panda. The full-color simple step-by-step instruction book contains extra project ideas and instructions to make even more adorable pom-pom animals, plus fascinating facts about each creature. Once kids have created their new pom-pom friends, they can personalize their animals and sign the included adoption certificate to become the official owners of the cutest critters on the planet.
The kit includes a 48-page book with step-by-step instruction, 3 pom-pom makers, 4 colors of yarn (18 yards each), 3 pieces of colored felt, 15 ready-made mini pom-poms, 2 decorative ribbons, a press-out carrier, and an adoption certificate.
Our Thoughts: This kit is for children ages 7 and up, but as a grandmother to a 7 year old…I admit, I did have to help her quite a bit when making these. The kit comes with everything you’ll need except for: glue, scissors and a tape measure for measuring out the lengths of yarn. Each kit will make the 4 featured animals, but includes instructions to make 4 additional ones (you’ll need to add more supplies to do that).
The instructions and patterns for each animal are in the included book and all of the instructions are very easy to follow, along with the color photographs and diagrams. To start out – You’ll assemble your supplies and then make the required pom-poms by using the included pom-pom maker. Once they’ve been made, you’ll assemble your new animal with glue and then let it dry. Each animal took us about 45 minutes to make and then another 1-2 hours of drying time.
So far, we’ve made 3 out of the 4 pom-pom animals and with adult help, a child can make these. If you have an older child (maybe above the age of 10) they could probably make them by themselves. Younger kids will definitely need some help.
You can find this fabulous craft kit with book when you shop at Silver Dolphin Books, along with hundreds of other titles that they have available.
Disclosure: We received a complimentary book and craft kit from Silver Dolphin Books to feature as part of our bi-monthly “Crafting with Kids” segment here on TheClassyChics Blog. No monetary compensation was receive. Our thoughts, opinions and words are 100% our own.