Make and Takes Craft Book Review and Giveaway!
December 3, 2011 by alysha
-UPDATE-this giveaway is now closed.
The lucky winner is Kim O. who said, “What a great book idea!! It would be wonderful to have a copy – thank you for the chance to win.”
Thank you to everyone who participated, and thank you Marie for sharing your fantastic book with us!
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Ok, you all know by now that we love crafting. And we LOVE crafts that we can involve our kids in as well.
We are so excited to share this amazing craft book called Make and Takes for Kids.
It was written by one of our good friends, Marie LeBaron from Make and Takes! How cool is that?!
Read on for a chance to WIN a copy of her new book for yourself!
Author: Marie LeBaron
Photography: Nicole Gerulat
Make and Takes for Kids offers 50 projects to make with kids, each centered around an upcoming holiday or season. The ideas are unique and simple to produce, and each project is thoughtfully constructed and designed to create an ideal environment and setting for crafting. Each craft requires little preparation, few supplies, and almost everything can be readily found at home or at a local craft supply store.
Here are a few crafts you’ll find in the book:
I love this winter puzzle.
and so many more!
Make and Takes for Kids is filled with fun and simple crafts that you can do with you kids, ALL YEAR LONG!
It’s a perfect gift for the holidays, maybe stocking stuffer for teacher, parents or grandparents, it’s also a great way to unplug and have some one-on-one family time, encourage creativity in your little ones. Wonderful!
Want to win a copy for yourself?! JUST LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST.
The book should be available at all major book stores and online at Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Walmart.com,Wiley.com
Wiley has a wonderful crafts page as well.
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I love the ideas you shared from the book!!! I’d love to have this book to use with my children. Thanks for the opportunity to win!!!
I love the ideas in this book! I am always looking for new crafts to do with my girls! I would much rather they be creative on cold rainy days than sit in front of the TV!
My kiddos and I love crafts!! Hope we win : ]
I am really excited to get a copy of this book! I hope I win
Looks great!
i’m the craft coordinator for our local MOMS Club, so i’m always on the lookout for cool pre-school and young kid crafts. this is awesome! if i don’t win (i hope i do, i hope i do!) i’ll be buying a copy.
I love new ideas for kids crafts!
I would love to win this. My little sister always wants to do craft projects when she comes over.
Looks like a great book! I’d love it for my at-home preschool co-op kids!
My granddaughter loves crafting with me, this would be a great book to share with her.
What a great book idea!! It would be wonderful to have a copy – thank you for the chance to win.
Sounds like a great resource to have!!
I’d love to win this for my two young boys… we’re always looking for new and fun crafties to make!
Id love a copy of this book!
Oh, this would be just perfect! My kids love crafting, but I am not nearly as crafty as I’d like to be
Awesome. Hope I win.
I would love a copy for my Daughter in law to use with the Grandkids. They are always looking for crafty things to do.
This book looks amazing! I am a Mom of 3 and my kids all love crafts, making anything out of whatever they can find. I am also a Brownie Girl Scout Troop leader and we could use a great book like this! I have just signed up for your blog updates and cannot wait to see if the winner might be all my kiddos and me!!
I would love to win this. I could use it at home or at the Y with my Y kids!
Oh I would love this! My 3 year old LOVES to do crafts and I’m running out of ideas!
This looks like a great book!
Love this giveaway!
I have a new grandson. He and his mother would love this book.
Great idea to spend some quality time with the kids! My son would love this. ;-D
I would love to win! It looks like a great book.
I really wanna get this book and play with my grandson!
Awesome ideas! I have a 3 year old that could be kept busy with some of these! Would really enjoy this book!
What a great book! Love it!
Cute! I am always looking for ideas for my kids!
Would love this book, always looking for new ideas for my boys!!
Am always looking for new crafts to do with my 2 and 4 year old! Looks great!
I’m a teacher and I would love to win this!
kid craft ideas???? Woot! This is a no-brainer. I would lOVE to win it… and so would my kiddos!
The gorgeous winter puzzle. If this is the start then yes please!
definitely think this would be fun to play with my grandkiddos doing these things!! thanks for the opportunity and have a great day
I’ve been eyeing this over at her blog and would love to win one! I love the idea of a year’s worth of crafts in one place!!
I have this book on my Christmas wishlist!
This would be a good book for me to use to do some fun crafts with my kids!
I’m always in need of more ideas-this looks great!
Looks like a really cute book! I really want to do more crafts with my kids.
It looks like great fun for kids!
What a great book!
This book looks awesome. Always looking for crafts to do with all my little friends.
I would love to have this book. We do a little preschool…and I think we could put this book to good use.
It sounds like a fantastic book!! I could put it to great use with my two little boys!!
It’s superb !!!
Oh this looks so awesome!! Count me in!
Awesome! I love crafting w/ my 6 year old l’il girl and this would be a great addition and inspiration!
Always looking for fun things to keep my kids entertained and stimulated! Thanks for the contest!!!!!
Looks fun.
I would love love love this book!
This would be fun to go through with my little ones. };-D
Looks cute for the grandkids
Looks like so much fun! Thanks for the review!
That book looks like it is full of fun ideas! I would love to win it, pick me!
Sounds like a fun book to use with my little great granddaughters!
My son would love these ideas! He loves to do “art”!!!
I’d love to win this book! It can be difficult to think of good craft ideas for small children!
I think this book would have tons of great ideas for my classroom, I love it!
My boys would LOVE this! So Fun!
This would be so cool to win! Such awesome ideas!
This would be so fun for my grandkids!
My daughter pours over my craft books. It’s hard for her to pick just one to do at a time!
We think this looks like lots of fun.
Wow, looks like a great book! We are always looking for cute new craft ideas.
Awesome! Could use this free gift for the military playdate group I am apart of
Thanks for the opportunity to win! >.<
This looks like so much fun! I’m always looking for craft projects both for my kids and my students!
I work in our children’s ministry and am a mom of 2. I’m always looking for fun and easy idea’s for lots of kids. This book looks fantastic, just what I need!
Always looking for crafts to do with my girls – would love this book.
I am always looking for new crafts for my daughter and I – and things around the house would be perfect since we only have one vehicle and Daddy takes it to work during the day! Thank you so much for this chance to win – and so close to the holidays when money is so tight!
<3
We love to do crafts at our house- always looking for new ideas and would love to win this book!
What a great book! We are always looking for fun crafts to keep us busy in the winter months!
What an awesome book! I am a college student and I work at a daycare, I am always looking for new craft ideas for my little friends!
This look awesome! I am always trying to come up with new craft ideas!
Both my kids LOVE crafts!!
Happy December!
What a great book! Thanks for the giveaway!
L-O-V-E this book already! pick me pick me! I Love doing crafts with my daughter!
So much fun!! We love crafts!!!
My kids LOVE doing crafts! Thanks for sharing!
My nieces would love this book!
Love this book! My youngest son loves doing crafts and this would be great to have on hand for lots of fun & different craft ideas. Thanks for the opportunity. I hope I win.
Cara
cara@shopandsave.net
I LOVE KIDS CRAFTS!!
Thanks for sharing the book with us! Looks like there are a lot of interesting projects there.
What a fun book! Looks like lots of great ideas.
I would LOVE to win this. I teach crafts to kids at Pottery Barn Kids, and need ideas! sharon dot gullikson at gmail dot com
Heck, yeah I’d like to win it! Thanks.
As a substitute, this book would give me lots of ideas to fill the extra time we sometimes have.
My daughters and I heart crafts and would just love this book!!
Pick me! Pick me!
My daughter does craft everyday. She really comes up with neat things to do but I know she would love to have this book. I added it to my wish list at Amazon.
I love new ideas for fun times with my kids. I would love this!
I would love to give this to my dear friend to teaches 3rd grade!
What cute ideas!!! They look like perfect crafts for the kiddos to do. I be on the lookout to see what other ideas are in there. Thank you for sharing!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing crafts with my kids as you can see on my blog.
I hope I win this book!!!!
Always looking for craft ideas with the kids. This would be great! Thanks!
My kids would love this!
I love doing crafts with my two year old. This book would be great to have in the house!
I would LOOOOOVE this!! Such cute cute ideas!
So Cute!! Can’t wait to try it with my kids!
I will love to win this book, I am always looking for fun activities for my girl. thanks.
Crafts are a great way for some quiet time – with little boys, there is not a lot of that to go around – so any distraction helps!!!
Oh my kids love doing craft “pronjects!” What a great giveaway!
I would love this!!!! Love doing fun things like that with my kids
Would love to win. My son will be 3 in March, this would be a perfect starting point to getting him involved in crafts. Thank you!
These crafts look like a lot of fun! Would love to do them with my girls!!
My daughter LOVES projects like these!
Love the idea of having several ideas on hand. I’ve got three little girls and not great at coming up with new, fun things to do.
What a great book! My kids would love to do some of these things!
My daughter would LOVE this book!
This book looks pretty fun! I love her blog-sooo many awesome ideas!
My boys would love doing some of these!! How fun!
This book looks awesome! I am a teacher of students with Autism and these art activities look easy, fun, and quick! This is just what I am looking for! We really do not have time to teach any kind of art anymore and my students LOVE to do hands on activities! If I am lucky enough to get a copy of this book it will be put to good use for MANY years to come and make MANY children happy!!
I would LOVE to win this! I organize a playgroup and am always looking for fun, easy crafts to do with our kiddos!!
That is awesome!!! I need to make more crafts with my kids!
I’d love to win that book! I was looking at that the other day – cant remember if it was on Amazon.com or at my local Target store…looks like a ton of fun crafts to do with my daughter.
Great ideas…
AWESOME book!! I would so love one of these to share with my 10 year old son. He’s always asking to craft with me. Thanks so much for this opportunity!
Lynn
What great ideas! Would love a copy for my family to share!
I would love to win a copy of this book! My kids, ages 5 and 4, are very into arts and crafts, and this book would really help foster their creativity
So so cute! Love it!
Fun!! I’m always looking for fun things to do with the kiddos.
That book looks amazing! I know my kids would love it.
My 4 year old loves everything crafty!! This is perfect;)
I would love a copy of your book! So many cute projects! Thanks for the giveaway!
my kids and i are always looking for something to do. would love to win this.
This looks awesome! I am planning a craft day for my kids and nieces and nephew for Christmas Eve day, so this would be handy.
Great ideas, I’d love to try these with the kids in my life!
I’d love this book! Always looking for craft ideas to do with the kids!
oooh, so cool! My kids would LOVE this book!
I have a three year old son who has to stay busy. We would lovve to have this.:-)
Yes! Finally something about mensa.