Llimos, Anna. Earth-Friendly Crafts from Recycled Stuff in Five Easy Steps.

Llimos, Anna.  Earth-Friendly Crafts from Recycled Stuff in Five Easy Steps.  Enslow  2013  32p  ISBN 978-0-7660-4190-5  series: Earth-Friendly Crafts  elem  E-Bnes  Nonfiction          

Each of thirteen crafts is broken into five steps from gathering the materials to finishing the final product.  However, in the process of paring down the steps to just five, several intermediary steps are often omitted, or multiple steps are combined into one.  For example, the octopus on page 24 is orange. Step one has the reader painting the Styrofoam ball, but not the bubble wrap, or the plane on page 14, where step #3 is actually three steps.  Both omissions or combinations are fine, so long as children read carefully or have someone older present to help.  Otherwise there will be frustration when the final product is not what is presented.  Each craft begins with a list of materials, and there are illustrations for each step to help readers follow along.  The book concludes with lists for further reading, both print and web, and an index (from easy to hard).

Complete in four books, this series titled Earth-friendly Crafts is filled with great ideas for children to create. This is the perfect set of books for a rainy or snowy day when kids cannot come up with something to do on their own.  Parents will love these books, as will their children, teachers and librarians.

Summary: Thirteen different craft ideas that are made from repurposed items are described in this book.    

Crafts                                                    --Lynn Fisher