Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0684018721, Paperback)

365 FUN, CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO STIMULATE YOUR CHILD EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

This book contains 365 creative and educational arts and crafts projects for children ages two to six that provide a great alternative to using TV as a babysitter. It shows parents and daycare providers how to:

Stimulate creativity and self-expression with activities that encourage a child to explore his or her place in the world.

Create experiments with paint, glue, playdough, paper, and markers that focus a child's energy constructively.

Encourage the development of a child's concentration and coordination, as well as organizational and manipulative skills, with well-chosen arts and crafts projects.

Save money by making arts and crafts supplies such as paints, playdough, and craft clay with ingredients that can be found around the home.

Celebrate the holidays and other occasions with special projects and activities.

The Arts and Crafts Busy Book is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. It should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching young children.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0881664340, Hardcover)

The best-selling Busy Book author has created an all-new collection of 365 creative and educational art activities for children aged two to six years old. This book offers daily suggestions and ideas for creative pastimes as an alternative to using the TV as a baby-sitter. Drawing; Painting; Printmaking; Sculpting; Paper Crafts; Holiday Crafts; Activities within each chapter are organised by difficulty. The difficulty of each activity is indicated by crayon icons: 1 crayon for easy; 2 crayons for intermediate; 3 crayons for difficult.