This book almost got a “Not Recommended” from me, but I do think it’s a topic that a lot of crafty kids would enjoy exploring.  The photos and layout are inviting, and would encourage them to try something new, and with significant adult support, I think many could successfully do so with this book.  The reasons I don’t fully recommend it come from inconsistencies and lack of clarity in the directions offered.  It begins with four pages dedicated to, “Tools of the Trade,”  in which they include patterns which are never again mentioned throughout the instructions for any of the projects, and an unnecessary bag in which to store all your tools, but they don’t include several items which are later needed to complete the projects (though they do at least include the additional items in the list at the beginning of each project, but it would have been handier to have them included up front): bowl of unspecified size, markers, felt, cookie cutter, etc.  Most projects try to fit all the directions on one small page, with only three photos as support, and I had trouble understanding exactly what was meant; they would have benefited from breaking things into small steps, with clearer photo support along the way.  And though they do list a tape measure as one of the tools frequently needed, they repeatedly give directions calling for 1/3 of an inch, which I have never in my life ever seen on any standard tape measure.  Why confuse kids?