Great Book for all those crafty girls or if you're in need of a rainy day activity. Need an activity for a Girl's Night in? This is a good buy for just those things.

This would be a great book for teens and young adults for crafting. The chapters inside are Accessories, Decorate, School Supplies, Celebrate, Food and Drink. You use a variety of materials, but most projects should only cost around $10 or under. Supplies range from washi tape, beads, glue, embroidery floss, paper clips, etc. I would recommend this book to fill a rainy afternoon with lots of fun projects.

It teaches you how to make necklaces, wrapped headphones, infinity scarf, decorative flowerpots, fancy pencils, ribbon organizer, hanging flower balls, DIY cards and envelopes, cake banner and rainbow fruit in glitter cups. So you see, it is quite a varied set of crafts suitable for everyone.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fun book. I wished I had the physical copy or I at least got to keep the digital copy to continue with the crafts. It’s perfect for my niece.

Book Review: Lazy Crafternoon by Stella Fields
Review by Dawn Thomas

129 Pages
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
Release Date: August 1, 2016

This book has more than 50 projects. These projects can be done by yourself but would be more fun with friends. The supplies used in the book can be found in any craft store. I was surprised at the variety of projects.

In the first section, the projects range from headbands to decorative light switches. It was difficult to pick only one favorite project. I narrowed it down to the diffuser necklace, washi tape paperclips, painted rocks, and decoupage mason jar. I think the most innovative project was the lint roller stamps. Who would have thought you could cut out an image, attach it to a lint roller, ink it and roll. In the food section, there were decorative mugs, glitter sugar, straws, and cups.

I recommend this book to anyone that is creative and loves to put a personal touch on things. Most of the projects in the book can be done by anyone. I only suggest that an adult supervise the use of a hot glue gun and sewing machine.

A 10-13 year old that is interested in crafting already may find some fun ideas or tricks in this book. But it's not likely to turn any kids over to crafting that aren't already interested.
That said, the supplies needed to make many of the items are not likely to be difficult to obtain, nor are they necessarily expensive. I do like the card making section and on headbands/headwraps. These are the kinds of things that kids are likely to make and have interest in.
Overall this book may be better suited to ideas for a caregiver that would help fill an afternoon. It's certainly not a book that any child is likely to find their first inspiration for crafting out of. Nor is it a manual or teaching book that would be useful in the future. It's long term benefit is short. Therefore I would recommend this one as an e-book (on a colour tablet would be best as it is pretty) or borrowed from the library.

Loads of fun, relatively inexpensive projects to spend time with my grandchildren. They enjoyed the projects and I enjoyed being with them. It was easy for them to improv on their own with the crafts. Some like to follow directions exactly and some like to make it their own. Something for everyone here.

This book has fantastic crafts with simple instructions to get them done. Makes any amateur into a pro!

Not only did my students love the projects in this wonderful book, by own children did as well. It is really hard to keep the attention of children these days with all of the electronic devices in their life. We had fun filled crafting projects with not need for Pinterest!

Great ideas! Fun crafts for preteens and early teens to do.

Cute tween/teen arts and craft activities to try out. They range from simple to more intricate DIYs mostly decorative. This is a good choice for the casual crafter looking for some new skills to try out.