'Be the author and illustrator of your own book and best of all, you don't need a degree in art to do it!' Well, that sold us right there... My daughter instantly fell in love with this kit. It comes with everything you could possibly need to create fantastic books. We just had to try this one out straight away.
After admiring the can itself, and thinking of all it's other uses once we've made 
all the books, we got down to business.
all the books, we got down to business. This kit comes with 3 little boxes for the accordion books, a house-shaped fold-up paper to make a long book, which you could cut up to make several short books. The house shape even has a door on the first page and windows, so your little artist can draw all the rooms in your house.
Scissors are included, along with a glue stick, a black marker, and some great quality colouring pencils. You get enough paper to fold up into 3 books for the boxes, plus some plastic windows to put on the front of the box to help you decorate it. You can place all sorts of pictures, photos, or small trinkets and keepsakes in these plastic pockets to tie in with your book.
My daughter (5yrs) set right to work. I sat beside her and went through the idea sheet that comes along with the kit, and she decided to do a book on 'How My Family Celebrate'. She chose to base her book on her 5th birthday party we had for her earlier on this year.
I helped her fold the paper accordion style, showed her how it would eventually go into the box and she started with her creation. The first page gets glued onto the lid of the box, and the last page gets glued onto the bottom of the box. Lift the lid and the book folds out to reveal a wonderful keepsake to be treasured. It then folds nicely back into the box.
The idea sheet has some wonderful ideas to get the creative juices running. My daughter is so proud of this book, she is eager to continue with her next one.
These kits have been made in the US by Eye Can Art and have already won multiple toy awards. They come with full instructions, and we are so very excited to have them in New Zealand. They are available now exclusively through The Crafti Bug.
So lets get some fantastic books going out there, and I'd love to see some photos of finished products.
