KATE LILLEY

Quirky, colourful and fun projects for preschool kids and their parents to make together. Small children love crafting and creating, and its educational as well as enjoyable - crafting can help develop fine motor skills and teaches small children to follow instructions and work alongside someone else. Kate Lilleys hugely popular blog, Minieco, grew out of her desire to teach her own kids to be resourceful and use whats around them for creative play. Parents and kids alike will love the 35 bold, colourful projects featured in the book and divided into sections that include Music, Nature, Sewing, Science and Recycling Bin. The final section contains a list of 50 quick boredom busters that harassed parents can pull out of the bag in an emergency! Kate Lilley has a degree in Fine Art and a Masters Degree in Visual Communication. She then went on to work as a web designer before becoming a Mum. Kates blog, Minieco, chronicles her adventures in crafting with her two young sons using inexpensive materials found around the home. Minieco has just celebrated its second birthday and currently receives 150,000 visits a month.

35 ideas ecológicas y originales para tener las manos de los pequeños ocupadas y para que los más pequeños y los adultos se diviertan juntos. Los trabajos están pensados especialmente para niños en edad preescolar. En la mayoria de las actividades se utilizan materiales que se tienen a mano en casa o que se van a tirar a la basura. Cada trabajo lleva implicita la filosofia del reciclaje, animando a padres e hijos a ser ingeniosos y utilizar todo lo que este a su alcance para divertirse de una manera creativa. Cada trabajo manual esta claramente explicado, y las instrucciones van acompañadas de fotografias que permiten seguir facilmente el paso a paso y que nos muestran como crear estos maravillosos juegos y juguetes.