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Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Not Child's Play!

Well this one certainly hasn't turned out to be "easy-to-make", and I certainly wouldn't classify it as a "holiday activity for the whole family" as stated in the blurb on the back cover of, "Cut & Assemble Santa's Workshop". Nor would I suggest that it "would make a charming keepsake decoration", since a paper model would be difficult to store safely from one year to the next.


But despite the very misleading information in the blurb, I do think this publication, and the resulting 3D paper model of Santa's Workshop, would make a fun holiday activity for a very patient adult or teen that has a lot of time on their hands, good eyesight, and a steady hand, and also happens to love paper craft models. 

I just don't happen to be that person.

This is the first of three Christmas themed books I have received at no charge from Dover Publications Inc. in exchange for my honest review. The link I provided here is solely for my readers convenience as, beyond the free book, I get no further compensation.

2 comments:

Gene Black said...

I suppose it would depend on the family. I know one family that would have loved doing that together. But as a general rule - probably not a good "family" thing

Marlene said...

If it was a family consisting of nothing but sober adults that all got along very well together, then *maybe* it might be doable as a family activity Gene. But this is no pop-out type of paper craft. All the pieces (some of which are fairly detailed and TINY) must be cut out with a craft knife or the most incredibly skilled scissor work you've ever seen. I consider myself quite good at such things and yet I gave up. Too time consuming and tedious for the end result.