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Offer a few different kinds of character and task without needing a large craft setup.
This is a selection from Kevin Coulston’s own catalog. Numbers organize the choices and do not indicate independent ratings.
This sampler varies formats and subjects. The mixed fantasy book has puzzles; the drawing and tracing titles focus on art tasks.
Use the activity label and individual book description to choose the format. The best first project is the one the child wants to begin; it can be completed at their own pace.
Trace Then Color: Cool Stuff 2 - Dinosaurs, People, Animals, And More! turns dinosaurs, people, and animals into a two-part creative activity: follow the character lines, then decide how the picture should look in color.
How to Draw: Mermaids, Unicorns, And Other Cute Stuff is an art activity for children who want to construct mermaids and magical friends themselves, using a sequence of six drawing stages.
Draw by Grid: Mermaids, Unicorns, And Other Cute Stuff makes mermaids and magical friends a visual copying challenge, with the picture recreated one grid square at a time.
Trace Then Color: Cool Stuff - Monsters, Aliens, Robots, And More! turns a varied cartoon cast into a two-part creative activity: follow the character lines, then decide how the picture should look in color.
How to Draw: Cool Stuff - Monsters, Aliens, Robots, And More is an art activity for children who want to construct a varied cartoon cast themselves, using a sequence of six drawing stages.
Draw by Grid: Cool Stuff makes assorted inventive characters a visual copying challenge, with the picture recreated one grid square at a time.
How to Draw: Cool Stuff 2 - Dinosaurs, People, Animals, And More is an art activity for children who want to construct dinosaurs, people, and animals themselves, using a sequence of six drawing stages.
Trace Then Color: Weird Creatures turns unusual creatures into a two-part creative activity: follow the character lines, then decide how the picture should look in color.
Draw by Grid: Weird Creatures makes unusual creatures a visual copying challenge, with the picture recreated one grid square at a time.
Trace Then Color: Mermaids, Unicorns, And Other Cute Stuff turns mermaids and magical friends into a two-part creative activity: follow the character lines, then decide how the picture should look in color.
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