Chicken Socks: How to Make Pompom Animals

Chicken Socks

by Klutz (Editor)

Call it pomdemonium. It’s what happens when you glue pompoms together in all kinds of funny ways. You end up with puffy piglets, poodles, penguins, porpoises, puppies and lots of other fabulous animals whose names would probably start with "p" if they had names. How to Make Pompom Animals is a cookbook of creativity, filled with recipes and goofball fun from the crafty chefs at Chicken Socks. Main ingredients? Pompoms and imagination (plus a dash of googly eyes and glue). Altogether, it’s everything you need to make a passel of pompom pets - no food, walks or house-training required. Comes With: 80 pompoms, 28 googly eyes, punch-out pet accessories and squeeze-bottle of glue. Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award.

16 pages, Spiral-bound

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Klutz is a publishing company started in Palo Alto, California in 1977 and acquired by Scholastic Inc. in 2002. The first Klutz book was a how-to guide titled Juggling for the Complete Klutz, which came provided with juggling beanbags attached in a mesh bag. The book was created by three friends who graduated from Stanford University: Darrell Lorentzen, John Cassidy, and B.C. Rimbeaux. Since then the company has continued to specialize in activity-driven books sold along with other items needed for the activity. Not all the books are about developing a skill; there has also been a geography book containing, among other physical attachments, packets of rice corresponding to the average daily caloric intake among the poorest people of the world. Many of their books are spiral bound and teach various crafts. The items needed are usually included with the book, e.g. the juggling guide. The Klutz credo is: Create wonderful things, be good, have fun.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very simple instructions for making cute animals out of pompoms of various sizes. Of course, the final products in the book's photographs are waaaaay better than your child will ever make once the glue starts flying.

[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

How to Make Pompom Animals is an interactive craft kit for children age 4 and up. This set includes various sizes and colours of pompoms, eyes, stands, and glue needed to make various types of pompom creatures in easy to reseal bags. A book giving full step by step directions to make various animals is also included.

There are a number of different options for children when making these creatures. They can choose to create the animals described in the book. These creations range from extremely easy to make butterflies, birds, and turtles to more difficult racoons, penguins, and dogs. Children also have the option of being completely creative and making aliens.

We managed to make nine pompom animals following the instructions and then an alien with the leftover bits. Each creation looked absolutely adorable. The easy to use no mess glue stick assured that there was no mess either in the craft area or on the kid's hands. Though I found some of the harder animals a bit challenging, smaller hands seemed to find the task much easier.

[Eastofoz]

An excellent craft book that's easy to follow with fun pompom animals to make.