Tangle Art and Drawing Games for Kids: A Silly Book for Creative and Visual Thinking

by Jeanette Nyberg

Tangle Art and Drawing Games for Kids is perfect for families who want to sneak a little more creativity into their lives and have fun doing it. It's about exploring, experimenting, and getting lost in creativity. It's not focused on goals, but on enjoying the process. Professional artist Jeanette Nyberg brings to life 46 drawing games that offer playful, easy ways to get a pen moving across a page, help keep the mind focused, and provide hours of edifying entertainment. Move through the book at your own pace. Start with basic drawing games, followed by a section of activities that can be done with friends, then work with some mixed-media activities, and end with awesome tangle art games. Each activity includes ideas for how to "Make it Silly," and ways to vary the themes so you can play the games over and over. Families will make exciting discoveries, find creative ways to spend their time, master visual and manual skills, and most importantly, have fun!

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Childrens, Crafts

112 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2016

Reviews

[Barbara K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't have any kids in my life, but I used to be one and sometimes feel like a very old kid, and this looks like a fun and engaging activity book for anyone of any age, but especially kids. If you occasionally need to entertain children for a while or want rainy day activities for one or a group of children, I doubt you could go wrong with this little art book. It contains simple to slightly more complex projects, most of which only need paper and a pen, maybe some crayons or paints, and can be done quickly for a few minutes, or keep someone busy for hours. As an older adult, I couldn't resist trying some of the doodling exercises at once.

The tone of this book is lighthearted, fun, teasing, and definitely stimulates the creative urge. It would make a great gift for parents, grandparents, teachers, or kids. I happened across it by accident and decided on a whim to see what it was all about, and I'm not sorry I did.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was tempted to pick up a pencil myself within five minutes reading this book. What a great way to pull kids into art. My only problem with this book was my daughter, who teaches special needs children and immediately tried to confiscate it for her class. Since I have no little ones with me at this moment, I grudgingly surrendered it to her. I know there will be many happy faces in her class.

[Catherine L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

we love this book, sitting round the table as a family. The games became as bent and hilarious as our collective minds. we challenged each other and were surprised and delighted with the results! i blogged about this book some time ago, all age fun ...

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun low stress drawing and doodling prompts for kids (or adults!)

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun

[jennifer]

This book is great. :)

Really well-calibrated and fun ideas, which is pretty rare.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Alvaro]

A very practical and funny book for kids and their parents.

[emyrose8]

Good book of art games!