In the Home

I absolutely LOVED the ideas in this book.

I am a firm believer in reducing plastic waste and as a parent I will admit that many children’s toys are just waste waiting to happen.

The ideas in this book for creating toys for your kids to play with out of cardboard is really neat. It encourages creativity, time spent together, and a more gentle play than with its cheap cousin plastic.

Encouraging reducing, reusing and recycling this is a really cool idea.

An amazingly creative book! Author Fiona Hayes shows how to make everything from pretend tools to a greenhouse out of cardboard boxes. The details and imagination are amazing. But these aren't ideas that children can do themselves, or even primarily themselves, and, to be honest, most adults would have difficulty (I know these ideas are way about my pay grade).

For someone looking for fun activities to engage in with a child, this might be the perfect book. Children are sure to love these cute creations and they look like they’d be so much fun to play with. However, children will obviously have to be careful. We all know cardboard doesn’t have the life expectancy of its plastic counterparts. But making a project together creates such lasting memories that I’d still vote for these picture-worthy experiences.

The instructions for each project are easy to follow and detailed.

My thanks to #Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the ARC of #InTheHome . This #bookreview is only my opinion.

What Concerned Me:
For me personally, my biggest concern would be locating the boxes needed. The book does give examples of places to possibly obtain them, but that would be my biggest concern.

What I Liked Most:
Of course, any of these projects can be made for a child. But I absolutely love a book that encourages working together with a child. My memories are filled with the times I had Mom or Dad’s undivided attention. No purchased object has ever held the same meaning.

This book provides excellent instructions and pictures.

This book features very detailed directions to make an assortment of cardboard creations like a washing machine (complete with a clear plastic bowl to be the viewing window), a dresser, a greenhouse, etc. along with smaller companion pieces. Instead of photos there are colorful drawings. I had a hard time following the directions and would probably need my older kids or husband to help with construction, as a lot of it didn't seem that intuitive and they can be pretty complicated. This goes past the standard cardboard box craft where you draw buttons on and pretend it's a space ship. They may be too complicated for some but if you want the sort of projects where your child could actually use it for a long time and you want to dedicate time to gathering good supplies, constructing and painting it, etc. then this is a great option. Note that adults will definitely need to help with construction unless it's older kids. This isn't a kids' craft book really without adult help.

If you are creative, have access to simple materials like cardboard boxes and would like to make amazing play spaces and objects for a child, this is the book for you. The cardboard creations ae listed by topics including in the kitchen, where ypu can make a washing machine for example; going shopping where one project is for a grocery cart and others including things to make in the nursery and garden. There are detailed instructions on materials needed and how to make drawers, wheels and more. The book itself is charming and the illustrations for the projects are detailed and appealing. This is a great one for the creative adults out there. It is lovely that it does not involve shop bought toys or plastic.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.

This book was sent to me to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

I really enjoyed this book, it's full of fantastic doable cardboard creations for children at home or in school to make and create (with the use of a grown up of course).
My favourites which I really want to make with my youngest are the hoover, the cooker and the wheelbarrow.
Hours of endless makes and ideas in this short but brilliant book.

A nice book to have to build i=ones imagination and love od reusing something before recycling it. A number of big and small cardboard items to make. Slight variety of items - market stand, cash register, wheelbarrow for example.

This is a DIY book on how to make different things out of cardboard boxes. It shows how to make a kitchen, a shop, a tool shed, a nursery and more. This is a book meant for adults to read to make things out of the boxes. Some of them are fairly intricate and you need to follow the directions precisely.

I just reviewed In the Home by Fiona Hayes; Christiane Engel. #InTheHome #NetGalley

In the era where kids tend to focus on cell phones, this book offers something more entertaining and build their creative mind. The equipment needed are not the expensive ones, so you can afford them, build them little by little, and let your children's imagination roams free. Do chores like you do at home will give them the sense of belonging and responsibility, even though it's just a play home one.