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Arts and craft book ideas for an independent 8 year old

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HipHopHippoHair · 09/05/2026 09:10

Hit me with ideas for arts and craft books for an 8 year old girl.

I need something she can follow along without too much help so I can get some work done in the holidays. Happy to buy art materials. She’s happy to follow YouTube videos of arts and crafts but I don’t leave them unattended with YouTube so I can’t be working in a different room.

help!

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Tvtimes · 09/05/2026 09:26

https://amzn.eu/d/00oPem9A
mine enjoyed this at a similar age. The author was v popular on YouTube at the time and she enjoyed her videos too but I don’t know if she’s still current

Amazon

Amazon

https://amzn.eu/d/00oPem9A?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-childrens-books-5527450-arts-and-craft-book-ideas-for-an-independent-8-year-old

FlatCatYellowMat · 09/05/2026 09:35

Over the years my now 12 year old has gone through fimo, air drying clay, shrinky dinks, hama/perla/thermal beads, lino printing (bit messy that one), and a lot of baking.

The beads I might wait until she is a bit older as the iron does need careful handling, but the rest he baked in the air fryer with minimal supervision.

Oh, also needle felting (we both tried that one, I stabbed myself too much and won't do that again). And he had a very brief crochet phase (felt it was easier to just ask me to crochet what he wanted)

When I was younger I did pressed flowers and friendship bracelets at that age.

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