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Make and Move Mega Dinosaurs by Sato Hisao
40 Pages
Children’s Stories / Activity Books
Laurence King
Age range: 8-12 years
The Make and Move Mega Dinosaur book is more of a craft and activity book and a reading book. It comes in a little box with an instruction book and lots of sheets of shapes and pre-cut dinosaur parts to enable you to put together your very own dinosaurs. All of the pages are clearly labelled and colour coded so you know which part matches to which dinosaur. The book includes 5 different dinosaur models.
The book is pitched at 8-12 year old children, I have been trying it out with my son who is 6. He is pretty savvy when it comes to putting together Lego models and builds models much above his age range, so I just assumed he would be ok with this. But, if I’m honest I was wrong and the complexity involved in putting the models together was just a bit too much to him and if I’m really, really honest for me too!
I will hold my hands up and really honestly say I am astonishingly rubbish at craft activities. I don’t get the appeal of Lego models and can never work my way around flat pack instructions. So I guess it really shouldn’t have come as a surprise that I just couldn’t manage to put one of these models together! Even my son was a bit bemused at my lack of skill and kept trying to correct me. And in terms of the T-rex, I pitifully gave up and told my husband to have a go. I know a tad cliche of me…
So I was interested to see how my husband did. It took him about 30 minutes all in all to put the Triceratops model together. He did comment that it was very complex and definitely not for younger children, but a challenging activity for older children. He thought the 8-12 age range the book is aimed at is about right.
The model is pretty clever and you can actually move it around after it is built too.
Verdict:
My issues aside, this is a really fab little book for people who are more competent at putting models together than I am. It is definitely aimed at older children due to the complexity of the models and instructions. But a great gift, or even half term activity that’s a little bit different than a computer game.
Rating: 3/5
Wow, these look amazing, and I’m sure with our origami experience I’m sure we’d manage just fine. The Little Man would absolutely love this!
This looks amazing. I’m going to get it for my boys, they will love it.
They look awesome! A bit tricky for us but I can think of a few people who might like one in their stocking! #KLTR
My daughter loves dinosaurs, although from experience I know that this sort of papercraft would just be left for me to do and her to play with afterwards! She’s only 5 so I might bear this in mind for when she’s older.
These look amazing for older children. My daughter would love playing them and I think my husband would enjoy making them. #kltr
Ooh, another dinosaur book. Grandson would love to make these. I’m thinking Christmas book 🙂
#KLTR
This looks amazing but yes, maybe a bit “faffy” for my little ones at the moment. I think it would turn into “mummy craft time”! #KLTR
This looks fab Laura. I think it might be too difficult for Sylvia but maybe with help from an adult she could enjoy it. Thanks for sharing. I bet some kids would love this.
I think this would be a bit tricky for my children yet but it’s definitely one to keep in mind. It would make a great gift. #kltr