Scavenger Art ~ A Review
Introduction
Scavenger Art
Scavenger hunts are fun.
Drawing is fun.
Put them together for ★ SCAVENGER ART ★
This unique art-based activity book includes 52 scavenger hunts designed to
✓ encourage curious minds
✓ spark creativity
✓ practise mindfulness
✓ develop drawing skills
Perfect for ages 6 to 12.
Review
Described as ‘creative challenges for curious kids’, Scavenger Art presents 52 scavenger art tasks, for indoor and outdoor fun. Our son is too young to try much of the drawing, but he is already quite the scavenger. Using the prompts as a seek and find activity works well with someone whose vocabulary is expanding every day.
Lexi asks children to look all around when searching for items, which works particularly well for younger seekers, who are learning to view the environment as a multi-dimensional terrain of up and down, over and under. After finding items, Lexi then encourages children to consider different shapes and sizes, the patterns they see, and perhaps the history of the item. I particularly liked this stage, encouraging children to take a mindful approach to what they find.
Older children are then tasked with drawing the things they have found, taking care to note how light interacts with the items, and their textures. They are also asked to label drawings where possible; for example, different breeds of dog. While this may be a stretch for younger scavengers, they can enjoy colouring with the shades of the items they have found.
Overall, the book is laid out well, and the language and illustrations ensure that it is engaging for all. I particularly liked the variety of hunts, which can be done indoors and outdoors. Sometimes outdoor tasks involve finding things which can be taken home, such as fallen leaves. Other times, spotting and drawing things in situ, such as shop signs. The combination of seeking, thinking, and drawing create activities which will keep children occupied and interested. They will also have lots of fun as they work through the book.
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About the Author
Lexi Rees was born in Scotland but now lives down south. She writes action-packed adventures brim full of witch-doctors, fortune-tellers, warriors and smugglers, combining elemental magic with hints of dystopia. She also writes fun activity books for children.
Her fantasy adventure, Eternal Seas, was awarded a “loved by” badge from LoveReading4Kids. The sequel, Wild Sky, is available now.
She’s passionate about developing a love of reading and writing in children and, as well as her Creative Writing Skills workbook, she has an active programme of school visits and other events, is a BookPenPal for three primary schools, and runs a free online #kidsclub and newsletter which includes book recommendations and creative writing activities.
In her spare time, she’s a keen crafter and spends a considerable amount of time trying not to fall off horses or boats.
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Many thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for hosting today’s book blitz, and offering me the chance to review Scavenger Art. Thank you to Lexi Rees for gifting me a copy of the book, in return for an honest review. All views expressed are my own.
Thanks so much! I hope your son enjoys drawing his scavenger finds as he gets a little older – I made the boxes fairly small intentionally to encourage fine motor skills 🙂
He absolutely will. He already draws with intention, and tells us what the pictures are. As his fine motor skills develop, we’ll be able to move on to drawing what we see together. Thank you for the opportunity to review your book!