This book is broken up into sections. The first 25 or so pages explain how the book came to be, what supplies you’ll need and a brief history of flip dolls.
Next up is the “Zip & Stack” section which includes a stacking tree, nesting flowers, elephant parade, cheshire cat, smiling crocodile, and sly fox. All of these either utilize zippers or stacking methods to make them unique. The elephant and trees are rates easy while the others in this section are moderate.
Next is “Hide, Seek, & Go” which includes a peekaboo turtle, getaway car, bouncy bunny, gulp the whale, winged horse, and nuts n’ bolts robot. Pretty self explanatory. The Turtle hides in or out of his shell. Bouncy Bunny uses elastic to make him go. Etc. These are all rated at the moderate skill level.
“Show & Tell” features items that are more for display than play. Good Times watch, bright ideas computer, plucky ukulele, crabby crab, knotty frog, perching bird, lie detector. All of these are listed within the moderate skill range. The best one here is the bright ideas computer — a cloth computer where the screen is a window just big enough to fit a photo, blank pages, art work, even a small sketchbook.
The “Flip & Turn” section is likely the one that people will buy the book for. The dolls that are a two in one flip. These dolls flip inside out instead of upside down. Cat-Fish, Secret Message chat bubbles, The caterpillar and the butterfly, George and the dragon, The owl and the pussycat, Superhero, Vampire-Bat, Circus flip. There are a mix of easy, moderate, and advanced in this section.
The book includes templates for all projects in the back — you’ll need a way to enlarge them.
These 27 projects are all adorable. I wish it had focussed more on the flip and turn and hide and seek but I could see how those could feel repetitive. The skill levels feel mostly right. I never seem to move out of beginner without lots of 4 letter words being involved but some of these moderate seem fine for me.
* Disclaimer: I received this book at no cost in order to review it. I offered no guarantee of a positive review, though I only request books I think I'll like because why read a book you think you’ll hate?
