100% Official LEGO Guide to Stop-Motion Animation Lights . . . camera . . . action! Bring your LEGO (R) minifigures to life with this beginner-friendly guide to stop-motion animation. Ten 'Mini Movies' walk you through using your phone, tablet, or computer to make short, funny clips with step-by-step instructions. Set the stage with any of the six included background settings and thirty-six LEGO elements including a pizza, banana, baseball cap, six minifigure heads, and more! Plus, learn the tricks of the trade as you dive into more advanced skills, such as lighting, sound effects, and camera angles. With these tips and tricks, every movie you make is guaranteed to be a successful smash hit. Including: Stop-motion animation is easy with accessible (and free) apps available for tablets and phones Projects are an easy introduction to animation. Mini movies can be made in as little as an hour Stop-motion animation scales up to older or more advanced kid moviemakers Great for ages 8+ Includes a 80 page book What You Get 78 page book of ideas and inspiration. 36 Official LEGO minifigures and props. Foldout paper backgrounds. Punch-out animation frames. What You Can Make Learn how to make mini stop-motion animation movies. Get started by making the 10 movies included in the book: 1. Bricks in the Wild. 2. Time-Lapse Build. 3. Walk Cycle. 4. Minifigure vs. Banana. 5. Dance It Out! 6. The Magic Closet. 7. My Life in Bricks. 8. It's a Bird! It's a Plane! 9. Epic Chase Scene. 10. Boomerang Banana. Make, experiment and play with KLUTZ . What is Klutz? Klutz is a premium brand of book-based activity kits, designed to inspire creativity in every child. Our unique combination of crystal-clear instructions, custom tools and materials, and hearty helpings of humor is 100% guaranteed to kick-start creativity. Super-clear instructions Open-ended Creativity Rewarding Reading Skills to Build On Everything You Need

My Cat Mermaid & Friends is the follow-up to My Simple Sewing by Klutz Junior. Learn how to sew adorable plush sea creature friends! This fabulous craft kit has everything for you to make your own lovely sea creature friends - make a cute cat mermaid, super-fun seahorse and a nice, trendy narwhal! The kit includes: an instruction book for guidance and inspiration coloured felt rhinestones adhesive glitter felt yarn stuffing plastic sewing needle. What is Klutz? Klutz is a premium brand of book-based activity kits, designed to inspire creativity in every child. Our unique combination of crystal-clear instructions, custom tools and materials and hearty helpings of humour is 100% guaranteed to kick-start creativity. Super-clear instructions Open-ended Creativity Rewarding Reading Skills to Build On Everything You Need

Dino Crafts and Bakes offers outstanding value by combining baking and crafting into one set. Coupled with an on-trend theme, this is sure to be a winner in-store

Create your own magical artefacts with this official craft book of projects from the Harry Potter films! From your very own Hogwarts acceptance letter to a golden snitch and a pop-up Goblet of Fire, this official book of craft projects from the Harry Potter films covers a whole range of magical artefacts that fans know and love. With five levels of difficult rating, and detailed instructions and step-by-step photographs for each project, you will soon be able to create an elder wand, a crystal ball, a time-turner and more! Organised into chapters, the book covers the journey to Hogwarts, recognisable books and potions from the classroom, magical objects from sports clubs and competitions, and of course, the dangerous restricted section of the library! This it the perfect book for Harry Potter fans looking to immerse themselves in the Wizarding World.

Here at last is the definitive book on how to make a pop-up. Every aspect of the creation of a pop-up, known as paper engineering, is clearly and thoroughly covered. All types of parallel folds, angle folds, wheels, and pull tabs are accurately detailed verbally and visually, flat and in dimension. Also included is a history of pop-ups and a step-by-step photographic essay on how a pop-up is made from start to finish. This guided tour is perfect for aspiring pop-up creators, paper engineers, students, and appreciators of this unique art form.

Knitting for All: Kids Knit is a stylish and aspirational book containing age and stage appropriate knitting techniques and patterns. The projects enable children to learn the basics of knitting and start creating simple items very quickly. Kids Knit has beautiful photography, knitting jokes and activities and attractive illustrations. The start of each level contains photographed step-by-step tutorials covering new skills to make learning straightforward.

Packed with craft activities and over 200 stickers, Monkey Puzzle Make and Do book is a great gift for any child – ideal for rainy days and holidays.

Where is Monkey's mummy? It's not too much fun being lost in the jungle, and little monkey wants his mum. A kindly butterfly is keen to help, but they don't seem to be having much luck and keep finding the wrong animals! Join in their adventures with this fun craft book – make your own jungle card game, create a pair of brilliant butterfly wings to wear, and find out lots of clever and creative ways to turn your handprints into your favourite jungle animals!

Based on the bestselling picture book, Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.

Sew your own mini plant friends and gorgeous gardens! This kit is packed with colourful fabrics to help you create your very own gardens and perfect plant friends, including a cute yoga frog, carnivore plants and more! Contents include: 32-page book different colour felts embroidery floss in various colours embroidery needles pre-cut eyes and cheeks simple instructions. Check out Sew Mini Treats and Sew Mini Animals, too!

Social-Emotional Learning Using Makerspaces and Passion Projects is chock-full of meaningful projects that educators can use to teach social-emotional skills in grades 3-6. The projects show students how to create a digital calming room, prototype an inclusive playground, and make recycled cards with paper circuits to spread kindness. They also teach young makers how to focus on self-regulation and self-care, engage in community outreach by helping struggling families, and tell their own stories using podcasting and green screening. In addition, the book provides teachers with helpful strategies for scaffolding passion projects, funding a makerspace, and tips for building community and celebrating diversity. With the engaging ideas in this book, educators will be able to help their students build direct connections to social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making, self-management, and self-awareness (CASEL's SEL Framework).

Step into the world of the Celtic people, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 400 exciting pictures. It offers a journey back to a time more than two thousand years ago, when the warlike Celts dominated northern and central Europe. Marvel at their bravery and nobility in battle, and discover why they were both feared and admired by the Greeks and Romans. It includes 15 easy and fun projects enable you to re-create the past - draw a classic Celtic border, craft an elaborate brooch, make a mighty warrior's shield and helmet, sculpt an elegant pot, forge an intricate wild boar statue, and build a roundhouse fit for a Gaelic chieftain. It features more than 400 photographs and illustrations include diagrams, historical maps and a pictorial timeline. It is ideal for home or school use for ages 8 to 12. Find out fascinating facts about the many different Celtic clans: the reasons for their migration, their mysticism and beliefs, and how they crafted exquisite metalwork. Delve into everyday life to find out what the Celts ate, where they lived, the brave heroes they revered and the deadly weapons with which they armed themselves. A selection of 15 practical projects will make learning stimulating, exciting and fun either at home or in the classroom: reproduce the famous Gundestrup bowl, make a Welsh harp and tuck into traditional Celtic oatcakes!

Step into the time of the Roman Empire, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 370 exciting pictures. You can travel back through the centuries to one of the greatest civilizations in history - the Roman Empire. You can discover fascinating facts about the Roman way of life, the clothes people wore, the entertainments they enjoyed, and the food they liked to eat. Fact boxes provide extra information and highlight links with the present. More than 370 photographs and illustrations include a pictorial timeline, cross sections and historical maps. 15 easy and fun projects enable you to bring the past to life - make a toga, put on a Roman show, and create a writing tablet like those used hundreds of years ago. It is ideal for home or school use for ages 8 to 12. The modern world owes a great deal to ancient Rome, including many principles of democratic government, law, poetry, drama, art and architecture. You can find out for yourself how the Romans forged the mightiest empire the world has ever known, and discover the techniques that their builders used to create vast cities, towering aqueducts and roads that survive to this day. Amazing projects allow you to construct a model Roman home, make a legionary's uniform, and fashion a headdress that will leave you looking fit to rule an empire!

Art Lab for Kids: Express Yourself contains 52 brand new original art projects that will draw out each young artist as they discover their style, document their thoughts, and build confidence in their unique perspective. Each lesson asks questions and offers personal choices while encouraging diverse approaches and creative thinking. One of the most important gifts we can give children is to nurture their creativity and allow them to express themselves freely. There's no better way to express yourself than through creative art projects. This is especially true for children because it gives them an outlet to explore their developing interests and strengths. The Colorful Beasts project, which incorporates discussion of endangered animals with the Blue Rider art movement, asks children to use torn colored tissue paper and glue to create an expressive representation of a favorite vulnerable animal. In I Built This City, children imagine and build their own cityscape using columns of newspaper text to make buildings on top of a watercolor painted background, and detailed with marker. Many projects include varying examples and executions of the activity to illustrate and reinforce the open-ended nature of the labs, inspiring children to embrace and share their own voice. Give children the great gift of creative self-exploration with Art Lab for Kids: Express Yourself. The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus-all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

You can learn all about the inhabitants of the frozen north, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 350 exciting pictures. You can discover the origins of the different people who live in the most northerly reaches of the Earth - including the Inuit, Nenet, Saami and Chukchi races - and how they have managed to survive in such harsh conditions. It includes 15 step-by-step projects: build a model igloo, make a Nenet tent, create a shaman's drum, fashion some warming mittens and a traditional Saami hat, and construct your very own Inuit hunting boat. Fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links with the present day. It includes more than 350 photographs and illustrations include cross-sections, historical maps and a pictorial timeline. It is perfect for home or school use for 8- to 12-year-olds. In one of the world's most extreme environments, mankind has developed unique methods of survival. This fact-filled book examines Arctic habitation through the ages. Find out about the amazing ways in which humans have learned to hunt, herd and farm in harmony with nature, using the wildlife around them for food, fur, transport and even racing! Read of their centuries-long struggles against freezing winter winds and whalers from Europe. Marvel at their beautiful carvings and hand-crafted tools - many of which you can make yourself!

This book features creative things for young children to make, shown step by step. 16 entertaining projects to encourage crafty kids!. It covers ideas that include a cork rattlesnake, shell butterfly mobiles, a mop scarecrow, and a cardboard box doll's house. It introduces and explains all the craft terms, techniques, materials, tools and equipment needed. It features over 200 photographs, including all the different stages and beautiful finished pictures to inspire and delight. It is an ideal starter book for ages 3 to 7 years, for older readers to use with minimum supervision, and for younger children to enjoy with adult help. It includes the easy and exciting activities that are the perfect way for children to build their self-confidence - even as they are building something fun to make. Making things yourself is both enjoyable and really rewarding. It takes time and you have to concentrate to understand how things are put together, but all the hard work is worth it. Once you have painted a flowerpot or made your own papier-mache maracas, the finished product has some of your own special magic in it! You will feel so proud, and everyone will want to admire your work.Crafty things to create include a model canal boat made using recycled materials, a lively dinosaur sock puppet and a fantastic magnetic fishing game.

Learn basic crochet stitches with 9 easy projects. This book is great for preteens or anyone that want to learn how to crochet. A complete guide to everything a beginning crocheter needs to know with color photos that lead you step-by-step to make a chain stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, double and triple crochet stitch. You'll also learn to make a Granny square, join crochet pieces and work in continuous rounds. Great tips and guides to help you along the way. This book is excellent for teachers or anyone who wants to teach themselves the art of crochet. Skill Level: Beginner.

Create mini art masterpieces right from the comfort of your home with Tiny Art Studio. Use adorably-scaled, real art supplies to paint, embellish and display masterpieces in your home! The art guidelines printed on the canvas are inspired by real-life famous works of art. The book included explains the different art styles of each artist through their original example. Perfect for lovers of art! The kit includes: an instruction book cardboard frames acrylic paint colouring pencils sticker embellishments tiny paint palette wooden easel mini paintbrush What is Klutz? Klutz is a premium brand of book-based activity kits, designed to inspire creativity in every child. Our unique combination of crystal-clear instructions, custom tools and materials and hearty helpings of humour is 100% guaranteed to kick-start creativity. Super-clear instructions Open-ended creativity Rewarding reading Skills to build on Everything you need

This book contains exciting craft projects for children to make and own--or to give as presents. The projects also provide a fun way for children and adults to be creative together. There are brilliant ideas to decorate your space and store your stuff using stamping, stenciling, printing, stitching, painting, cutting, sticking, decoupage, and collage.

With an emphasis on safety and adult supervision, Forest Craft presents a range of simple and fun whittling projects that children can make and enjoy hours of play with afterwards. The author, Richard Irvine, extols the virtues of exploring woodlands, getting to know the trees in your local area and learning about their characteristics and suitability for whittling. Projects include kazoo, mini furniture, duck call, rhythm sticks and elder wand. Includes a thorough guide to the basic tools and equipment that are required, the timber he recommends and would advise against for beginners, and the techniques that will be used in the projects. 20 whittling projects, with simple step-by-step instructions accompanied by photographs and useful tips. Includes a chapter on safety and safety tips throughout. Appealing to both forest school teachers and families, this is a book that can be turned to time and time again, through the different seasons and over many years. The skills learned can be treasured and passed down through generations, in time-honored traditions.

In fifteen easy projects, from bouncy bean bags to a rolled-edge sweater, author and knitting expert Melanie Falick teaches kids of all ages how to knit. Through step-by-step instructions and candy-colored illustrations, beginners learn the fundamentals: knitting tools, finger-knitting, and basic stitches such as knit, purl, mattress, overcast, embroidery, and stockinette.

"Kids Knitting" emphasizes fun in every step of the learning process. Sunny paintings by Kristin Nicholas illustrate the individual steps of each technique. Bright boxes of blues, greens, and reds explain everything from button-sewing to tassel-tying. Charming photographs by Chris Hartlove feature finished projects modeled by the creators themselves--all kids who knit.

Best of all, kids get to keep and use whatever they make: bookmarks, backpacks, bracelets, even their own set of customized knitting needles, topped with acorn caps or polka dot balls.

This title explores the ancient cultures that shaped human history and civilization. It vividly portrays key periods from the past, with glimpses into art, fashion, crafts, trade and warfare. It contains inside-view artworks of palaces and humble homes, and insights into the everyday lives of monarchs, priests, farmers, traders and children of long ago. It includes 60 practical projects for historical models, costumes and recipes - construct a miniature Parthenon, don the uniform of a Roman legionary, and bake pastries from an age-old Egyptian recipe. It features an exciting and authoritative reference for home or school use by 8- to 12-year-olds. This authoritative reference and project book will enrich your knowledge and understanding of the past. Witness the progression of human civilization, and see what gave each culture - from the Stone Age to the Roman Empire - its particular identity. Over 1500 photographs and illustrations include inside-view artworks of important buildings from history, such as a Pharaoh's tomb, an ancient Greek home and a Roman bath. Projects include a model Egyptian boat, a miniature stonehenge, a Roman toga and the Greek game of knucklebones.

Turn string and pins into works of art with String Art, a modern twist on a classic craft. Children can use more than 20 art templates, including animals, words and pictures to create the whole look: pick a design, prepare it with pins and string and display! String Art comes with everything you need to create beautiful designs, including pins, backing boards and instructions. With enough material to make three big art pieces and four small art pieces, there are hours of fun to be had!

Let's make mini-magazines (or 'zines' for short)! From animal safaris and recipes to you and your family, pick your favourite topics and get going! This book contains 10 zines for you to write, illustrate, and put together. Each one has a distinct theme, with lots of ideas for stories, features and pictures - the rest is up to you! With fully-illustrated instructions and hints and tips along the way, this brand new book from zine publisher and comic artist Kristyna Baczynski will get you making your own brilliant zines in no time.

Make fun and straightforward papercraft models with this easy origami book! World-renowned origami author and expert Florence Temko brings you Origami for Beginners, her collection of her most simple and user-friendly designs. Experience the thrill of creating delightful origami objects from a single sheet of paper. Develop your creativity. Enhance your dexterity. Origami for Beginners teaches you how to make over forty simple-to-fold origami objects--from jumping mice to adorable kittens to beautiful Christmas ornaments and greeting cards. Origami is an ideal activity for children since paper folding develops dexterity and creativity. Origami is also a craft based on a few fundamental 3D folding techniques, so Origami for Beginners is a useful starting point for fans of all ages and abilities. Although this book is aimed at origami beginners, it contains projects suitable for origami fans of all ages and abilities and is the perfect book for all those who enjoy making things with their hands. This origami book contains: 32 page, full-color book 40 fun origami projects Step-by-step directions Colorful diagrams and pictures Use it to craft eye-catching origami for your friends, to beautify your home--or as a beautiful gift for paper craft lovers. All of the folds are simple enough to be origami-for-kids projects and are a great way to learn origami. None of the projects require paint or glue so just grab some origami paper and start folding right away! Origami projects include: Diamond Base Pirate's Hat Tropical Fish Skyscraper Layered Card Sunburst And much more...