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Hand lettering is making a comeback, spurred by platforms like
Instagram and Pinterest. And not just adults are getting into hand
lettering and calligraphy. Kids, too, can find relaxation as well
as inspiration in using hand lettering and calligraphy to create
handmade projects for themselves, their families, or gifts. The
Kids' Book of Hand Lettering will introduce young crafters to the
joys of hand lettering through 20 fun and inspired hand-lettered
projects that are easy to create at home. Nicole Miyuki Santo will
walk children through the basics of hand lettering and calligraphy,
including different lettering styles and tools (gel pens, permanent
markers, and brush pens) before they begin their projects, which
include room signs, bookmarks, party balloons, picture frames, tote
bags, pillowcases, and more. With full-color instructional and
inspired photos, practice pages to try out various hand lettering
styles, and pep talks throughout to help spark the creative juices,
The Kids' Book of Hand Lettering is sure to become a modern-day
hand-lettering staple for crafty kids (and their parents).
Who knows what makes playing with slime so tactually satisfying.
Whatever the reason, Ultimate Slime is here with over 100
borax-free recipes invented by the CraftySlimeCreator, Alyssa
Jagan. Written by Alyssa Jagan, popular Instagram slimer of
@CraftySlimeCreator fame, Ultimate Slime makes creating gorgeous,
satisfying slime easy! You'll see how to do everything you need to
create a world of slime in a rainbow of colors and incredible
textures. Your slimy journey will start with some basic recipes,
including kid-safe slime, then you will learn to make fluffy slime,
clear slime, slushy slime-more than 100 recipes and projects in
all. Then you can supercharge your slime by adding vibrant colors
and all kinds of awesome mix-ins to create confetti slime, iceberg
slime, floam-there are no limits to what you will create! Don't
miss your chance to create unique kinds of slime that you never
thought were possible. All are completely borax free, and all come
directly from the mind of the @CraftySlimeCreator herself, Alyssa
Jagan.
In Clay Lab for Kids, art teacher and winner of the Netflix
bake-off show Nailed It! Cassie Stephens presents 52 hands-on
projects made with kid-friendly clays that get kids working
creatively and thinking three-dimensionally. Squishy, colorful, and
infinitely shapable, clay just might be the most versatile art
material for kids. Author-artist-teacher Cassie Stephens has
created all-new clay projects for kids of all skill levels. Start
with the basics of rolling, coiling, and pinching pots, and move up
to making "Jurassic fossils," animal marionettes, monster magnets,
and boxes with secret compartments. All of the projects use
kid-friendly, no-kiln clay (air-dry, homemade, and polymer) and
water-based paints, perfect for home and classroom, plus there's an
entire chapter of recipes for mixing up inexpensive homemade clays
in the kitchen. When creating with clay, kids are introduced to a
wide range of cognitive and manual skills: they'll work
three-dimensionally; make figurative models; use their imaginations
in making jewelry and toys; design with color; and decorate with
paints. 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, bugs, 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.
Globetrotters get ready for this ultimate activity book all about
holidays. Navigate an Egyptian maze, design your own luggage labels
and make your own ice cream! Packed with stickers, pull-out
decorated holiday-themed pages, puzzles, colouring, games, and
projects to make and try at home, kids will be enthralled by this
fabulous activity book. Snip! Stick! Colour! Create!
The companion to The Call of the Wild + Free: styled in the lush
aesthetic of the Wild + Free brand, a four-color book offering
crafts, activities, and essays, that parents, educators, and
caregivers can use to inspire their children. Wild + Free
Handcrafts is a beautiful, four-color resource book for parents,
educators, and caregivers to enjoy doing hands-on activities with
kids. A handcraft engages one's hands, requires a level of learned
skill, encourages children to do their best work, and produces an
end product that is useful. It has been used in homeschool settings
for decades as one way to encourage them to work with their hands
and discover a skillful craft they love to practice. It also is a
great way for traditionally educated kids who are home for the
summer, or in afterschool programs, or with their families on the
weekends, to do fun activities that will stimulate their
imaginations and creativity. This book will feature crafts such as:
Felted acorns Paper beads Nature wreaths Cocoa mint lip balm Woven
willow hearts Finger knit bracelets Eco-dyed kitchen towels Fairy
tale treehouse Flower crowns Bug hotel With the same lush
photography as The Call of the Wild + Free, this book includes
step-by-step pictures that show parents how to do the craft, and
essays on the usefulness and purpose of handcrafts as a tool to
spark children's curiosity and wonder.
Make adorable mini plushies with Sew Your Own Ice Cream Animals by
Klutz! The follow-up to the cute and popular Sew Your Own Donut
Animals and Sew Squishy Cubes. In this adorable kit, kids can sew
four ice cream animal treats with an extra topping of personality!
Each scoop is its own animal so you can swap them around and put
them in a sundae or on a cone. Included in the kit: a booklet for
guidance and inspiration pre-cut felt pieces embroidery threads in
different colours and a needle stuffing four pom-poms paper sundae
dish paper ice cream cone. 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
Complete step-by-step instructions teach the basics of how to sew,
embroider, crochet, felt, knit and weave, including basic tools and
techniques needed to get started. Each craft features three
kid-tested projects, graded from total beginner to something a bit
more sophisticated. Kids will learn how to sew bean bags (and what
games to play with them), create a T-shirt dress, embroider their
own "scout" badges, make toasty felted mittens and fingerless
gloves, create a funky "monster" zippered change purse, knit a
padded cover for their phone or table, crochet an elegant beaded
bracelet or necklace, make and play with hacky sacks, and weave
decorative patches on their jeans or jackets. Pop-out gift tags are
provided to encourage sharing of their one- of-a-kind creations.
Presents more than sixty projects made from natural materials that are available almost anywhere.
Butterflies, speedboats, and penguins, who would have thought so
much could be made out of paper? These step-by-step guides offer
origami projects with a range of difficulty levels. Clear
illustrations of folds and photos of the finished product are
included in each fun project.
Ricki Carroll, best-selling author known world wide as the Cheese
Queen, and her daughter, Sarah Carrroll, takes kids ages 8 and up
on a cheese adventure! Beginning at the source--the cow--Say
Cheese! tells the story of how milk becomes cheese and the many
different styles made around the world, weaving in cheese science,
fun facts, and a game to learn how to 'say cheese' in 30 languages.
Part cooking project and part kitchen science, the core of the book
teaches kids and their families the fascinating process of making
12 different cheeses and related dairy products from scratch-
including ricotta, feta, mozzarella, yogurt, and creme fraiche - in
just a couple hours. An additional 10 kid-friendly recipes for Mini
Lasagnas, Cheesy Pizza, Birthday Cheesecake, and more round out
this celebration of everything cheese.
From Denise Scicluna, the author of Rock Art, comes this guide to
creating cute and characterful animal rock art projects in a
variety of styles. Getting started in rock art couldn't be simpler.
It doesn't require expensive materials or complicated techniques -
all you need is a rock, some paint or marker pens and your
imagination! It's great for beginner and more seasoned artists
alike, and is the perfect family craft. Discover more than 50
adorable rock art ideas for animals in a variety of styles.
Projects include woodland creatures such as foxes and squirrels,
zoo favourites like pandas and tigers, birds, bees, butterflies,
bugs, and a whole host of other animals for you to recreate. With
clear step-by-step instructions accompanying each design, lots of
variations, and bags of inspiration, Pebble Pets will soon have you
on your way to creating your own rock art menagerie.
This book is the ideal introduction to hand sewing for children
from the ages of eight and up. Most of the projects use felt as the
base material because it comes in a wide range of colours, is easy
to cut and doesn't fray; it can also be sewn using big needles that
don't have to be razor sharp. Felt also has the advantage of being
cheap and widely available. The book contains a section on tools
and materials, as well as a section on techniques which include
running, back and blanket stitch. Other techniques are covered in
projects throughout the book. Projects include: noughts-and-crosses
game with felt pocket, finger puppets, headband, pencil case, book
cover, cushion, drawstring bag and wall-hanging mobile.
This fully revised Little Book contains a variety of easy, fun
activities which suit different ages, stages of development and
levels of skill with scissors. For the youngest children, the act
of snipping is endlessly fascinating, while older children want to
explore the ability to shape and control. These activities are
designed to take children from basic chopping to more complex and
purposeful cutting and fashioning.
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Nature Art
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Turn the things that nature provides us with into fabulous pieces
of art! Learn how to make picture frames, scarecrows, cards and fun
animal characters from nature. And find out how awesome nature art
can be!
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Paper Art
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Jeanette Ryall
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Turn paper into fabulous pieces of art instead of just throwing it
away! Learn how to make paper windmills, monster masks, party hats,
cards and treasure chests from paper. And find out how awesome
paper art can be!
This book is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to
book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with
UCL Institute of Education (IOE) This is not Rubbish is a
non-fiction text exploring how different objects may be reused and
recycled. The repeated sentence structure offers readers the
opportunity for a very first independent reading experience with
the support of the illustrations. Reading Champion offers
independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce
their developing reading skills. This non-fiction text is
accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book
has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's
reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.
Stay close to family and friends with this beautifully illustrated
stationery set to tear out and colour. Packed with
exquisitely-detailed artwork inspired by the gardens of the Royal
Horticultural Society (RHS), there are 26 cards and envelopes to
decorate, complete with sticker seals. Get creative with different
colours and materials to decorate these Christmas-themed cards.
Packed with snowflakes, winter flora and wildlife, this stationery
set has enough blank space inside for a message. Use the 40
stickers to give your cards a truly special touch! With
easy-to-follow instructions and tear-out pages. Customise each card
to create a unique gift to treasure forever. The perfect activity
for all ages. Also in the series: The Springtime Garden Cards and
Envelopes My Unicorn Garden Cards and Envelopes
Have toys at your fingertips - and on your toes - including angels,
aliens, a peacock, an octopus, a mermaid, a waltzing couple and a
goofy horse. How to make perfect puppets from old socks, rubber
gloves, cardboard, kitchen foil and ping-pong balls, as well as
puppet stages on which to perform! Easy instructions and over 270
fantastic photographs show you what to do every step of the way. It
is ideal for 7- to 12-year-olds, with simple projects for
beginners, and more sophisticated projects for older kids. Watch
your hands transform into birds, animals, flowers, forests and all
sorts of other amazing characters. The 25 projects in this book
include not only finger puppets, but also glove puppets,
body-pained puppets, and even foot puppets. All the projects are
simple and fun to do, and you can make them using everyday items
found around the home, such as gloves, socks, ribbons, wool,
buttons, beads and drinking straws. Then, why not use your puppets
to make up stories with your friends? The rubber-glove fishermen
could catch the painted octopus, the Tassel family could attend the
wedding of the cardboard bride and her bridesmaids, and the
glove-puppet elephant could meet the sock serpent. The book also
contains ideas for making stages and scenery for your puppet shows,
including an enchanted forest setting and a sailing boat.
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