Packed with make and do activities and over 200 stickers, What the Ladybird Heard Make and Do Book is a great gift for any child - ideal for rainy days and holidays. Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow. But little do they know that the tiniest, quietest creature of all has overhead their plot, and she has a plan of her own! Join the farmyard adventures and find out how to make a clucking red hen, a farmyard playset, and your very own pair of flapping ladybird wings! Based on the bestselling picture book What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.

Reduce, reuse and recycle! Gather up a pile of egg cartons and a few other bits and bobs, and turn them into a dragon, fire engine or penguin! This is the perfect book for fun projects to keep kids busy when they're stuck indoors, using scrap materials from around the house. With step-by-step instructions and handy cut-outs this book has ten brilliant projects (and a dozen variations) that are sure to keep kids happy and engaged with hours of fun. Animal lovers can build their own penguin or owl, and budding engineers can build their first car or pirate ship. Those with the smallest of fingers may need a little help with cutting and gluing, but these projects are a fantastic introduction into crafting and perfect for kids to make on their own or fun for the whole family. Each project has a clear list of everything you will need, and the ideas are easy to customise to your little one's interest. Don't fancy making a penguin, what about a fantastical, ferocious monster? Not a fan of eggs? You can have just as much fun if you happen to have a load of toilet rolls, cereal boxes or old socks. Pick your favourite item to reuse and get crafting with the Recycling Project Book series: I Am Not An Old Sock; I Am Not A Cereal Box; I Am Not A Toilet Roll.

Black Girls Sew supplies tools, builds skills, and offers encouragement to help young sewists create a powerful sense of self and styleBlack Girls Sew is a nonprofit organization built on strong messaging: teach and empower young girls to take ownership of and have pride in their clothing. Their first book offers the tools, knowledge, and vocabulary to help young people take back their fashion narrative. Black and brown girls and boys need a space where they do not have to encounter misrepresentation of their culture, and this book provides them with a safe space in which to explore their creativity.Primarily the book teaches basic sewing skills and design principles so that readers can create one-of-a-kind looks. By encouraging them to follow their curiosity, rather than telling them what to create, Black Girls Sew helps young fashionistas learn to take risks and explore creative play in clothing design. The way we dress is a means of expression, and by encouraging boys and girls to immerse themselves in the world of fashion, providing projects to create their own wares, and offering historical looks at prominent Black figures who have impacted the industry, Black Girls Sew is a guide for all who are interested in fashion, design, and building their own powerful sense of self and style.

Superb series of original craft activities on high interest topics Join this crafty adventure in design where you can create all the things you need for a fantastic out-of-this-world party! Brimming full of ideas for crazy costumes, glorious games and delightful decorations plus perfect party food, this series ensures you'll host the perfect party, fill a rainy day, or help you create designs that last happy ever crafter. There are over 20 different craft activities in each book using a range of recyclable and easy to source materials. Bright and buzzing illustrations support the step-by-step instructions, plus there are fun facts and joyful jokes to boot. Perfect for all budding craft makers, but especially suited to the 7-9 age group.

This book is a compilation of step-by-step instructions for how to build nine different types of catapults and trebuchets, including plans for: A PVC Pipe Trebuchet, A Tabletop Trebuchet, The World Famous Floating Arm Trebuchet, The Historical WarWolf Trebuchet, A Rat-Trap Catapult, The Mangonel (or Onager), The Greek Ballista, a Petraria Arcatinus And the Scorpion II. Each set of instructions include dimensional drawings of all wooden parts, lists of required hardware and sources, an abundance of photos, diagrams and detailed descriptions of the assembly process. Additional sections include historical notes for the different types of machines, warnings and safety suggestions, tuning tips, notes on scaling, tools and techniques and additional notes on even more kinds of catapults.

Be inspired to create inspirational gifts with Made with Love from Me at Christmas. Packed with Christmas cards, stickers, decorations, gift boxes, and much more, you'll find plenty of fun ideas to help you make and decorate your own special gifts. And whatever you make, remember to make it with love! Content Benefits: This sweet inspirational stationery book includes everything you need to send a Christmas gift with love and blessings. Make your gifts look gorgeous this Christmas season! Includes Christmas cards, stickers, gift bags and boxes, decorations, gift tags, ornaments, letters, lanterns, paper chains and banners Full of sweet designs and adorable patterns Lovely activity set in a beautiful package secured with an elastic closure Includes Bible texts throughout the pages and activities Suitable for children age 6 and over Perfect for children who love crafting and making things Ideal gift Binding- Paperback Publisher - Authentic Media

Discover the science of the natural world - on your doorstep!

Lakes and ponds are found at all corners of the planet, from deserts to rainforests. But, did you know, the lakes and ponds near you are also brimming with life? This book uncovers the science and wonders of life in the water.

The Great Outdoors aims to get kids looking at nature on their doorstep. Instead of larger biomes, the series looks at places children are most likely to have access to, like the local park, their back garden, or a beach. It encourages them to observe the wildlife and the ecosystems at work within these places, while taking in broader concepts. Each volume contains a minimum of 6 activities, which vary from observation to crafts, suitable for ages 7+.

Everything you need to embroider, frame and hang a beautiful owl, including a piece of cotton fabric printed with an owl design, a needle, embroidery hoop and green, yellow and orange thread. There's also a 16-page book with simple, step-by-step instructions showing you exactly what to do, and links to video clips of embroidery skills.

There are over ninety pieces to cut out and assemble to make this superb model of a 14th century castle. Surrounded by a moat with a drawbridge which goes up and down, the scene is crammed with accurate historical detail. The carefully designed model provides hours of model-making fun and there are around forty groups of figures and props to bring the finished castle to life, including knights and ladies and servants going about their everyday tasks. The base of the finished model measures 460 x 590mm (18 x 23in) and the castle is approximately 220mm (8in) high. Printed on stiff card, this book contains templates to cut out and construct a superb model of a 14th century castle crammed with authentic detail. The model includes miniature characters for re-creating castle life, including market stalls and jousting knights as well as a portcullis that lifts and falls. The base of the model measures 59 x 46cm.

Baylor provides ten rules for finding a rock. "Not just any rock, Baylor is careful to note, but 'a special rock that you find yourself and keep as long as you can--maybe forever.' . . . As fresh as Baylor's concept are Parnall's striking illustrations."--"School Library Journal," starred review.

It's the classic, world's bestselling paper airplane book, grounded in the aerodynamics of paper and abounding with fun. "The World Record Paper Airplane Book" raises paper airplane making to a unique, unexpected art. This new edition boasts four brand-new models: "Stiletto," "Spitfire," "Galactica," and "Sting Ray." Added to its hangar of proven fliers--including "Valkyrie," "Hammerhead," "Vortex," "Condor," "Pterodactyl," and, of course, the famous "World Record Paper Airplane"--that makes twenty airworthy designs. Each is swathed in all-new, attention-grabbing graphics and is ready to tear out, fold, and fly. There are at least five models for each design and all-important instructions for how to adjust and throw each plane for best flight.
But the planes are just the beginning. The book features tons of cool information on aerodynamics, competitions, and designing your own high-performing models. Readers will learn why paper airplanes fly (and why they crash), the history of Ken Blackburn's world record, and how to organize and win contests. Also included is a flight log and pull-out runway for practicing accuracy.

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.

Eggs aren't just for breakfast! With a bit of imagination, they can also be transformed into beautiful decorative items and gifts. A modern and accessible hobby, egg art is something all generations can take part in, and connect over. Egg Art feeds into the current trend of working and crafting with natural, everyday objects, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Hatch a plan and get cracking on your egg-cellent designs now!

Turn sheets of paper into exciting 3D flowers, animals and accessories--no previous origami experience necessary! Origami, the Japanese art of folding paper, is not just a great craft activity--it's an exciting way to expand your imagination. Children will have many hours of fun folding the easy origami projects in this book and learning about the surprising art of paper folding. This origami book for kids has been revised and reformatted; geared specifically to 8-12 year olds, it is an introduction to Japanese culture and crafts. With full-color photos, step-by-step instructions, and 8 sheets of origami paper, beginning folders can master the straightforward designs. The 19 origami projects include: Lotus Flower Japanese Fan Chopstick Wrapper Dollar-Bill Dragon Chinese Zodiac Traditional Crane Japanese Daruma Doll And many more... Learning how to fold two-dimensional paper squares into three-dimensional objects is not only fun, but helps develop hand-eye coordination and spatial skills by engaging a child's whole brain. Each paper model explores an important aspects of Asian culture--creating an appreciation and awareness of cultural differences in children.

Make fabulous and stylish headbands in this super-cool kit! From cat ears to floral crowns, headbands are a trend that is not going away. Now you can personalise them by making and designing your own to suit your mood. Make 5 unique headbands with ideas for 5 more at-home projects. The kit includes: 3 headbands beads and rhinestones fabric and fabric tape thick wire and 2 thin wires felt fuzzy stem adhesive glitter sheet faux leather cord.

The #1 New York Times Best Seller and IACP Award Winner! Want to bake the most-awesome-ever cupcakes? Or surprise your family with breakfast tacos on Sunday morning? Looking for a quick snack after school? Or maybe something special for a sleepover? It's all here. Learn to cook like a pro-it's easier than you think. For the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen is bringing their scientific know-how, rigorous testing, and hands-on learning to KIDS in the kitchen! Using kid-tested and approved recipes, America's Test Kitchen has created THE cookbook every kid chef needs on their shelf. Whether you're cooking for yourself, your friends, or your family, The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs has delicious recipes that will wow! - Recipes were thoroughly tested by more than 750 kids to get them just right for cooks of all skill levels-including recipes for breakfast, snacks and beverages, dinners, desserts, and more. - Step-by-step photos of tips and techniques will help young chefs feel like pros in their own kitchen - Testimonials (and even some product reviews!) from kid test cooks who worked alongside America's Test Kitchen will encourage young chefs that they truly are learning the best recipes from the best cooks. By empowering young chefs to make their own choices in the kitchen, America's Test Kitchen is building a new generation of confident cooks, engaged eaters, and curious experimenters.

Instructions on how to make all Different kinds of squishies-one of the most popular anti-stress toys around. Here are fun crafts anyone can make! They squish and squirm in your hand! They are the most fun things that kids are playing with today! They're squishies, and you can find all the ways to make them here. With the instructions in this book, you can create amazingly fun and fantastic squishies that look like: Magical Unicorn Donuts Cute Cats Pandas Rainbow Ice Cream Pastel Rainbows Green Apples Cookies Pieces of Cake Kawaii Hearts And More! Whether it is with foam, duct tape, or other means, this book provides innovative and safe ways to create fun, kawaii creatures and objects.

Make fresh and fashionable origami projects for girls with this fun origami kit! When Cindy Ng was ten, she desperately wanted a pair of high heels, but her mother wouldn't let her have them. Even when she was old enough to wear heels, she still had to dream about looking cool--because she could barely walk in them! No problem! Cindy decided if she couldn't wear cool heels, at least she could fold them. And that was the beginning of Girligami... This new modern and contemporary paper craft kit is origami with a sassy twist--a box full of fun that lets crafters turn bits of paper into 3D origami fashion, romance and all things cute and pretty. Each of the custom-designed origami projects takes only a minute to make and are a great way to learn origami. The full-color origami book gives clear step-by-step instructions on how to make each 3D origami model. And it has an added section showing origami paper folders how to turn their paper creations into cool earrings, greeting cards and other useful and not-so-useful (but no less fun) things folders can give to their friends. The glossy, custom-patterned origami folding sheets are all imprinted with guidelines for easy, foolproof folding. This easy origami kit contains: 18 easy-to-do origami projects 50 fabulous paper folding designs 64-page full-color booklet Step-by-step instructions An introduction to paper folding and guidelines for foolproof folding 60 sheets of glossy origami paper Dozens of fun patterns and colors Creativity doesn't get any easier or more fun than this. So invite some friends over, open up the box, and have a blast! Origami projects include: Foxy Pumps Strapless Dress Lacy Jacket Bobo Panda Lola Kitty Cool Cupcake Secret Love Note Vogue-It Earrings And many more...

Packed with games, strategies, lessons, and challenges, Photo Adventures for Kids makes learning about photographic composition and framing easy and fun. Look up! Look down! Move around! Everywhere you go, there are great pictures just waiting to be made! Kids love to take pictures. With Photo Adventures for Kids, you can encourage your child's passion while exploring the art of photography together. With this book, your child will become an official Photo Adventurer and go on a very important mission to solve the greatest mystery of photography--learning how to find a great photograph no matter where they are. Whether they're at home or at school, in the backyard or on a field trip, in the city or in nature, they'll learn the important lesson of how to "see" where the best photographs are hidden in any location. Packed with games, strategies, lessons, and challenges, Photo Adventures for Kids makes learning about photographic composition and framing easy and fun. The book also features a cutout "viewfinder" device at the back of the book, which kids can use to explore their environment. In Photo Adventures for Kids, your child will learn all about: Composition Framing Perspective Leading lines Subject placement And much more! The mission is to find great photographs anywhere and everywhere. Hurry! Adventure awaits!

Cut, stick, sew and paint your way into a magical underwater world. Containing 15 fantastic mermaid-themed projects to make, The Mermaid Craft Book will get children crafting and creating in no time. Aimed at boys and girls aged 3+, all of the projects can be made either from readily available items or from easy-to-source materials, and grown-ups need little or no crafting experience to help! Projects included are: pencil case, mermaid doll, clam shell jewelry box, pairs game, mermaid tail, mermaid blanket, wreath, shell necklace, crown and spear, buttom mermaid artwork, mermaid puppets and aquarium theater, mini mermaid garden, mermaid slime, and mermaid cake.

This title is suitable for children aged 8 to 12 years old. 'The Japanese Gilded Panel Kit' was inspired by a pair of six-panel folding screens in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which were painted and embellished by Suzuki Kiitsu, a Japanese artist who was considered the last master of the Rinpa style of painting. This kit includes a pre-printed cardstock panel, two sheets of gold-leaf paper, a wooden burnishing tool, four tubes of paint, a paintbrush and a museum label, plus instructions, photographs and information about the design.