This title lets you step back to the time of shoguns and samurai, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 330 exciting pictures. You can discover the amazing Japanese civilization and learn about a culture that has existed for thousands of years. You can marvel at the secrets of this island nation - a land of emperors and shoguns, tea ceremonies and martial arts. It features fact boxes that provide extra insights and highlight links with the present; 15 practical projects that enable you to re-create the past - wear a dramatic theatrical mask, fly a carp streamer, decorate an elaborate Japanese screen, and make a magnificent helmet fit for a samurai warrior; and more than 330 photographs and illustrations that include diagrams, a historical map and a pictorial timeline. It is ideal for home or school use for 8- to 12-year-olds. This title lets you step back in time more than 30,000 years, to when the first settlers reached Japan and a highly sophisticated civilization was born. You can explore the grand palaces of regal emperors and shoguns, be amazed by the fighting skills of the feuding samurai, and admire the exquisite embroidery of the palace women's glossy silk kimonos. It features step-by-step projects that allow you to delve into everyday life and find out about ancient Japanese foods, skills and fashions - make delicious rice balls, try your hand at the delicate art of calligraphy, and sculpt a netsuke toggle.

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!

Klutz creates award-winning, premium activity kits for kids. Sew your own pizza pouch, cookie keychain and cupcake plush! Little makers will start by practising on 2 cardstock projects with plastic needles specially designed and safe for small hands. Then using the pre-cut and pre-punched felt, kids can create 3 cute projects-a pizza pouch, a cookie keychain, and a cupcake plushy. It's the sweetest way to build fine motor skills and learn how to sew! Includes everything you'll need for 2 cardstock practice projects and 3 final projects Practice basic stitches with a donut and sandwich, then make a cupcake plushy, cookie Keychain, and pizza pocket All felt pieces are pre-cut and pre-punched to make stitching easy for little hands Includes an "idea book" With easy to follow instructions Promotes fine motor skills, dexterity, and practical knowledge of sewing WHAT YOU GET 59 pre-cut and pre-punched felt pieces Custom plastic needle safe for little hands 2 sets of sewing cards 2 colors of yarn 5 pink foam yarn stoppers Red pom-pom Key ring Stuffing WHAT IS KLUTZ JR? For 40 years, Klutz has been the authority on creating high-quality, innovative book and craft kits. Now we've turned our attention to our youngest learners to keep wonder, curiosity, and creativity alive while nurturing useful skills. Super-clear instructions Open-ended creativity Rewarding reading Skills to build on Everything you need Empower with quality content & components Stimulate by allowing kids to express themselves Inspire through lightly guided play

Stitch and stuff your favorite pretend foods with Sew Mini Treats! Make your own felted play food with fabulous faces. Includes instructions, patterns and materials for 18 cheerful, itty-bitty food items as well as tips and tricks to customize your own designs. It's an instant recipe for fun! With super-clear instructions and no sewing experience required, Sew Mini Treats provides hours of endless entertainment.

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.

This title is suitable for ages 5 years & over. Winky Cherry introduces sewing to young seamsters - from simple stitches and doll making to understanding and using a sewing machine - in this series. The guides feature clever rhymes and simple instructions, which teach sewing skills, as well as responsibility, commitment, focus, patience, co-ordination, and organisation. Levels progress through hand sewing, embroidery, doll making, machine sewing, patchwork, and quilting. This kit introduces kids to sewing basics such as threading a needle, making knots, using pins, using dots, overstitching, and lock stitching. Step-by-step instructions guide children through stitching and stuffing felt animals. Including a book, two sets of bird shapes precut from quality felt, three yards each of four colours of crochet thread, and an additional 43 patterns, this kit is also a companion to "Yes, I Can Sew!".

This title offers: 36 awesome planes representing every skill level, beginner to advanced; extensive photo support - each and every fold is pictured; flying success in no time; and, step-by-step instructions and tips for perfect performance. Zoom! Soar! Step-by-step instructions, easy-to-follow detailed illustrations, and clever organization based on the steps to becoming a real pilot make these paper airplane books like no other. Start with the straightforward designs for beginning paper pilots as they enter flight school and progress through the ranks to the advanced designs of a paper airplane captain! This title features: Step-by-step Instructions; Fact Boxes; On-Page Definitions of Glossary Terms; Full Colour; Table of Contents; Glossary; Index; and, Read More Resources.

A follow-up to Watercolor Crush! Watercolor Dreams teaches basic-to-expert watercolour techniques and provides 18 pages of illustrations around trendy themes such as: llamas galaxy tropical unicorn mermaids and so much more!

This craft book with a difference marries exceptional design quality with appealing, easy-to-make projects -- all with the help of a winning cast of knitted friends. Donna Wilson's lovable, highly-sought-after knitted characters have made their very own craft creations, and in this book they show children how to copy them. Information about the characters adds an irresistible extra dimension: little stories throughout the book explain why each character made each object as a present or surprise for one of their friends. Children will really want to make these things, and with the simple step-by-steps they really can. The book will appeal long after the projects are completed.

Craft a miniature glamping getaway! Miniatures made easy! First, put together the camper, then design and decorate the inside and outside with a hammock, easel, curtains, chair, a rug, tent, tote bag, pup and more! It includes even more at-home ideas in the book. Kit includes: 4 sheets of paper punch-outs fabric faux fur paper straw wooden sticks tiny umbrella glue stuffing yarn star sequins embroidery thread faux moss brads in gold and black oven-bake clay.

Presents more than sixty projects made from natural materials that are available almost anywhere.

Make some magic with the delightful Enchanted Fairy House: Magical Garden kit by Klutz! Bring three whimsical little fairy dolls to life! Mix and match colourful glitter skirts, wooden beads, flowing yarn hair and faux flowers to design and dress the fairies. After, build their home and decorate it with tiny furniture, enchanted flowers and faux moss. The kit includes: an instruction book for guidance a fairy-sized storybook about the fairies paper punch-outs wooden beads wire yarn in three colours faux flower petals glitter fabric glue faux moss. 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

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.

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

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.

Beautiful blooms don't require a green thumb when you make them from paper! Everything included to make 20 unique paper flowers from 8 fabulous designs, including a daisy, daffodil, rose, and more. Use the punch-out petals and wired stems to assemble your flowers, then use the custom shaping tool to create realistic looking petals. Finally, decorate with glitter glue and rhinestones to make them extra fabulous! Let your creativity bloom as you fill your space with beautiful bouquets that will never wilt! WHAT YOU GET 24 pages of punch-out sheets Rhinestones Glitter glue Shaping tool Wire stems 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 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.

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).