A treasure trove of fun for every horse-loving girl! Horse Play! is packed with great activities and projects, from crafting a mini barn and pasture to designing your dream horse, sewing a pony pillow, making a shelf for model horses, and colouring a pull-out poster. Quizzes, checklists, and fill-in-the-blanks invite you to test your knowledge of horses, breeds, riding, and horse care. And this kit-in-a-book also includes stickers, a stencil, pop-out cards, and complete plans for a Horsing-Around party with games, invitations, a horse pinata, party grub, and must-watch horse movies.

If the thought of getting crafty with your children fills you with glittery dread then this book is for you.

Quick Crafts for Parents Who Think They Hate Craft is packed with 40 projects free from crazy origami to lose your cool over and PVA glue to clean out of everyone’s hair. Get creative with your children even if you’re short on time (or patience).

Split into 4 sections: play with it, wear it, spruce it up and useful things, all of the crafts have been created to ensure that play can continue once the crafting is over. Go on a swashbuckling adventure complete with pirate hook and sword, whale watching in the bath or a leafy jungle safari with hairy baboons and rattling snakes.

Crafting doesn’t have to leave you cranky and the floor sticky!

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

Create amazing creatures, incredible toys, and wild gifts for your friends and family. All it takes is some paint, a few rocks, and your imagination! Easy-to-follow instructions from rock painting expert Lin Wellford will teach you how to create: Rockasaurs Stone buildings Rockburgers and other fun foods Flowers Teddy bears And other awesome rock projects perfect for decorating any space! Also included are tips and tricks to make your rocks into masterpieces! You'll learn how to draw each design on a rock with a pencil, then paint the details in whatever colors you choose. You can make each project look just like the real thing or as wild and wacky as you prefer. The choice is yours-and so is the fun!

In just five simple steps, children can make a variety of whimsical crafts such as a hanging mobile, a caterpillar, a maraca, and a sailboat out of objects found in nature. Fourteen projects make clever use of commonly available materials and simple tools, turning nuts, flowers, and clay into lasting crafts and toys. Children five years and older will develop fine motor skills, feed their creativity, and discover new uses for everyday objects. A ranking system for craft difficulty levels is included, from one star to four stars, for stress-free project selection.

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.

Find out all there is to know about your favourite African animals with these exciting craft projects! Follow the step-by-step instructions to make hippos, crocodiles, giraffes and much more! You can even create displays for your classroom or at home. Each project uses materials that are easy to source, and you will be introduced to loads of craft techniques. The book also contains photos and facts about all of your favourite African animals. Includes a wide range of craft techniques - from cutting out and tracing to papier-mache and painting.

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!

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

Painting rocks and hiding them for others to find is the latest craze sweeping the nation and this book has everything you need to know to get started. From preparing rocks to paint, to hiding and tracking your creations, this book will make sure you get the most out of this fun family activity. Packed full of ideas for cool designs, hints and tips on hiding and finding rocks and lots of info on the rock painting community, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to get involved in this exciting new hobby.

Create fascinating gizmos from simple electronics and household items, from a gravity-powered car to a light-up backpack to a geodesic mini greenhouse. This highly practical handbook is packed with guidance, tips and inspiration for making simple but clever gadgets that will give kids a real sense of achievement, as well as impressing friends and parents with their skills. The perfect book for fun STEM projects to keep kids busy when they're stuck indoors, or for home-schooling inspiration. Page after page of makes allow budding engineers and inventors to pick and choose projects that suit their interests and skill level. Each project comes with a short explanation of the science behind it, and every stage is heavily illustrated and photographed to ensure that following the instructions is easy and fun. Parents might learn something, too!

Paper Plate Bible Crafts is a great resource for fun crafts that teach Bible stories in any setting. Fast, inexpensive and readily available, paper plates easily become masks, mobiles, puppets and plaques. The finished crafts are an ingenious way to reinforce Bible stories and themes. The book includes 58 tried-and-tested ideas for 5-7-year-olds, each with simple templates and easy-to-follow instructions. Alongside the paper plate, each craft uses basic, everyday materials such as card, felt-tipped pens, scissors and glue and can be completed as suggested or adapted to suit the needs and skills of the children. Each idea includes: key Bible story reference; full equipment list; easy-to-follow instructions; simple discussion starters; alternative ideas for making the craft; illustration of the finished craft. A fantastic resource, full of cheap, easy and fun ideas. I never realised paper plates were quite so versatile! Kathy Bland, The Good Bookstall This is a reissued title, originally published in October 2012.

Printed on stiff card, this book contains templates to cut out and construct a model of a Viking settlement crammed with authentic detail. The base of the completed model measures 61 x 46cm, and includes 16 houses with doors and windows that open to reveal the details inside, and two Viking trading ships. With over 40 cut-out figures including merchants, traders and townspeople to recreate scenes of everyday life in a bustling riverside settlement.

Foil Art is a fun and totally mess-free way to create out-of-this-world space pictures! Colour in the rockets, aliens, planets and astronauts then take your space pictures to the next level by adding foil to create super-shine metallic finishes to your pictures. Add shiny foil to the moon landers, space rockets, aliens and astronauts by choosing a foil sticker and positioning on the page wherever you wish. There are 350 stickers for you to use and decorate your pictures. Perfect for creative kids who like to craft, are great at colouring and love using their imagination!

In just five simple steps, children can make a variety of whimsical objects such as race cars, a rabbit, a puzzle, and a marble run out of wood. Fourteen projects make clever use of commonly available materials and simple tools, turning clothespins, corkboard, and wooden blocks into lasting crafts and toys. Children five years and older will develop fine motor skills, feed their creativity, and be encouraged to find new uses for everyday objects.

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is celebrated for five days with various activities and food. This book explores the festival and the story behind it and features six simple origami projects for your own festive fun! The book shows how people around the world decorate their homes with lights and rangoli patterns, and how they end the Diwali celebration with a special day for brothers and sisters. Attractively designed, its simple text and wonderful full-colour photos make this an essential book for children celebrating or learning about the festival. The origami activities are accessible to all and are explained with step-by-step illustrations. Your fantastic creations can be used as decorations for the festival, for presents, to impress your teacher for a Diwali school project or simply to wow your friends! The book is part of the Origami Festivals series, which bring religious festivals to life through origami art. Each festival is examined in detail, from its history to its significance today and the manner in which people worldwide celebrate it. Origami craft activities engage the reader in each festival and add a fun art and design element to the series. A religious and interactive craft series for children aged 9+.

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.