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Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Practical interests & handicrafts
An excellent book on parties and home entertainment, originally
published in the 1920s. It contains many, many ideas for fun things
to do at home, and is of still of much practical use today.
Contents Include: The Art of Successful Entertaining - Planned
Parties - Party Games - Puzzles and Paper Games - Indoor Pastimes -
Fun for the Children - Simple Conjuring and Juggling - Amateur
Theatricals - Community Songs - Simple Card Games - Auction and
Contract Bridge - Billiards, Snooker and Bagatelle - Chess -
Draughts - Music for All - Garden Games
The adolescent years are often years of confusion and turbulence.
One of the solutions to this rather difficult time is to help
teenagers use simple Feng Shui techniques to create self-esteem,
balance and success. By learning these techniques teenagers can
help themselves think better, organize better, and make clearer
decisions. By changing the bedroom floor plan and adding new and
different objects positive changes are likely to happen.
Getting your hands dirty and growing your own fruit, vegetables,
herbs and flowers in the garden is great fun. From flowering
wellies, crazy gourds and bird baths to wind chimes, butterfly pots
and grass-head men, there is a huge range of exciting projects that
you can do in and out of the garden, whatever the weather. The book
includes basic gardening know-how, fruit and vegetables, craft
projects, wildlife gardening and indoor gardening, plus a list of
good plants to try. Clear instructions and fun photographs make
following the projects easy, while tips and growing ideas provide
inspiration and encourage experimentation.
Packed with craft activities and over 200 stickers, the Tales from Acorn Wood Make and Do Book is a great gift for any child – ideal for rainy days and holidays.
Welcome to Acorn Wood! Come and meet Bear, Fox, Rabbit, Pig and all their friends in this fun craft book. Make your own woodland animal masks, create a fun hide-and-seek cup and ball game, and find out how to turn wooden spoons into brilliant animal puppets!
Based on the bestselling lift-the-flap Tales from Acorn Wood stories by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.
Say goodbye to boredom with this fantastic outdoor boredom buster
book! From the hilarious Andy Seed, Winner of the Blue Peter Book
Award 2015 for Best Books with Facts comes the fantastically busy
Anti-boredom Book of Brilliant Outdoor Things to do. The outdoors
are boring right? Wrong! Not when you've got Andy Seed's
Anti-boredom Book of Brilliant Outdoor Things to do! Suitable for
all seasons, find out how to set bug traps, create a rainbow,
construct an amazing summer slide and much, much more! But what
about those rainy summer days we hear you cry? Not a problem! This
book also includes awesome indoor activities about the outdoors for
rainy days. Design your own mini parachute, create the worlds most
amazing frisbee, or create a bird feeder to keep your feathered
friends well fed! A brilliant book bursting with amazing outdoor
activities that will have you running for the door! Packed full of
hilarious illustrations from the wonderful Scott Garrett, this book
will keep you entertained for hours on end! Andy Seed's
laugh-out-loud 'Anti-boredom' series has something for everyone! A
seemingly endless car journey to visit your long lost aunty? Andy's
got an activity for that! A boring rainy afternoon stuck indoors?
Andy's got a joke for that! A dull holiday with no one to play
with? Andy's got a game for that! Say goodbye to your boredom blues
with Andy Seed's fantastic range of Anti-boredom books!
Make super-fun games to play with friends with Fortune Tellers by
Klutz! This is the brand-new updated version of The Cootie Catcher
Book and comes with perforated pages to make 24 fortune tellers
with fill-in-the-blank activities like M.A.S.H and Truth or Dare.
Included in the kit: a booklet for guidance perforated pages to
make 24 fortune tellers. 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
Sharing our personal expressions and creative ideas enriches all our lives. Post This is the first book that empowers you to express yourself and post the results to your social network. This is Art Therapy for the online world.
Draw a self-portrait, draw your mood, create a bunch of flowers for a friend, illustrate the weather - and more. You capture the moment on the page in whatever medium you prefer and then share it via social media.
Post This provides prompts and hashtags that encourage users to post the material they create - from the artistic to the absurd!
Guaranteed to enrich a toddler's vocabulary, this simple and fun
series of bilingual board books is ideal for helping children
discover a foreign language. Titles in the series feature animals,
clothes, colors, fruit, home, jobs, music, numbers, opposites,
plants, school, sports, tools, vegetables, and vehicles. This
collection combines photographs, bright illustrations, and
dual-language words in clear, bold text. Suitable for both
individuals and groups, these books are a child's perfect
introduction to exploring other languages.
The ultimate learn-how-to-cook book filled with 100+ amazing,
easy-to-follow recipes for every occasion plus helpful kitchen
tricks to inspire young cooks ages 8 to 12 This best-ever kids'
cookbook from Delish is filled with recipes that make cooking so
much fun. Throughout young chefs will learn basic skills, like how
to make the gooey grilled cheese (the secret: use a waffle iron!)
and upgrade your favorite store-bought foods (Chicken Nuggets!
Woohoo!). Chapters include recipes for breakfast (Banana Split
Oatmeal!), snacks (Cool Ranch Chickpeas!), lunches and dinners
(Chorizo Tacos, Hot Dog Cubanos, and Best-Ever Fettucine Alfredo...
do we need to say more?!), and party eats. Plus, two whole chapters
include restaurant copycat recipes and desserts and snacks inspired
by beloved pop culture characters. Recipes also include: * English
Muffin Pizzas * Spaghetti Lo Mein * Edible Cookie Dough * Mason Jar
Ice Cream * Chili Cheese Dog Casserole * Zucchini Tots * Mini
Boston Cream Pies * BBQ Chicken Pizza * Mango Lassi Smoothie Bowl *
Perfect Fudgy Brownies * Holiday Cookie Pops * and many more! Each
recipe shows the equipment young chefs will need and how easy (or
challenging) a dish is to make. Helpful tips, step-by-step photos,
and simple instructions clearly explain methods and techniques.
Plus, color photographs, fun facts about the cultural history of
dishes and special family recipes contributed by grandmas across
the country make this book the ultimate gift.
Introduce your child to the wonderful world of crystals and their
powerful energies to help, heal and transform with this fully
illustrated simple-to-use guide. Children are innately drawn to the
energy of crystals - and crystal energies can help make things
better for them at school, at home and at play. My Crystal Guide
explores crystals from a child's view - what crystals and minerals
are and how to choose and work with the crystals you need - as well
as introducing an understanding of crystal energies and crystal
healing. Fun exercises to try are included throughout, along with
simple meditations. The Children's Crystal Finder includes 101
commonly available crystals and minerals with clear photographs and
each crystal's healing qualities relevant to children, while the
final chapter suggests how to help with all types of problems that
children may encounter, including stress, not sleeping well, tests
at school and making new friends. Created with children in mind, My
Crystal Guide includes guidance and practical exercises for parents
and carers, but is written for children to follow and understand.
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 home or classroom. 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.
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