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Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Practical interests & handicrafts
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 title features 18 easy-to-follow experiments for learning fun.
You can find out about rain, ice and how water works! You can make
your own rain gauge, see how heat dries things out, create
condensation, and much more. Fun photographs and illustrations show
youngsters carrying out the practical projects in simple stages,
making learning accessible and enjoyable. A glossary at the back of
the book explains all the science terms used in the main text. It
is ideal for school use by 5- to 7-year-olds, and also contains
guidance notes for grown-up helpers using this book to teach
children at home. Are bubbles always round? How can you measure
rainfall? Why do some things float? What are frost and dew? All of
these questions and many others are answered in this exciting book,
which explores the wonderful properties of water. Watch how water
expands when it freezes and turns into ice. See the magic skin
known as surface tension. This series introduces younger readers to
science in a structured but interesting way. Each book in the range
explores a different aspect of science. Fun activities encourage
children to explore and learn about the natural world, and
complement the scientific points outlined in the simple
introductory text.
The ideal gift to help kids learn brilliant new hobbies Get
chopping, get mixing and get cooking! The how-to book for kids who
love to cook and bake. It's easy to understand and tells them
exactly what they need to know step-by-step. Easy-peasy tips on how
to make tasty and nutritious savoury and sweet recipes Space to
scribble and make the book their own Packed with fun activities
guaranteed to get kids into the kitchen! Written by qualified
nutritionist and founder of Little Cooks Co., creators of easy, fun
and healthy cooking kits for kids. Kids can try lots of brilliant
stuff with the fun YOU CAN series from Collins - including how to
write stories, draw, grow food, take photos, stargaze, cook, craft
and more - there's something for everyone! YOU CAN write awesome
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Knots for Kids delivers relevant, expertly curated content perfect
for kids. Outdoor skills expert and veteran author Buck Tilton
provides readers with accessible information on choosing the best
knot for the situation, tying different types of common knots and
hitches, selecting the best kinds of rope, and much more. With
step-by-step instructions (for both righties and lefties!) on tying
the most used and useful knots, this is the perfect book to teach
children how to tie knots like the experts.
Packed with simple craft and cooking activities with a Christmassy
theme, using things you'll easily find to hand about the house.
Make everything from garlands and gift tags to reindeer snacks and
wrapping paper.
This title includes gardening projects for kids shown step by step.
It offers sixteen enjoyable, attractive and stimulating
step-by-step projects cover all the basic growing skills - harvest
your own juicy strawberries and salad vegetables, have a race to
see whose sunflower grows the tallest, and pot up a
delicious-smelling chocolate plant! It offers a comprehensive
introduction that explains gardening terms, techniques, and all the
tools and equipment. It includes over 200 photographs, including
all the stages and beautiful finished pictures to inspire and
delight. It includes large-scale and small-scale projects suitable
for both indoor and outdoor environments, for all climates and all
growing conditions. It is the perfect starter book for ages 3 to 7
years, for older readers to use with minimum supervision, and for
younger children to enjoy with adult help. Plants, flowers, soil
and gardening tools are endlessly fascinating to youngsters, and
getting their hands dirty in the garden can be great fun! This
exciting book contains 16 easy-to-follow projects suitable for
every child. An informative introduction covers all the basics,
including watering, weeding and materials, while helpful tips and
ideas provide inspiration and encourage experimentation. Bursting
with expert advice, clear instructions and fabulous fun ideas, this
is an ideal guide for all children, from budding beginners to
green-fingered growers.
Discover how to build your dream LEGO (R) cars Be inspired by 30
awesome LEGO vehicles, from a speedy sports car and a yellow taxi
to a monster truck and an ice-cream van. Embark on an imaginative
building journey as the models get more challenging through the
book. Each vehicle idea is shown broken down into three, four, or
five important building steps. Learn essential building techniques
to create chassis, bumpers, roads, and more for your own wonderful
creations. You can build anything! (c)2021 The LEGO Group
Say "hello" to worms, dirt, peas, and more in this gentle how-to
guide for connecting with nature. The beautiful simplicity of a
garden is depicted through digital woodcut illustrations and
engaging nonfiction text presented as a series of sweet questions
and gentle replies. Less of a traditional how-to and more of a
how-to-appreciate, this soothingly sparse text paints an inviting
and accessible picture of what a garden offers. And with an
all-child cast, the absence of an adult presence empowers readers
to view the garden and its creatures through their own eyes, driven
by curiosity and wonder. This delightful book embodies the magic of
gardening and encourages all readers, from those who LOVE the
outdoors to those with hesitation, to interact with nature at their
own, comfortable pace.
Squeeze slimy snots through a soft and squishy nose! Explore ten
different experiments on sinus-based anatomy, make sense of scents
with the power of smell, and even whip up a batch of boogers! Learn
how snot, mucus, and nose hairs protect your body. Use the fake
sneezer to find the best ways to stop a sneeze or cough, and grow
germs in a safe petri dish culture. Finally, try out soapy science
activities to observe how germs can be eradicated.
Marvelous wonders await in this extraordinary garden book. From
season to season, children follow the life of a garden as each page
reveals new treasures hiding under lift-up flaps. Peek inside the
curious tulip bulb and discover the peas inside a peapod. Watch a
ladybug help with pesky aphids and search for ripe strawberries
under the leaves. Rich in detail, Emma Giuliani's bright, immersive
illustrations and flaps in fantastic shapes, sizes, and colors
carry the reader into the enchanted world of gardening. Discovering
different facets of the garden-fauna, flora, and the work necessary
to help it grow and thrive-will delight gardeners of all ages.
Join Poppy and Sam on Apple Tree Farm as they share their favourite
recipes in this children's baking book. From brownies to pizzas,
every recipe is vegetarian, with instructions for vegan,
gluten-free and peanut-free alternatives. Illustrated step-by-step
instructions make cakes, cookies, bread and tarts simple and safe
for young children to cook with adult supervision. Plus you can
find the little yellow duck on each page!
Master of the cut and paste art technique, Giles Laroche takes
readers on a storytelling journey around the world that celebrates
the diversity of homes and the people who are shaped by them. Step
into unique homes from around the world and discover the many
fascinating ways in which people live and have lived. If you lived
in the mountains of southern Spain, your bedroom might be carved
out of a mountain. If you lived in a village in South Africa, the
outside of your house might tell the story of your family. And if
you lived in a floating green house in the Netherlands, you could
rotate your house to watch both the sunrise and sunset. With
intricate bas-relief collages, Giles Laroche uncovers the reason
why each home was constructed the way in which it was, then lets us
imagine what it would be like to live in homes so different from
our own. Showing the tremendous variety of dwellings worldwide--log
cabins, houses on stilts, cave dwellings, boathouses, and
yurts--this book addresses why each house is build the way that it
is. Reasons--such as blending into the landscape, confusing
invaders, being able to travel with one's home, using whatever
materials are at hand--are as varied as the homes themselves. List
of Houses included: Dogtrot log house, based on dogtrots built in
the southern U.S. Chalet, based on chalets built in the Austrian
Alps. Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico Connected barn, based on connected
barns common in northern New England. Cave dwelling, Guadix,
Andalucia, Spain Palafitos (house on stilts), Chiloe Island, Chile
Palazzo Dario, Venice, Italy Chateau La Brede, Bordeaux, France
Tulou, Hangkeng village, Yongding, China Half-timbered houses,
Miltenberg am Main, Germany Greek island village houses, Astipalaia
Island, Greece Decorated houses of Ndebele, Pretoria, Transvaal,
South Africa Yurt, based on yurts in Mongolia and other parts of
central Asia. Airstream trailer, USA Floating house, Middleburg,
the Netherlands Tree house, USA
Food, glorious food! If there's one thing that transcends time,
it's our love for food! But what did people generations ago
consume? And what will we eat in the years ahead? James Solheim's
Eat Your Woolly Mammoths! serves up the stories behind the world's
most delicious, nutritious, and amazing foods-from the Stone Age to
the future. For readers who love the fascinating facts that bring
history to life. Let the feast begin! Would you like a plate of
woolly mammoth? Or perhaps a sample of fresh tuna eyeballs? From
scorpions on sticks and llama salami to oysters and chocolate chip
cookies, you'll travel through the centuries and around the world
and discover the amazing foods that have been eaten-and
enjoyed-throughout history. Eat Your Woolly Mammoths! explores the
history of food and is full of fun, digestible facts that young
historians, cooks, and scientists will gobble up. An accessible,
educational, and funny text combined with laugh-out-loud
illustrations make this ideal pick for independent readers and
snackers everywhere. A great choice for readers who munched through
Ripley's Believe It or Not: Fun Facts and Silly Stories and the
National Geographic Kids: Weird but True books. Includes sidebars,
fun facts, recipes, additional resources, and more!
Former First Lady Michelle Obama had an idea. A big, inspiring, and
exciting idea! She would grow the largest kitchen garden ever at
the White House. This wouldn't be easy, since she'd never gardened
before. But where should she start? What tools did she need? What
would she plant? Everyone needs help when they're learning
something for the first time, even the First Lady of the United
States. So she gathered the help of local students, the White House
staff, and even President Barack Obama. Together, they wouldn't
just grow a garden--they would inspire a nation!
Be inspired by Football Legend, Lionel Messi! Football Legends:
Young readers will love finding out all about the lives of their
favourite players in this incredible biography series. Discover the
inspirational story of this star player's journey from growing up
in South America, to his legendary success at Barcelona FC and
becoming one of the greatest players on earth. Packed with footie
facts and match statscareer highlights Also in the series: Harry
Kane, Raheem Sterling, Tammy Abraham, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and
Kylian Mbappe Amazing cover artwork illustrated by Stanley Chow,
whose iconic work has found worldwide acclaim
Reduce, reuse and recycle! Gather up a pile of toilet rolls, some
old socks and a few other bits and bobs, and turn them into a
unicorn, pirate or kitten toy! 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 twenty 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 elephant or octopus, and
budding engineers can build their first rocket or car. 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 pirate, what about a stealthy ninja?
*The Brilliant Recycling Project Book is a bind up of I Am Not a
Toilet Roll and I Am Not an Old Sock.
For any boy and girl who loves Minecraft, what can be more fun than
a sweet, colorful Minecraft-themed snack, drink, meal, or cake! The
Minecrafter's Cookbook brings the Overworld to life with over 40
fantastic, Minecraft-themed recipes that kids and parents can make
together. From main courses that will fill your hunger bar; to
enchanted snacks that Alex and Steve couldn't survive without; to
party-friendly, game-themed desserts and potion drinks, there is
plenty in this book to enchant young gamers and their families.
Kids will love the accompanying illustrations of their favorite
characters and scenes, while parents will appreciate the simple,
step-by-step directions to guide them as they craft. The
Minecrafter's Cookbook makes cooking an irresistible adventure:
Includes photos of each finished item, plus colorful illustrations
of popular Minecrafting scenes and characters for maximum fun.
Features over 40 kid-friendly meals, drinks, and desserts including
Beetroot Stew, Golden Apples, Grass Block Brownies, and Creeper
Crispies! Encourages young gamers to power down and enjoy family
time in the kitchen The delicious recipes in this book are sure to
make spending time together a whole lot more fun!
Make tiny little sweets and put them on display with Mini Clay
World: Candy Cart by Klutz! The next kit in the popular Mini Clay
World series. With all the materials included, you can make tiny
little clay candies and display them in adorably small jars and
packages. The colourful cart and sweets will make everything look
an absolute treat! (Warning: not for eating!) Included in the kit:
a booklet for guidance and inspiration clay in different colours
tiny jars toothpicks twisty ties cocktail umbrella cellophane wrap
some tape. 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
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