With step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, this boredom-busting book shows children how to create more than 100 great projects using readily available materials. Kids can learn collage, clay modeling, beadwork, decorative painting, papermaking, paperfolding, printing, creative lettering, mosaics, papier mache, origami, and cardmaking--all in seven steps or fewer. Each new section has an introduction on the history of the craft and the techniques employed. There are also further ideas and developments on the projects to inspire children and adults to get even more creative.

Collects one hundred activities for kids, including a fingerprint tree, masking tape car track, mini piñata, and feather painting.

The 1980s Bumper Activity Book is a brilliantly unique art and craft book for all those ’80s-obsessed people in the world.And last time we checked there were absolutely millions of them! Stuffed to the gills with hugely quirky and fun things to do, the 1980s Bumper Activity Book contains easy peasy instructions to creating and making your own favourite art and design projects. Packed within its glorious technicolour pages are 52 awesome things to create, including: paper dolls of iconic 1980s celebrities; WHAM! glove puppets; funky ties and T-shirts; a ‘Pong’ duvet cover; 3D glasses ... and even how to bake your very own ‘Pac Man’ cake! So, don’t be a dipstick, step back in time to the decade no one wants to forget with the best 1980s Bumper Activity Book in the world ... EVER! Word count: 15,000

Enchanting, timeless children's classics by A.A. MilneRobert Louis Stevenson and more. Includes "The Owl and the Pussy Cat", "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat", "Wynken, Blynken and Nod", as well as other beloved favorites.

Whether you are stuck indoors or playing in the sun (or even in the car travelling to the seaside!), fill your family time with The Bumper Book of Family Games. This action-packed collection is the perfect accompaniment wherever you go as a family, with over 110 beloved and new activities to keep you all entertained. Remember the rules to classic family games like Hide and Seek, Charades and Old Maid, and create new traditions with modern games like Ultimate, Fizz-Buzz and Waving Chicken! For players of all ages, The Bumper Book of Family Games is your one-stop family shop for everything you need to keep the children from tearing the house down through boredom. So, turn off the TV, gather the whole family together and get ready to scream ‘You’re It!’ as loud as you can. Word count: 45,000

Janet Wilson revives the delicate art of paper pricking, featuring a range of elegant pictures and border designs inspired by the Victorian era, and shows how to create beautiful medieval and art nouveau parchment craft cards. There is a whole section on quilling, the fifteenth century craft of decorative items with rolled up strips of paper, and further sections on embossing and paper lace. This bumper book offers inspiration to all those interested in papercrafts.

A valuable, one-stop guide to collection development and finding ideal subject-specific activities and projects for children and teens. For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information—one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas—arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth—the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.

A world list of books in the English language.