With step by step pictures and early reader instructions, children can create most of these paper crafts with minimal assistance from adults. While they're at it, they'll be learning how to follow instructions, practicing their fine motor skills, and exploring their creativity. Created by the sisters behind Twitchetts where you'll find simple crafts for kids. We love to create using simple supplies, easy instructions, and an added twist.
Do your readers want to make their own turkey pop-up card? Turkeys are very important to Thanksgiving. Readers follow storyteller Randel McGee as he explores Thanksgiving. Readers will learn to make Pilgrim paper dolls, American Indian paper dolls, a turkey stencil, a corn and gourd paper chain, and more.
In autumn, crops are harvested, leaves change color, and school begins. Readers follow easy step-by-step instructions to create unique crafts as they learn about fall. Readers will discover an ancient Chinese legend about the moon harvest and the scientific reason we have a fall season. They'll also read about symbols, holidays, and special events that take place during this colorful time of year and get creative.
Express your care and creativity with cards for friends and loved ones designed to celebrate the seasons, holidays,special occasions, tender sentiments, and more. With the ideas organized into easy-to-find sections, you'll find just the inspiration you need to create a card that will be a cherished gift in and of itself. Projects from the pages of Paper Crafts and Stamp It! magazines include greeting cards of all shapes and sizes, gift bags, tags, stationery and an organizer box, memorabilia boxes, mini albums, a calendar-even board games.Features:* One of the three newest editions in the Treasury of Favorites series* 288 pages filled with a variety of paper crafts to make for loved ones of all ages, for holidays and special occasions throughout the year* Popular designs from Paper Crafts and Stamp It! magazines include cards, tags, stationery, mini albums, and more
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.
