Description
Here are clear, easy-to-follow directions and detailed color illustrations for more than 200 things to do and make. These crafts, projects and activities have been carefully designed for the interests and abilities of young people from 6 to 14. Ordinary household materials are used as the basis for an exciting variety of original projects.
Boys and girls will learn how to make masks out of paper plates, "sculpture" with stones and vegetables, fashion toys out of wooden ice cream spoons, print with potato mashers and toothpaste caps, and "paint" with seeds and string. In addition, they will find detailed instructions for a variety of skills, such as sewing, crocheting, knitting, block printing, easy weaving and working with wood. At the end of the book there is a valuable section on how to trace and how to enlarge and reduce designs.
In all, these 160 pages offer a wealth of ideas for countless hours of creative fun. A marvelous springboard of ideas for working with groups of children!
Boys and girls will learn how to make masks out of paper plates, "sculpture" with stones and vegetables, fashion toys out of wooden ice cream spoons, print with potato mashers and toothpaste caps, and "paint" with seeds and string. In addition, they will find detailed instructions for a variety of skills, such as sewing, crocheting, knitting, block printing, easy weaving and working with wood. At the end of the book there is a valuable section on how to trace and how to enlarge and reduce designs.
In all, these 160 pages offer a wealth of ideas for countless hours of creative fun. A marvelous springboard of ideas for working with groups of children!
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
156 pages
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1963
Publisher
Golden Press (Western Publishing Company)