Archive for the 'Crafts & Hobbies' Category

Abstract Adventure II: A Kaleidoscopia Coloring Book: Kendall Bohn

These wonderfully imaginative abstract images were created free hand by artist Kendall Bohn. Suitable for crayons, pastels, markers, pencils or paints, it brings out the artist in everyone!
About the Author
Kendall Bohn is an artist, and creative director of KC Fine Art, LLC. He received his [...]

Knitted Finger Puppets: 34 Easy-to-Make Toys: Meg Leach

These darling little fellows are destined to become cherished favorites. Each cute finger puppet is modeled on popular kids characters and everyday figures that are easy to make!
* Perfect for creating fun puppets for kids of all ages
* Includes instructions for three collections: Christmas at the North Pole, Under the Big Top, and the Enchanted [...]

Painting With Children: Brunhild Muller

Review
“When we paint with colours we should paint in such a way that we are conscious that we are calling forth life from what is dead” Rudolf Steiner
‘When we paint with colours we should paint in such a way that we are conscious that we [...]

Puppet Mania!: John Kennedy

In Puppet Mania!, a master of the art brings kids thirteen original projects they can make on their own, primarily using everyday household materials. Many of the projects the author includes here are for puppets he himself designed and created as a kid. There’s Sock Puppy, Banana Buddy, Running Rabbit and a gaggle [...]

Peter Pan (Sight & Sound): Ronald Kidd, Walt Disney Company, John Kurtz

From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5– A portion of the royalties from this book are being donated to a British charity, but that’s not a strong enough reason to buy it. Four movable pictures (the sort that rotate to dissolve from one scene to another), plus a scattering [...]

The Toymaker: Paper Toys That You Can Make Yourself: Marilyn Scott-Waters

The Toymaker: Paper Toys That You Can Make Yourself contains the following toys, a Sun Box, Spinners, Marble Mice, Tooth Fairy Gazebo, The Happy Bus, A Bug Box, A Bear Wagon, Florimel the Magnificent, A Butterfly Basket, A Window to Fairyland, A Penny Aeroplane, The Toy Shop, A Dream Theater, two Penny Butterflies [...]

Geckos & Other Bead Animals: Drew Wilkens

This book will teach you step-by-step how to make “beadie babies” bead animals. 25+ easy to follow projects make it fun and easy. Color photos of each project will keep you on track! A great art motivator, making bead animals helps younger children develop counting, [...]

Beautiful Stuff: Learning with Found Materials: Cathy Weisman Topal, Lella Gandini

Encourage your kids to express their creativity as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, and think with found and recyclable “stuff.” The real-life experiences of teachers and children will inspire ideas that you can try at home: choose objects and turn them into a display, transform materials into a face, build and glue [...]

Making Stuff for Kids: Victoria Woodcock, Ziggy Hanaor, Safiya Waley

Following on from the success of Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book, Making Stuff for Kids is a vibrant and exciting new craft book that features a whole slew of new ideas for cool things to make for and with kids. Well-loved favorites, like [...]

Green Crafts for Children: Emma Hardy

What better way to encourage children to be creative than with fun ideas for traditional crafts using natural, recycled, and found materials? “Green Crafts for Children” by Emma Hardy has four chapters, each focusing on a different organic craft. The Salt Dough chapter shows how simple it is to mix flour, water and [...]