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A community is a lot of people working together to help each other. In school you are learning about all of the things that community workers do to help you. The projects in this book are all about these workers. They include an Apple for the Teacher Pencil Topper, a Mail Carrier Dispenser for Stamps, a Sock-It Away Bank, a Jackhammer Puppet, a Squirting Hose Puppet, and even a pair of play Handcuffs! So get out your scissors and paste and a few household...
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Colors offers at least one wonderfully clever craft for every color in the rainbow, as well as for black, white, brown, pink, and gray. Crafts include a Yellow Caterpillar Cuff Pin, a Green Frog Zipper Pull, and All Colors Alien Pencil Tops. A great tool for parents and teachers for helping kids learn their basic colors.
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Do you love to cook? Craft expert Kathy Ross serves up 25 crafts for chefs of all ages. Turn a man's shirt into a cute Kitchen Cover-up. Make a Recipe Box with decorated Recipe Cards. Or beautify your kitchen with Pretty Paper Napkins and a Napkin Basket. Using low-cost or no-cost materials, these crafts are perfect to make for yourself-or to give as gifts!
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Do you love using stamps to create crafts? Discover ways to design your own personalized stamps in One-of-a-Kind Stamps and Crafts! Craft expert Kathy Ross shows you how to make stamps from ordinary materials such as pony beads, buttons, pipe cleaners, and rubber bands. In addition, she provides many ideas for what to make with your stamps, as well as instructions for a Stamp Storage Box and an Ink Pad Storage Shelf. Get ready to have fun with stamps!...
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For every girl who loves beads, Beautiful Beads provides hours of creative fun! Craft expert Kathy Ross shows you how to create pretty Beaded Envelopes, a fun Beaded Doll, a clever Beads Skill Game, and more! You can even use ribbons, threads, and other low-cost or no-cost craft materials to design beads of your own. With these 21 bead crafts, you can accessorize, decorate, and play - all with beads!
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Rainforests are filled with fascinating creatures and plants. These interesting craft projects will have kids modeling many of them! Kids can make a Hercules Beetle Hat, Window Toucan, Emerald Tree Boa, and even a Howling Howler Monkey Mask! Simple instructions make the crafts easy to perform.
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Following the format of the successful Learning is Fun series, the Learning About series moves slightly upward in age range, from preschool and kindergarten concepts to curriculum topics covered in kindergarten through grade 1. There are easy-to-make crafts for every kind of weather. Among the projects are What kind of weather? Wheel", Mr. Thermometer", Flash of Lightning Puppet", Icy Snowman Mobile", and a Dress for the Weather doll". Each craft...
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Kathy Ross, America's crafts-for-kids expert, shares some very original hands-on ideas for celebrating Easter. There are two terrific Easter Basket projects, one made from a tissue box and the other from coffee filters. An easy-to-make but dramatic project is the Easter Corsage, a perfect Easter gift. In the Easter decorations category there is the Basket of Flowers Door Wreath, and a great idea for a bouquet made of Eggshell Flowers. And, for your...
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These shape-based crafts will help children remember the names of shapes by associating them with common objects. And, while they're learning their shapes, youngsters will have a lot of fun producing creative art projects. In this book designed to supplement the teaching of basic shapes, Kathy Ross draws on her thirty years experience as a preschool teacher and curriculum developer. She has designed twenty easy-to-make crafts, each one based on one...
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In typical Kathy Ross style, simple but clever projects bring cows and pigs and chickens and horses and goats and even the farmer himself to life. Young ones will get great satisfaction from being able to transform ordinary household items such as yogurt cups, paper towel tubes, or pipe cleaners into animal-based projects such as a Turkey Corsage, a Goosey Gander Pin, a Thimble Field Mouse, a Horse Magnet, or a Cow Tissue Dispenser. E-i-e-i-o!
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Have you always wanted to be an astronaut? Do you love rainbows? Do you find a roomful of monsters appealing? Or perhaps you're a budding artist?
No matter what your interests, you can put together a party that is truly yours. All that's required are some scissors and paste and a few easy-to-find household materials.
This book has everything you need to know to plan and create twelve dynamite theme birthday parties.
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Turn Indian corn kernels into an attractive kitchen magnet and a pumpkin into a festive centerpiece for the Thanksgiving meal. Crafts for Thanksgiving offers twenty simple Thanksgiving and autumn crafts especially designed for very young children.
Colorful step-by-step illustrations help turn inexpensive and readily available materials into easy-to-make gifts, decorations, table items, and wall hangings that will add a youngster's special
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Symbols of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa - including harvest fruits and vegetables, the Kwanzaa cup and candles, and the mkeka mat - are the basis of many of the twenty projects in this unique book.
Guided by colorful illustrations and using materials that are readily available, even young children will be able to make these easy crafts for a Kwanzaa celebration that is truly special.