Fun Crafts, Activities, and More, for Kids of All Ages - From Two to Teen!

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From testing garden soil to making a homemade battery out of a potato, this book reveals the hidden science at work in the garden and around the house. Includes 80 experiments for the whole family to discover, learn and enjoy. The book is divided into 4 sections, each focusing on one area: biology, soil science, botany, and "kitchen sink" chemistry. The activities have been designed as participatory learning activities that bring kids and family members together to discover the joys of nature.
Search Results - "Hi jinx. Make your own fun."
Teaches children how to make their very own LED flashlights through simple supply lists and clear, step-by-step instructions and images
Search Results - "Kington, Emily, 1961- Wild art projects."
Readers will love this creatively spooky art. Make a grisly gargoyle, a garbage gobbler, and spooky skeleton, and more. Step-by-step photographs illustrate the process and support the easy-to-read instructions.
Search Results - "Hi jinx. Make your own fun."
The book teaches children how to make their very own mini rocket cars through simple supply lists and clear, step-by-step instructions and images. Rocket makerspace to a whole new level with this series as it details how to make awesome crafts and explores all of the fun that goes with them. With friendly, step-by-step instructions, clear imagery, and helpful hints, this series will lead readers to finished products they'll be proud of.
Availability: Foam crafts for kids.
Filled with fantastic projects for young children, Foam Crafts for Kids provides all of the foam craft projects that readers could possibly want to do with their kids. Any boy or girl ages 4 to 10 can complete any of these easy projects with minimal supervision. When your family takes time to create together you'll be surprised at how many laughs and meaningful memories you'll be making together.
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Every LEGO-loving kid has at least one huge bin of bricks containing the sets which are built, dismantled, and typically never built again. This book gives them dozens of ways to reuse them in fun projects that range from easy to challenging. Featuring a simple yet elegant mosaic technique, step-by-step instructions, and full-color photographs for making 25 cool two-dimensional pictures, Amazing Brick Mosaics offers unique projects that will delight any LEGO enthusiast.
Availability: Wood shop : handy skills and creative building projects for kids / by Margaret Larson.
Wood Shop is an exciting introduction for today's kids to an ages-old tradition: building with wood. With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions, aspiring woodworkers learn essential skills such as how to drive a nail, use a power drill, "measure twice, cut once," and saw correctly. Then the fun begins as they put these skills to work building 18 cool and creative projects.
Availability: Life hacks for kids / with Sunny Keller, [written with help from Gina Shaw ; illustrations by Artful Doodlers, LTD.]
This book is sure to be a hit with kids who love to make something out of nothing. Hacks include purrrfect pet hacks, delicious snack hacks, awesome room hacks, ridiculous rainy-day hacks, and much, much more! Life Hacks for Kids, a top-rated YouTube show, comes alive in the pages of this completely original and unique book.
Availability: Make your own game : create with code / Jurie Horneman, CoderDojo.
Create your very own PC game! Learn everything from creating a game world, animating characters and determining the physics of movement within the game. Each concept is illustrated with a screenshot to make checking easy, and incredible pixel art from Army of Trolls makes this look like no other coding book.
Search Results - "Hardyman, Robyn. Origami fun."
Step-by-step instructions on how to make origami dinosaurs. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8.
Search Results - "Hardyman, Robyn. Origami fun."
Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to make origami jungle animals. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8.
Availability: Building projects for beginners / by Tammy Enz.
Start creating with a hands-on introduction to building projects! Step-by-step instructions will take you through the planning and building process. You'll be making amazing structures in no time!
Availability: Draw optical illusions / Mark Bergin.
This comprehensive handbook covers all aspects of drawing mind-boggling optical illusions - such as the famous Penrose stairs popularized by M.C. Escher - you can use to amaze your friends.
Availability: Maker lab outdoors : 25 super cool projects : build, invent, create, discover / writer and consultant, Jack Challoner.
With stunning photography, succinct step-by-step instructions, and detailed explanations, Maker Lab: Outdoors takes readers on a journey of discovery. A must-have for every young scientist curious about their surroundings, and for makers, crafters, and those who enjoy exploring the outdoors.
Availability: Creating with cardboard / by Amy Quinn.
Simple, everyday cardboard can be a powerful tool for creating new things. Written to foster creativity and problem solving, Creating with Cardboard will show kids the art of innovation.