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Amazing Recycled Projects You Can Create
Those looking to increase their craft collections should save their budget dollars.
Inexpensive supplies and quirky ideas for projects should attract the attention of middle-grade crafters. Some require skills with a utility knife and hot glue, but they're outlined clearly in stepped directions and adult help is recommended. Attention to detail will result in some awesome items: tin can lanterns and soda tab bracelets, a duct tape wallet and bongo drums, and more. Reading list. Review covers the following Edge Books: Imagine It, Build It titles: Amazing Recycled Projects You Can Create and Incredible Duct Tape Projects You Can Create.
What Club Should You Try?
These lackluster selections can't compete with the plethora of online quizzes.
Be a Survivor
These clever books will inspire projects large and small.
After (the same) one-page overview including safety tips, each volume offers directions for outdoorsy or nature-themed activities such as mapmaking, rope tricks, animal tracking, and building snow shelters. A variety of text fonts, jazzy design features, and colorful cartoon illustrations keep things moving. A "Did You Know?" fact page concludes each book. This series will greatly appeal to young outdoor adventurers. Ind. Review covers these Go Wild titles: Be a Survivor, Be a Tracker, Be an Adventurer, and Be an Explorer.
Make Some Art—or Make Some Lunch: Arts & Activities | Series Nonfiction
To bolster your arts and crafts and cooking sections, give your students instructional books that will reward their attention and perseverance with tasty or attractive results. You can’t miss with the best of this bunch, which feature user-friendly directions and fun results.
Football Fuel: Recipes for Before, During, and After the Big Game
Great choices.
Fuel presents healthy food for athletes' game-day meals plus
snacks; Party provides ideas for more festive socializing
snacks and nibbles. Clear step-by-step instructions, a glossary of
techniques, ingredient and tool lists, and photos of the final
products make somewhat complex recipes doable. Sidebars give
serving tips and suggest variations. Several recipes require
special equipment not listed in the introductory tools section.
Reading list. Review covers these Sports Illustrated Kids: Football
Cookbooks titles: Football Fuel and Football Party
Recipes.
Origami Explosion: Scorpions, Whales, Boxes, and More!
Wonderful options for novice folders.
A paragraph tells a bit about the art and history of origami and
encourages originality and experimentation. Explanations of basic
materials, terms, and techniques lead to step-by-step illustrated
directions for nine mostly traditional projects, arranged from
simple to complex. Full-color photos of the finished projects
suggest display methods or uses. Reading list. Review covers the
following titles: Origami Palooza and Origami
Papertainment.
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