Whether your boys are into pirates, cowboys, football, scary monsters or aliens, there are loads of activities to keep them busy on rainy days, at weekends and during school holidays! They can draw a treasure map, make a cowboy hat or a castle tower or even create a spooky monster hand. Sounds like excellent fun!
Rainy holidays? Boring Sunday afternoons? This could be the answer to your girls’ problems. From making sashes, tiaras and necklaces to creating their own wrapping paper and painting flowerpots in bright colours, there’s no place for boredom in Things for Girls to Make and Do!
Here are 20 inspirational projects - all suitable for beginners - and you won’t have to splash out on specialist materials. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions guide you through every stage and the book features a wonderful range of modern and appealing accessories from angel tree lights to folded paper tree decorations.
Easy Kids Knits features 20 designs for children aged between 3 and 10, as well as an introduction to essential techniques. Whether you’re a complete beginner or a more experienced knitter looking for inspiration, these imaginative and colourful designs are guaranteed.
This practical yet fun book is full of helpful advice on how to make your own soap at home using only the best natural ingredients. The recipes range from the fun and frivolous to sensible and serious and the book is packed with home-made skin care ideas. An essential guide for anyone interested in learning about this fascinating craft, you’ll also find some inspirational ideas for original and moneysaving gifts.
From a herringbone stitch to a wheatear - a new edition of this comprehensive guide to stitching. Create beautiful needlework with this complete illustrated guide to stitching. It is the perfect reference for embroidery, needlepoint, dressmaking, canvas work or other needlecrafts. Find advice on what thread, needles or fabric will work with which stitches and take a look at over 200 decorative and practical stitches with ideas on how and where to use them.
Step-by-step instructions and detailed working photographs will help you understand exactly how to create any stitch and what it should look like. This title is invaluable for beginners, and full of ideas for the accomplished stitcher.
Using just a few simple sewing techniques, Making Children’s Clothes shows you the easy way to create fun and stylish outfits for young children. From party frocks and pinafore dresses, to simple shirts and elasticated trousers, sleepwear and babies’ clothes, here are 25 great projects that your child will love to wear.
Established as the essential manual for every quilter, this is the most comprehensive reference available to the techniques of these two immensely popular crafts. With over 1,000 clear diagrams and illustrations, this is ideal for everyone wanting to improve their skills, whatever their level of expertise.
Featuring a dozen dazzling origami projects plus giant pull-out templates, this stunning book provides everything you need to create beautiful paper models. The book includes a simple introduction, step-by-step instructions as well as a selection of beautiful papers to help bring your models alive.
Debbie Bliss, one of the UK’s top knitwear designers, has compiled this handy little book of tips aimed at both new knitters who want a quick reference guide and more experienced knitters who want to improve their techniques and begin to create their own ideas. From the basics - choosing yarns, casting on and off and simple shaping - through to more complex techniques such as how to incorporate buttons and beads into your creations. This fully illustrated book is a useful guide to this popular hobby.