Crafts from Your Favorite Children's Songs


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Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and get out your scissors and paste! Your favorite children’s songs are about to be more fun than ever. Here are step-by-step instructions for song-related puppets, toys, jewelry, games, and other projects. You can make a CHANGING FACE PUPPET to go with a chorus of If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands. Maybe you’d like to wear a BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP LAPEL PIN—or perhaps a TISKET A TASKET GREEN AND YELLOW BASKET NECKLACE. For some action, make the EEENSY, WEENSY SPIDER wash down the drain or help the PEOPLE ON THE BUS GO UP AND DOWN. Or, if you like to laugh, try the OLD MAN IS SNORING PUPPET. He is designed to make some very interesting noises! Whichever of the twenty adorable projects you choose, you’re sure to have a rollicking good time!




Crafts from Your Favorite Children's Songs


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Kathy Ross has created a selection of twenty crafts that reflect the fun of favorite nursery songs, such as The Wheels on the Bus, Little Bo Peep, and I'm A Little Teapot.




This Jazz Man


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In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional "This Old Man" gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era's best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide, and shimmy across the page as Satchmo plays one, Bojangles plays two . . . right on down the line to Charles Mingus, who plays nine, plucking strings that sound "divine." Easy on the ear and the eye, this playful introduction to nine jazz giants will teach children to count--and will give them every reason to get up and dance! Includes a brief biography of each musician.




I Am An Artist


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Meet the boy who can't stop creating art! He loves colours, shapes, textures and EVERYTHING inspires him: his socks, the contents of the fridge, even his cat gets a new coat (of paint!). But there's just one problem: his mum isn't quite so enthusiastic. In fact, she seems a little cross! But this boy has a plan to make his mum smile. He's about to create his finest piece yet and on a very grand scale . . . Funny, irreverent and perfect for creative children and adults, I Am An Artist by Marta Altés is a sharp, silly, fabulous book which shows that art is EVERYWHERE!




Crafts to Celebrate God's Creation


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Offers a variety of craft projects inspired by the Genesis creation story, from a sunrise cup puppet to a night-to-day wheel, that focus on praising God for the splendor and joy of creation.




Crafts That Celebrate Black History


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Beginning chronologically with Benjamin Banneker and ending with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this collection has 20 crafts, each on based on the work of a distinguished black American. The projects include a Frederick Douglass Puppet, a Harriet Tubman Route to Freedom Maze, a Granville T. Woods Invention Puzzle, a Thank You George Washington Carver Magnet, and Mary McCloud Bethune’s School That Grew. Each craft is illustrated and outlined with step-by-step instructions, and each requires mainly common household items.




The Paper Dolls


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The breathtakingly beautiful story of one little girl and her five paper dolls.




All New Crafts for Halloween


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Kathy Ross has created an amazing new collection of crafts ranging from Skeleton Scatter Pins to an Owl Goodie Bag that glows in the dark. For those who like to wear their crafts, the Ghost Zipper Pull or the Batty Ear Dangles will draw lots of attention. For the more sedate, the Frankenstein Treasure Keeper is guaranteed to scare off all intruders. Whether kids want to make Masks For Dolls or frighten their friends with Something Wierd In A Jar, this is the book for them!




Kathy Ross Crafts Letter Sounds


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Hands-on craft projects can make learning phonics lots of fun as well as help children remember what sound goes with what letter. In this book designed to supplement the teaching of letter sounds, Kathy Ross draws on her thirty years experience as a preschool teacher and curriculum developer. She has designed an easy-to-make craft based on the sound of each letter from the alphabet, from Activity on an Anthill to a Zipper-Bag Zoo Book.




All New Crafts for Valentine's Day


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Of all the holidays, Valentine’s Day is the one that most calls for a do-it-yourself approach. Kids traditionally get out the scissors and glue and work some creative magic with red construction paper and lace doilies. But Valentine’s Day crafts can go far beyond the handmade card. Here Kathy Ross, America’s crafts-for-kids expert, shares some very new and very original ideas for the holiday. There are, of course, several ideas for valentine cards, but you’ll also find projects for card holders, jewelry, and even a wind chime. There are many imaginative ways you can express the spirit of Valentine’s Day by making something unique for the special people in your life.