Kategoria BISAC: Crafts & Hobbies >> Toymaking - General

Gorgeous new collection of huggable creatures from fabulous toy designer Melly McNeice. Mums and grannies alike will love the designs for fantasy creatures including scary monsters and mystical unicorns, which will capture their imaginations as much as their children.

Sewers will adore the bright, modern fabrics Melly uses for her colorful designs and won't be able to resist the simple but effective patterns that are fun and easy to sew. They will love making the pretty mermaid for their daughter to cuddle up with at bedtime, or the friendly dragon who will protect them while they...

Noted paper engineer Sam Ita has deconstructed and reengineered a collection of paper airplane projects to create a series of innovative, never-before-seen folding patterns. Sam kept the step-by-step folding instructions straightforward enough for even beginners to get in on the fun. With the included instructional DVD and enough custom-designed folding paper to make 56 planes, this kit has everything you need to get these fresh flyers soaring in no time at all.

This paper...

You don't need to be an expert crafter or arty creative type to enjoy making things with your young children. Mini Makers will give you the ideas and inspiration to explore the hugely rewarding world of making and creating together. Paint, draw, print, cut, stick, sew, and bake your way through these many projects with your little helpers. From messy potato prints to painting a cardboard boat and recreating a teddy bears' picnic, there is plenty to get hands messy and faces smiling.

Designed to encourage crafting together, grown-ups can create the basic...

These 12 paper planes are easy to build--you simply pop-out the paper parts, fold where indicated, and staple them. Then the fun begins The powerful rubber band catapult in the kit launches the planes straight up in the air, above the treetops--from where they glide gracefully back down to earth.

Awesome paper planes include:

• The sci-fi inspired Thunder Bird is a technological marvel and an incredibly easy plane to assemble
• The colorful Dragonfly has a unique...

Origami Paper Toys Kit is a unique paper craft kit that brings together the of art paper folding and the fun of moveable toys. Amaze your friends as you watch your origami paper creations wiggle, walk, tumble, shuffle and spin right before your eyes No need to learn origami folding, painting or cutting--just punch fold and enjoy

This easy origami kit contains:

• A full-colored 64-page booklet
• Clear step-by-step instruction and easy-to-follow diagrams
• 24 fun-to-do...

Containing 15 fantasic pirate-themed projects to make, The Pirate Craft Book will get swashbuckling children crafting and creating in no time. Aimed at boys and girls aged 3+, all of the projects can be made either from readily available items or from easy-to-source materials and parents can have little or no crafting experience to help As well as pirate projects to wear and essential pirate accessories, there are also pirate-themed cakes and nibbles to make too.

Projects include: pirate treasure chest, eye patch, Captain's hook, pirate...

Making Gourd Dolls and Spirit Figures honors and explains the ancient and vibrant art of crafting figures from gourds. Beginning with a fascinating lesson on the history of gourd dolls and their traditional significance in a variety of cultures around the world, authors Jim Widess and Ginger Summit embark on an educational and inspirational tour of all things gourd doll. They weigh innumerable design considerations ranging from fundamental choices like gourd shape selection (natural, deformed, or molded?) to advanced techniques for creating articulated joints, marionettes, stacked...