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ORIGAMI FOR BEGINNERS
This affordable kit includes everything needed by beginners to master the age-old art of paperfolding.
• 3 great starter books
• 55 fun-to-do projects
• Over 1,000 easy-to-follow illustrations
• 96 sheets of authentic origami paper in traditional vibrant hues, rainbow patterns, and metallic colored foils
• 3 great starter books
• 55 fun-to-do projects
• Over 1,000 easy-to-follow illustrations
• 96 sheets of authentic origami paper in traditional vibrant hues, rainbow patterns, and metallic colored foils
Make in a Day: Crafts for Kids
These colorful and easy projects for kids can be made in a single day! Suitable for ages 7 to 12, with the help of an adult, the crafts will appeal to boys and girls alike. Projects include a dreamcatcher, painted plant pot, leather treasure pouch, and felt pennant flag. Children can also learn how to paint their pillowcases, personalize their sneakers, recycle a sweater into a gadget cozy, and make other decorative and practical items.
Each book in Dover’s Make in a Day series presents 15 projects with illustrated step-by-step instructions. The beginner-friendly projects are ideal for anyone wishing to whip up something simple but special. Supplies are easy to obtain and readily available at major craft stores.
My First Origami Book -- Animals
This beginner’s guide will quickly acquaint kids and novices with the pleasures of paperfolding—and 24 pages of colorful origami paper will provide everything they need to get started! Perforated pages make it easy to remove the origami paper from the rest of the book. Easy instructions for more than 20 simple but satisfying projects include models of pecking and flying birds, a talking frog, an angel fish, a hermit crab, and an anteater.
ORIGAMI FORTUNE TELLERS
Kids can take a peek into the future with 15 colorful origami fortune tellers. Also known as scrunchies and chatterboxes, these paper toys are pre-printed, perforated, and easy to fold. They’re great for playdates, sleepovers, birthday parties, and camp as well as for keeping kids amused in cars, planes, trains, and elsewhere.
Themes include Vacation Destination (“A celebrity takes you to Hollywood!”), Outer Space (“You get a text from an alien!”), Music Mania (“Your song becomes a #1 hit!”), and Gross Stuff (“A mouse runs across your pillow!”). Children can chart their own destinies with three fill-in-the-blanks fortune tellers that allow them to personalize their predictions.
Themes include Vacation Destination (“A celebrity takes you to Hollywood!”), Outer Space (“You get a text from an alien!”), Music Mania (“Your song becomes a #1 hit!”), and Gross Stuff (“A mouse runs across your pillow!”). Children can chart their own destinies with three fill-in-the-blanks fortune tellers that allow them to personalize their predictions.
JEWISH HOLIDAY ORIGAMI
Observe Purim with a handmade megillah or a hamentash. Create models of the four sons for Passover, and fashion a scroll for Simchat Torah. This clearly diagrammed manual provides simple directions for creating these and fifteeen other origami projects to help observe Jewish holidays, both festive and solemn.
Clearly detailed illustrations and captions explain all the steps for an entire year’s worth of holiday projects–from Chanukah dreidels and a menorah with candles to Passover pyramids and an image of the Red Sea parting. Additional projects for weekly observances include sabbath candles and kiddush cup.
Great for synagogues, schools and homes, this easy-to-follow guide offers beginning paperfolders a unique, fun-filled way to celebrate Jewish culture
Clearly detailed illustrations and captions explain all the steps for an entire year’s worth of holiday projects–from Chanukah dreidels and a menorah with candles to Passover pyramids and an image of the Red Sea parting. Additional projects for weekly observances include sabbath candles and kiddush cup.
Great for synagogues, schools and homes, this easy-to-follow guide offers beginning paperfolders a unique, fun-filled way to celebrate Jewish culture
My First Knitting Book:
If you want to learn to knit, you only need a ball of yarn, knitting needles, some patience — and this book! It’s the ideal introduction to knitting, with easy-to-follow, full-color instructions for more than fifteen projects. Clear, step-by-step explanations of basic techniques make this guide great for beginners of all ages, especially those wishing to create handmade gifts.
An introduction explains the how-to of knitting, from holding the needles and yarn to casting on, basic stitches, and finishing touches. Patterns start out as simple as can be and gradually become more challenging, although by no means difficult. Readers can advance from bracelets, hair ornaments, and pocketbooks to scarves and hats, in addition to a charming variety of household decorations.
An introduction explains the how-to of knitting, from holding the needles and yarn to casting on, basic stitches, and finishing touches. Patterns start out as simple as can be and gradually become more challenging, although by no means difficult. Readers can advance from bracelets, hair ornaments, and pocketbooks to scarves and hats, in addition to a charming variety of household decorations.
Clay Play! Animal Favorites
Full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow directions explain basic techniques as well as every step of the crafting process for 29 clay projects — a sloth, flamingo, narwhal, llama, panda, zebra, unicorn, koala, elephant, and other cute critters. Each project includes a list of materials consisting of colored clay and ordinary household items. The step-by-step instructions feature numerals corresponding to color photos that provide helpful examples. Crafters of all ages will adore these fun-filled projects, which make charming keepsakes and unique gifts.
Easy Origami
Here is a collection of 32 simple projects for novice origami hobbyists — clearly illustrated and with easy-to-follow instructions that even beginning papercrafters can follow with success. Subjects range from an ultra-simple hat, cup, and pinwheel to the more challenging (but still unintimidating) penguin, pelican, and piano.
Also included are the figures of a swan, lantern, cicada, pigeon, fox, rabbit, and other popular origami subjects. With the successful completion of these projects, origami hobbyists will be well on their way to mastering a fascinating art that’s as old as the invention of paper itself.
Also included are the figures of a swan, lantern, cicada, pigeon, fox, rabbit, and other popular origami subjects. With the successful completion of these projects, origami hobbyists will be well on their way to mastering a fascinating art that’s as old as the invention of paper itself.