SuitabookMaking and practical creativity
The book organises 35 projects around making objects, with step-by-step instructions and outcomes intended to be kept or given as gifts.
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Libby Abadee - Author
This is a hands-on introduction to making crafts connected with places around the world. Its main appeal is doing: following instructions, handling materials and producing keepsakes or gifts while encountering brief cultural information.
"Bring the great wide world into your own home with these 35 travel-inspired craft projects! Driven by a passion for travel, photography and craft, Libby Abadee and Cath Armstrong have created Craft It Up Around The World to inspire children to look at the world around them. They have designed 35 unique and enduring projects that represent different countries, all complete with fun facts. Discover how with simple kitchen ingredients you can make salt dough coins to evoke the magic of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, or a Times Square pencil tin on which to store your vacation magnets from New York. Give the whirling Dervish doll a spin, or banish stress with their 'No worries' worry dolls, inspired by Peru. As you follow the simple step-by-step instructions, you'll make stunning crafts that you'll want to keep forever or give as beautiful gifts."--Wheelers.co.nz.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a hands-on introduction to making crafts connected with places around the world. Its main appeal is doing: following instructions, handling materials and producing keepsakes or gifts while encountering brief cultural information.
The book organises 35 projects around making objects, with step-by-step instructions and outcomes intended to be kept or given as gifts.
Individual crafts are linked to countries, landmarks or cultural references, such as the Trevi Fountain, Times Square, whirling dervishes and Peruvian worry dolls.
Plan materials before starting and look closely at each project’s instructions. Some activities use simple kitchen ingredients, so an adult may want to decide which preparation and making steps are appropriate to supervise.
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