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I can make costumes

Emily Reid · Windmill Books
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : English

Creating handmade costumes is fun, and its also easy when the process is broken down into steps that are easy to follow. Readers are able to follow along with accessible, step-by-step instructions as they make amazing costumes, including a pirate, a fairy, an alien, and a superhero. Colorful...
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Move It! Projects You Can Drive, Fly, and Roll

CHRISTA SCHNEIDER · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Move It! Projects You Can Drive, Fly, and Roll, kids will make a mini helicopter fly from a circuit-controlled helipad, build a motorized LEGO car, and more! Colorful step-by-step photos bring each project to life....
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Bring on the Bling!: Bracelets, Anklets, and Rings for All Occasions

Debbie Prestine Kachidurian · Capstone Press
Pages: 47
Format: Print book

This how-to book is jammed with DIY accessories to brighten your closet! Wave goodbye to dull fashion with the best-looking bracelets, rings, and anklets as you accessorize yourself.
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Artful Christmas: 30 Elegant Craft Projects

Susan Wasinger · Lark Crafts

Celebrate a merry Christmas in an artfully decorated home! Crafters will feel the joy as they make 30 elegant yet incredibly easy projects out of the most affordable and accessible materials. Deck the halls with a lacy air-dried clay wreath, a stamped muslin bag Advent calendar, festive...
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Idiot's Guides: Auto Repair and Maintenance

Dave Stribling · Alpha Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Cars continue to be more complicated - and more costly to repair. Expert, Dave Stribling, gives readers the basic knowledge and a lot of know-how in Idiot's Guides: Auto Repair and Maintenance. Dozens of step-by-step, full-color photos and illustrations make DIY car repairs and maintenance...
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Arm Knitting: How to Make a 30-Minute Infinity Scarf and Other Great Projects

Mary Beth Temple · Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Book

Theres a new craze sweeping the knitting world. Arm knitting is the fun way to make a gorgeous, chunky-knit scarf in only 30 minutes, using your arms instead of knitting needles. Why not try it out? This book makes it so easy to whip up simple and stylish scarves, cowls, wraps, and capes....
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Crochet the Perfect Gift: Designs Just Right for Giving and Ideas for Every Occasion

Kat Goldin · Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Print book

Perhaps the only thing better than receiving a great present is giving one. And what could be more rewarding than creating the "perfect" gift with your very own hands?Kat Goldin's delightfully inspiring book provides dozens of fabulous, modern crochet designs. Within its pages...
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I Can Make Holiday Gifts

Emily Reid · Windmill Books
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Handmade holiday gifts are a wonderful way to show people you care about them. Readers learn to make a variety of holiday gifts themselves as they follow along with step-by-step instructions and helpful photographs. The creative gifts readers can make include photo coasters, journals, backpacks,...
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The Skirt Emporium: Sew 25 fun and fabulous designs for all sizes and ages, with ideas for many more

MADAME ZSAZSA · Search Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

This fun, quirky book is packed with 25 gorgeous, colorful skirts for women of all sizes and girls of all ages. All of the projects can be easily customized using the full-size patterns given in the back: all can be made for adults or children, and advice is given on how to create maternity...
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I Love Paper: Paper-Cutting Techniques and Templates for Amazing Toys, Sculptures, Props, and Costumes

Fideli Sundqvist · Quarry Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Fall in love with the whimsical world of paper crafting and explore the never-ending possibilities of handmade paper art with I Love Paper.A practical book of inspiration with 40 paper projects, this illustrated reference guide will teach you the basics of playing with paper. With a comprehensive...
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Bit by Bit: Projects for Your Odds and Ends

MARI BOLTE · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

This is more than a book of craft projects--this is a book of inspiration! Instructions for finished projects print hand-in-hand with open-ended ideas that kids can use to make each craft fully customizable. With a focus on using up odds-and-ends, project uses easy-to-find supplies, and will...
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Sharpie Art Workshop: Techniques and Ideas for Transforming Your World

Timothy Goodman · Rockport Publishers
Format: Print book

Bold and sharp, brilliant and vivid, Sharpie markers can be found in art, office, and stationery supply stores, drugstores, mass-market and crafts chains - almost anywhere writing utensils are sold. Sharpies can be used on virtually any surface, from the traditional (paper and canvas) to the unexpected...
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The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects: 76 Useful Things You Can Build to Create Customized Working Spaces and Storage Facilities, Equip the ... Animals, and Make Practical Outdoor Furniture

Spike Carlsen · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 287
Format: Paperback

Homesteaders, gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love these 76 DIY projects for practical outdoor items designed to help you live more sustainably and independently. Expert woodworker Spike Carlsen offers clear, simple, fully illustrated instructions for everything...
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Vintage Quilt Revival: 22 Modern Designs from Classic Blocks

Katie Clark Blakesley · Interweave; Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Paperback

Vintage Quilt Revival is a resource for quilters of any age or style who love to use todays modern colors and fabrics. With fresh quilt layouts, detailed instructions on foundation piecing, and a wide variety of traditional blocks and modern projects, Vintage Quilt Revival is at the forefront...
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Painted Blossoms: Creating Expressive Flower Art with Mixed Media

Carrie Schmitt · North Light Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Do you long to cultivate more creative joy in your painting?Flowers are organic, wonderfully forgiving subjects. Each one is unique; you can't paint one wrong! Painted Blossoms will encourage you to welcome creativity with ease as you discover ways to tend the garden within. In addition...
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