The Crafty Kids Guide to DIY Electronics: 20 Fun Projects for Makers, Crafters, and Everyone in Between

Author: Helen Leigh
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 1260142841
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Craft awesome DIY electronics projects using fabric, paper, and creativity-- no prior experience necessary!This fun TAB guide provides an entertaining, hands-on introduction to electronics and making. The book contains 20 DIY projects that teach electronics and craft skills using inexpensive, readily available materials. You’ll also find four fun interviews with awesome makers. The author explains how to work with conductive thread, sewable LEDs, copper tape, small motors, simple sensors, and more. Written by a dedicated hobbyist, The Crafty Kid's Guide to DIY Electronics: 20 Fun Projects for Makers, Crafters, and Everyone in Between focuses on paper circuits, soft circuits, wearables, and robots. Designed for children interested in exploring, the book is also ideal for established hobbyists with senses of humor!Inside you’ll discover how to:•Get up and running with electronics and crafting•Build interactive paper projects that light up, buzz, vibrate, and dance•Use cardboard and origami—even create a pop-up cityscape with lights!•Make sewing projects that use conductive thread and electricity•Assemble a constellation night light and a grumpy monster with a tilt sensor•Add wearable technology to your gadgets•Make an LED paper flower crown and a mood badge•Work with robotics and develop your own robot-based projects•Construct an extremely effective robot alarm clock

Crafting Calm

Author: Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Publisher: Beaming Books
ISBN: 1506466699
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
Mindfulness is a powerful practice to help kids find calm in the midst of everyday stress--but how to make it accessible and fun? In Crafting Calm: Art and Activities for Mindful Kids, kids engage in and practice mindfulness through fun and easy exercises, quizzes, crafts, and activities, with the goal of learning a deeper sense of calm, peace, joy, and connection to the world around them, all while improving emotional intelligence, boosting self-esteem, and reducing anxiety. Perfect for kids to do alone or with the help of an adult, the activities in Crafting Calm will have kids playing, tinkering, creating, and doodling their way to peaceful, balanced minds.

The Crafty Kid

Author: Kelly Doust
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741966728
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
'The Crafty Kid' is all about making cute crafts and gifts, both for and with children, from recycled or inexpensive materials. Written in an engaging style for parents who appreciate the qualities of handmade gifts and want to teach their children how to be creative from an early age.

Creating Really Awesome Free Things

Author: Jamie Dorobek
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440591695
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 507

Book Description
100 kid-friendly projects from the creator of C.R.A.F.T.! Get ready for some serious family fun! Filled with 100 fun crafts, Creating Really Awesome Free Things helps you develop your child's creativity, imagination, and fine motor skills--all while using common household items. Each budget-friendly project features step-by-step instructions and keeps kids entertained, engaged, and learning all day long. You and your children will love recreating one-of-a-kind crafts like: Memory Game Egg Carton Flowers Key Wind Chime Ring Toss Lion Mask Complete with photographs for every project, Creating Really Awesome Free Things promotes hours of playtime fun with the entire family!

Project Kid: Crafts That Go!

Author: Amanda Kingloff
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 1579657257
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Thomas the Tank Engine. Hot Wheels. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. Kids’ fascination with vehicles is insatiable. In Project Kid: Crafts That Go!, that excitement is translated into more than 60 inventive craft projects for parents to make with and for their children. The book is organized into seven chapters: City, Rails, Sky, Space, Water, Country, and Dirt. There are police cars and ice cream trucks; circus trains and submarines; helicopters, rocket ships, cement mixers, and school buses. And because the car-obsessed kid doesn’t just want a new vehicle to play with—he wants a racetrack, his very own driver’s license, maybe even a child-sized gas station—each chapter includes not only toys but also thematic clothing, decor, accessories, and more. Projects feature clear instructions and step-by-step photographs wherever they are needed, easy for both kids and non-crafty adults to understand.

Red Ted Art

Author: Margarita Woodley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448138833
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Crafting has never been more popular and Maggy Woodley, the creative force behind Red Ted, is passionate about making things with her children, Max, four, and Pippa, two. Using recycled materials and bits and bobs collected when out and about, here are over 60 utterly irresistible things to make with your kids. From adorable peanut shell finger puppets to walnut babies, loo roll marionettes and egg carton fairy lights, fabric mache bowls, stick men and shell crabs, stone people, and many more, these are projects for all the family to have fun with. And what's more, the end results are so cute and desirable that they look great around the home, or make wonderfully unique and personal gifts. With a funky, modern design and vibrant full colour photography throughout, this is a must-have addition to every young family's bookshelf.

Crafty Chloe

Author: Kelly DiPucchio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442421231
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

Book Description
Chloe is very good at sewing and crafts and when her best friend's birthday approaches, she not only creates a fabulous gift, she also saves the day for a classmate who had been unkind to her.

Worser

Author: Jennifer Ziegler
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823449564
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
A bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turned upside down. William Wyatt Orser, a socially awkward middle schooler, is a wordsmith who, much to his annoyance, acquired the ironically ungrammatical nickname of “Worser" so long ago that few people at school know to call him anything else. Worser grew up with his mom, a professor of rhetoric and an introvert just like him, in a comfortable routine that involved reading aloud in the evenings, criticizing the grammar of others, ignoring the shabby mess of their house, and suffering the bare minimum of social interactions with others. But recently all that has changed. His mom had a stroke that left her nonverbal, and his Aunt Iris has moved in with her cats, art projects, loud music, and even louder clothes. Home for Worser is no longer a refuge from the unsympathetic world at school that it has been all his life. Feeling lost, lonely, and overwhelmed, Worser searches for a new sanctuary and ends up finding the Literary Club--a group of kids from school who share his love of words and meet in a used bookstore– something he never dreamed existed outside of his home. Even more surprising to Worser is that the key to making friends is sharing the thing he holds dearest: his Masterwork, the epic word notebook that he has been adding entries to for years. But relationships can be precarious, and it is up to Worser to turn the page in his own story to make something that endures so that he is no longer seen as Worser and earns a new nickname, Worder. A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editors’ Choice Selection

Crafty Family Ideas

Author: Kristin Gambaccini
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607658941
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 414

Book Description
Your one-stop guide for all things crafting and parenting fun! Crafty Family Ideas will show you tons of simple crafts, recipes, and other ideas for a creative day-to-day life. Featuring 55 delicious recipes and playful DIY projects to make – from a bubblegum machine and homemade bug spray to a pumpkin pie garland and Christmas cookies – this engaging and entertaining guide is jam-packed with endless fun for every season and every occasion! With an aim to inspire, entertain, and encourage creativity, this book is perfect for parents looking for fresh ideas to make a more colorful and charming home life. Written in her relatable and humorous style author Kristin Gambaccini is known for from her popular Kristin Gambaccini Blog, Crafty Family Ideas is a creative, must-have resource for every busy parent looking to juggle it all while having stress-free fun!

Project Kid

Author: Amanda Kingloff
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 1579656137
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Perfect for crafty parents who are eager to get their kids excited about DIY, ProjectKid is everything you could want in a craft book: 100(!) stylish, inventive projects; step-by-step photographs; tips for the novice crafter; easy-to-follow instructions; and a fresh, modern look. What really sets these projects apart are the unexpected, ingenious ways Kingloff uses everyday objects and materials. (Did you ever think a body-wash bottle would make a perfect rocket ship?) And these are projects for things kids want to make—and keep—from a juice-box owl to a pirate ship to a curio cabinet for displaying all of their treasures, plus games, jewelry, and more. Also included in the book are basic crafting lessons (such as pom-pom making and weaving) to help children of all ages build a DIY arsenal, a handy guide to must-have tools and materials, and a source directory.