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Getting together with your girlfriends has never been more fun! Now you can create dozens of attractive crafts using simple, easy-to-find household materials. Filled to the brim with detailed instructions, Kathy Ross's latest craft book will have friends sharing ideas for new and exciting projects. Learn to add your own fashionable touches to clothing, such as the Trendy T-shirt and Fancy Flip Flops, or create new decor for your bedroom with the Room...

Insects are everywhere - crawling in the grass, hiding under rocks, or flying through the air at 35 miles per hour. But even if insects make you squirm, they are a valuable part of our Earth. Some insects eat other insects that damage plants. Others light up summer nights. With this latest book in Kathy Ross's Crafts for Kids Who are Learning About series, you'll find out more about insects while making 22 low-cost or no-cost projects. So come discover...

Leading fraktur artist Ruthanne Hartung provides instruction, patterns, inspiration. Full-color throughout. Ruthanne Hartung was a fraktur artist for more than thirty years. She was a juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and was selected as one of the top 200 traditional American craftsmen by Early American Life magazine.

Do your readers know their states? Of course they do, but do they know these fun facts about their state and region? They will learn interesting and exciting facts while also creating fun crafts. Readers can make a Johnny Appleseed Planter (MA), a Paul Bunyon Statue (ME), a Wild Parakeet in Nest (CT), and more.

Do your readers want to make their own skeleton pet? Skeletons and skulls are very important to Day of the Dead. Readers follow storyteller Randel McGee as he explores Day of the Dead. Readers will learn to make a skull mask, paper marigolds, and even a skeleton candy basket.

"Explains the significance of Valentine's Day and how to make Valentine's Day-themed crafts out of paper"--Provided by publisher.

Tole painting refers to decorative floral designs applied to tinware, traditionally on trays, coffeepots, teapots, cups, mugs, canisters, document boxes, and match safes. In this book, acclaimed painter Pat Oxenford provides guidance on the tools and materials, needed to get, started tips on preparing tin for painting, and techniques for pulling the basic strokes that are the foundation for creating designs. Step-by-step photographs and detailed directions...

First made in Elizabethan England, bandboxes remain popular in decorating. Patterns and techniques to make your own.

Packed with step-by-step photographs and illustrations for every crochet technique, you will find detailed descriptions of stitch patterns such as bobbles, popcorns, clusters and shells, as well as ideas on how to use notions and embellishments like buttonholes, flowers, and edgings. Includes a special section to explain how to create beautiful lace, add beads, and work Tunisian crochet.