Craft Lab for Kids: 52 DIY Projects to Inspire, Excite, and Empower Kids to Create Useful, Beautiful Handmade Goods (Volume 25)

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With Craft Lab for Kids, help your kids tap into the fun and empowerment of creating their own custom designs to wear, decorate with, and give.

Spruce Up Your Stuff. Learn fun ways to personalize with a variety of embellishment techniques Express Yourself! Add your personality to all kinds of homemade projects Take Care of YOU. Self-care DIY projects to benefit their well-being Kids Just Wanna Have Fun. Just-for-fun projects to make everyone smile Classic Crafts with a Twist. Tried-and-true crafts updated for today’s kids 15-Minute Makes. Quickie crafts to make in a flash Kindness Crafts. Crafty creations to brighten someone’s day

Enjoy the pleasure and satisfaction of making things together with Craft Lab for Kids!

The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus—all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

From the Publisher

Introduction

Learn the basics of classic handicrafts with a twist, like wall weaving, embroidery (on canvas sneakers!), and God’s Eyes. Be amazed by projects that seem almost like magic! Photo-Transfer Memory Boxes, Homemade Bath Bombs, and T-Shirt “Yarn” Braided Lanyards will delight and surprise.

This book provides a creative outlet for your body and soul. The “Crafting with Kindness” section will warm your heart as you use your hands. The section on self-care crafts focuses on projects that will relax your body and give you some “me time.” And then, of course, there is a section titled “Kids Just Wanna Have Fun.” This part of the book is made for a good time. Make Photo Backdrops for a party, Wonderful Wands, and even Travel Tic-Tac-Toe!

So try your hand and challenge your abilities. You’ll be amazed by what you can do and inspired to grow in your creativity.

Make It Your Own – Make It Yourself!

Spruce Up Your Stuff

One great aspect of crafting is reimagining things we already own. Skip the store when you want something new! Instead, look around the house for items that only need a little facelift to be fabulous. Embellish some plain-Jane shoes. Turn blank notecards into showstoppers with paint marbling. Decoupage some glassware that was destined for the recycle bin. Once you’ve opened your eyes to the concept of reinvention and upcycling, you’ll be excited to “treasure hunt” for items that need a makeover. No tattered bag or boring tee will be safe from your savvy creativity. You’re the generation that champions sustainability and aims to create less waste in the world. It’s a lesson worth sharing with everyone!

Express Yourself

You are a creative being. You look at the world and imagine things as they could be. You put your unique stamp on everything you touch. That’s what it means to express yourself! So add some flair and signature colors to your jeans with splashes of paint. Make a colorful, tactile monogram for your bedroom wall. Write down your most poetic thoughts and weave them into a meaningful bracelet. The world craves and needs individuals who are unafraid to be themselves. Crafting is one amazing way to put yourself out there. Be authentic. Be brave and confident in your uniqueness. Be YOU!

Take Care of YOU

Being a kid can be a lot of fun, but your schedule can rival those of many adults at times. There are friends, sports, activities, music lessons, school, and volunteering. And while all of these are wonderful and valuable parts of growing up, sometimes you just need some me time. Why not treat yourself to a spa day at home complete with sugar scrub and a relaxing soak with a homemade bath bomb? Or clear your mind, stretch, and meditate on a beautifully painted yoga mat. You can squeeze your stress away with a handmade stress ball, or paint and sketch all day in a customized art journal. Taking the time to rest and recharge is important at any age. Invest some time in cultivating a habit of self-care and you’ll be so happy you did. You’ll be better able to serve your own purpose and help others as well.

Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

The heart of any art or craft is entertainment and enjoyment. You do it for the joy it brings! So go for the fun factor and don’t hold back. Blow up a ridiculous number of colorful balloons and string together a big balloon garland photo-op. There doesn’t even need to be a party. Just get silly with your friends and make some cute selfie memories! Or maybe break out the confetti (literally) with candy-stuffed party poppers. They are fun for all ages! Become a tic-tac-toe champion during your next road trip or the piñata master this coming birthday! Make miles of pompom garland just because it makes you grin ear to ear. At the end of the day, your memories will be made in moments of laughter and silliness. Create opportunities for fun and play every day.

Classic Crafts with a Twist

The classic crafts stand up to the test of time. Your great-grandmother probably created some cross-stitch back in her day, and no doubt your grandpa made some woven lanyards and God’s Eyes with twigs and yarn at summer camp. Pressed flowers, embroidery, and string art have been staples for art teachers for decades. Why not honor these timeless cre-ations by giving them a little update? Make mini versions of God’s Eyes. Create T-shirt yarn for crafting those lanyards. Cross-stitch modern patterns. Turn delicate pressed flowers into stickers for your stuff. Everything old is new again, and there’s a reason winning ideas always seem to come back in fashion.

15-Minute Makes

If you’ve been neglecting your craftiness because of a jam-packed schedule, you’re in luck. This little selection of crafts is low mess and high impact and requires minimal time commitment. If you have about 15 minutes, you can complete a craft. Younger kids may need a little more time, but you’ll still be showing off your handiwork in a flash. Make a fringy keychain and walk right out the door with it! Snip up a T-shirt, tie some knots, and be off to visit a friend. Make a whole handful of paper-clip bookmarks and still have plenty of time to read a dozen chapters. Not every creative pursuit needs to book a four-hour slot in your life. Everybody can find a little time to feed their creativit

Crafting with Kindness

Wouldn’t it be great if an afternoon of creativity made someone else as happy as it made you? It can! You can craft all sorts of things to share with others when they need them most. Make pet blankets for your local animal shelter. Assemble lollipop flowers to share with your friends after a swim meet. Collect spare change in a clever, homemade donations jar and deliver it to a favorite charity. Even paint words of encouragement and positivity onto rocks you scatter throughout your community to brighten the day of anyone who passes by. When your focus is outward, rather than inward, there is no end to the imaginative ways you will find to pay your blessings forward in kindness.

Projects From The Books

DIY Stress Balls

Make your own squishy stress ball with just a few simple ingredients. It’s a fun and entertaining fidget toy to squeeze and squish anytime, or it can keep you distracted and calm in stressful situations.

T-SHIRT “YARN” Braided Lanyard

Lanyards are endlessly useful. Go hands free to carry your student ID, keys, swipe cards, wallet, and more. Make this braided lanyard from an old T-shirt turned into “yarn” with a few simple snips and stretches. Printed or tie-dyed tees make multicolored yarn for a fun effect, or you can use solids to coordinate with your wardrobe. Nothing in your closet will be safe once you start making T-shirt yarn crafts like this one!

Air Plant Buddies

Air plants are great for kids! They require very little care; just a spritz of water once a week will keep them thriving. They don’t even require potting soil. In this project, the spiky, grassy, wavy air plants act as “hair” for our little buddies! An adorable small pot is painted as the face, complete with google eyes for fun! If you’d like, you can add small bead “feet” to give your pal even more charm. Use your imagination to create a whole squad of green-haired friends!

Wonderful Wands

Wizards, elves, fairies, and other magical characters are fun for all ages. Homemade wands are the perfect accessory. Make these imaginative props to complete a costume or just for play. The ribbon wand jingles its magic with the addition of a tiny bell. The wizard wand derives its power from the magical stone embedded in its handle. And the woodland fairy wand harnesses the power of crystals and flowers to cast its spell. There is no end to the variations and special touches you can add to these three themes. Make some magic of your own!

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books (May 26 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1631598619
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1631598616
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 476 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.84 x 1.52 x 21.46 cm

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