Grade 8 Up-Vitkus has done a good job of creating interesting crafts that can be made out of recycled household items. Teens will appreciate the relatively simple page layout and informal writing style. The ideas are organized into things to wear, projects for the home, and gifts. Old pants are [...]

It’s the natural inconsistencies—the accidental differences between one finished piece and another—that make hand-printed fabrics, papers, furniture, and works of art so interesting. The quirks are what show the maker’s intimate involvement in the process, and it’s that unique quality that first attracted textile designer and illustrator Lena Corwin to [...]

Dress up 4 giant paper dolls and have a fashion show. Just punch, peel, stick and glue. Includes 4 – 14″ dolls, lots of precut clothes and paper shapes, finger crayons, buttons, pipe cleaners, doilies, stickers, chunky glue stick and easy instructions. A wonderful beginning art activity that kids can [...]

Alex My First Sewing Kit has everything you need to start sewing right away. It comes with cool pre-cut patterns for quick and easy projects. 8 colors of embroidery floss, shapes to make felt animals and a notebook cover, stuffing, fabric, ric rac, needles, scissors, measuring tape, straight pins, thimble, [...]