Books with title Make Your Own Puppets

This title is suitable for ages 9 to 12 years. Beginning and skilled puppet makers alike will appreciate the crafting and performance techniques this book offers. Activities are presented as beginnings that children can then expand upon with their own ideas and creative touches. Puppet enthusiasts can explore 50 puppetry options to create puppets to use in oral book reports, history projects, and creative writing. Children will also discover fun activities on how to write scripts, construct a theatre, create scenery, and effectively use props and sound.

Make Your Own Gifts has more than 50 fantastic projects to make great handmade gifts that will be more memorable than their store-bought counterparts. From photo frames to handmade soap, this fun guide to arts and crafts includes awesome gift ideas for all occasions. Simple step-by-step instructions alongside detailed photographs make these gifts easy and accessible for children to make. With projects that range from fun trinkets made with materials found around the house to tasty baked treats made from scratch, this entertaining gift guide also includes instructions on how to make unique wrapping paper and gift tags to make any handmade present priceless.

"...a delightful book on how to make your own puppets without expensive equipment or supplies--just look around for old cardboard boxes, paper bags, and other handy material. Step-by-step, easy-to-follow color illustrations give directions for sock puppets, marionettes, puppets on sticks, shadow play, cardboard scenery, etc....It's a fun book with ideas that are easily adaptable. Recommended for libraries of any size."--LJ. 96 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

This multimedia book and DVD kit covers the entire world! Featuring 160 ready-made maps of every country and major geographical area, it’s a revolutionary new resource for the home (to remember a vacation, for example) and the classroom. The DVD contains the maps themselves, each in the form of a PC and Mac-friendly Photoshop file. Inside the book, there are simple instructions for adapting those maps to your own requirements, and then printing them out, distributing them, or publishing them online. All the maps contain 15 different Photoshop layers, offering a wide choice of cartographic styles, and you can turn country borders, place names, and other elements on or off at will. Every map will print perfectly on a desktop printer, fits on letter-sized paper, and can easily accommodate added graphics, photos, or text.

This multimedia book and DVD kit covers the entire world! Featuring 160 ready-made maps of every country and major geographical area, it’s a revolutionary new resource for the home (to remember a vacation, for example) and the classroom. The DVD contains the maps themselves, each in the form of a PC and Mac-friendly Photoshop file. Inside the book, there are simple instructions for adapting those maps to your own requirements, and then printing them out, distributing them, or publishing them online. All the maps contain 15 different Photoshop layers, offering a wide choice of cartographic styles, and you can turn country borders, place names, and other elements on or off at will. Every map will print perfectly on a desktop printer, fits on letter-sized paper, and can easily accommodate added graphics, photos, or text.

Inside you’ll find everything you need to make 25 finger puppets of your favorite Disney characters! We supply the puppet parts, 6 nontoxic felt-tip markers, a sticker sheet, and lots of sample illustrations. Just pull the book apart, add your imagination, and you’re on your way! o It’s fun! These one of a kind finger puppets are perfect for gifts, party favors, or a rainy day. Keep them for yourself, or share them with your friends! o It’s easy! All the puppets punch out easily and the parts interlock, so there’s no need for scissors or glue. o It’s creative! Color your finger puppets with markers, and decorate them however you like. o It’s entertaining! Decorate a cardboard box with the stickers provided to make your own puppet theater, and put on a show!