Other editions of book The American Boy's Handy Book: Turn-of-the-Century Classic of Crafts and Activities

Camp, explore, hike, discover, learn woodcraft―get outdoors and be at home in nature all through the year! There’s so much to do and discover with this truly Handy Book as a guide. Written for children in 1882, and valuable for kids or adults today, the author suggests projects, crafts, plans, games, and schemes for camping trips, hikes, or the backyard. It contains plans for 16 kinds of kites and hot-air balloons and fishing tackle, how to make and stock an aquarium, to construct a water telescope and how to camp out without a tent. Or in a hut made from pine boughs. How to build 10 kinds of boats, including a flatboat with a covered cabin. Iceboats, too. Squirt guns with astonishing range and authority. One-person canoes. Bird calls. Daniel Carter Beard, a founder of the scouting movement in America, helped preserve invaluable folkways that can instill self-reliance and a deeper appreciation of nature―all while having a world of fun for all ages.

Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer.

Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer.

Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer.

As timely as it is timeless, this instructive book has captured the interest and imagination of boys for well over a century. Chapters on kite flying and fishing, rigging and sailing small boats, camping out without a tent, knot-tying for mountain climbing and other activities, as well as training dogs, raising wild birds, and other projects will appeal as much to today's youngsters as they did to children in the late 1800s. This classic includes scores of projects that will keep children occupied all year long ― from sculpting snowmen and making sleds to stocking aquariums and performing puppet shows. Many of these enterprises have also been known to compete effectively with TV and video games! Best of all, the projects have the power to inspire the imagination and help youngsters master new skills and experience the satisfaction of personal accomplishment.

As timely as it is timeless, this instructive book has captured the interest and imagination of boys for well over a century. Chapters on kite flying and fishing, rigging and sailing small boats, camping out without a tent, knot-tying for mountain climbing and other activities, as well as training dogs, raising wild birds, and other projects will appeal as much to today's youngsters as they did to children in the late 1800s. This classic includes scores of projects that will keep children occupied all year long ― from sculpting snowmen and making sleds to stocking aquariums and performing puppet shows. Many of these enterprises have also been known to compete effectively with TV and video games! Best of all, the projects have the power to inspire the imagination and help youngsters master new skills and experience the satisfaction of personal accomplishment.

This special edition of “The American Boys' Handy Book” was written by Daniel Carter Beard, and first published in 1882. This book explores all manner of both fun, useful, and some potentially life-saving tips, tricks and techniques to utilize in the Great Outdoors. Each of the four seasons has its own section. Chapters include Novel Modes of Fishing, Knots, Bends and Hitches, The Water Telescope, Dredge Tangle, and Trawl Fishing, Home-Made Boats, How to Camp Out Without a Tent, Home-Made Hunting Apparatus, How to Rig and Sail Small Boats, Sleds, Chair-Sleighs, and Snow-Shoes, Home-Made Masquerade and Theatrical Costumes, Snowball Warfare, and many more. IMPORTANT NOTE – Please read BEFORE buying! THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally rendered. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. DISCLAIMER : Due to the age of this book, some methods or practices may have been deemed unsafe or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before handing it over to them.

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Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer.

This special edition of “The American Boys' Handy Book” was written by Daniel Carter Beard, and first published in 1882. This book explores all manner of both fun, useful, and some potentially life-saving tips, tricks and techniques to utilize in the Great Outdoors. Each of the four seasons has its own section. Chapters include Novel Modes of Fishing, Knots, Bends and Hitches, The Water Telescope, Dredge Tangle, and Trawl Fishing, Home-Made Boats, How to Camp Out Without a Tent, Home-Made Hunting Apparatus, How to Rig and Sail Small Boats, Sleds, Chair-Sleighs, and Snow-Shoes, Home-Made Masquerade and Theatrical Costumes, Snowball Warfare, and many more. IMPORTANT NOTE – Please read BEFORE buying! THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally rendered. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. DISCLAIMER : Due to the age of this book, some methods or practices may have been deemed unsafe or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before handing it over to them.

Partial Contents: Kite Time; Novel Modes of Fishing; Home-Made Fishing Tackle; How to Stock, Make, and Keep a Freshwater Aquarium; How to keep Aquatic Plants in the House or Flower-Garden; How to Stock and Keep a Marine Aquarium; Knots, Bends, and Hitches; The Water-Telescope; Dredge, Tangle, and Trawl Fishing; Home-Made Boats; How to Rig and Sail Small Boats; Fourth of July Balloons, with New and Novel Attachments; How to Camp out without a Tent; Bird Singers, Etc.; Bird Nesting; How to Rear Wild Birds; Home-Made Hunting Apparatus; How to Make Blow-Guns, Elder Guns; Traps and Trapping; Dogs; Practical Taxidermy for Boys; Every Boy a Decorative Artist; Snowball Warfare; Snow-Houses and Statuary; Sleds, Chair-Sleighs, and Snow-Shoes; How to Make the Tom Thumb Ice-Boat and Larger Craft; The Winged Skaters, and How to Make the Wings; Winter Fishin.; In-Door Amusements; The Boy's Own Phunnygraph; How to Make Puppets and a Puppet-Show; Puss-in-Boots, Dramatized and Adapted For a Puppet-Show; How to Make a Magic Lantern - A Kaleidoscope - A Fortune Teller's Box; How to Make the Dancing Fairies, the Bathers, and the Orator; How to Make Various and Divers Whirlgigs; The Universe in a Card-Box; Life Instilled into Paper Puppets, and the Matches Made of Human Fingers; Home-Made Masquerade and Theatrical Costumes; Kites; Fishing; Home-Made Boats; Soap-Bubbles; Paper Fireworks; Home-Made Hunting Apparatus; Decoys; Taxidermy; 'Uncle Enos" Banjo; Snow-Shoes. Illustrated.