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Books in Klutz series

  • Building Cards: How to Build Castles

    Doug Stillinger

    Misc. Supplies (Klutz, Jan. 1, 1948)
    How to Build Castles comes with a deck of 58 beautifully illustrated laminated leaves, perforated to break into 150 cards in four different shapes. Every card is notched to fit neatly and securely with every other card. Assemble the cards any way you want to create freestanding fantasy fortresses. The book gives specific guidelines for creating walls, floors, roofs, towers, spires, bridges and other architectural elements, along with inspirational photos of some of the zillion variations possible. Altogether, there are enough cards in one deck to build a small village or one satisfyingly towering castle big enough to cover a school desk.Comes With: 58 perforated leaves that break into 158 building cards, a custom-molded knight figurine• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun
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  • Charm Chains: Create Simple Wire Jewelry

    Anne Akers Johnson

    Spiral-bound (Klutz, Oct. 1, 2010)
    With Charm Chains, create charms out of delicate wire, sparkly beads, and pretty plastic cutouts. Learn to make a butterfly, a leaf, a flower even a tiny peace symbol. Then use the included crochet hook to fashion a fine wire chain. Attach the charms to the chain, and a little magic takes place. Of course, the book is packed with our always-clear instructions and illustrations and comes with everything you need: an array of brilliant beads, colorful plastic cutouts, two colors of wire, and earring clasps.Comes With: wire, crochet hook, beads, plastic charms• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun
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  • Smoothies

    Anne Akers Johnson

    Spiral-bound (Klutz, March 1, 1997)
    An all-star collection of 22 easy, in-the-blender concoctions. None of the recipes need cooking, most take about 6 minutes from start to stomach and all can be made any time of the year.
  • Friendship Pixies: Charmed Little Dolls to Make & Share

    Karen Phillips

    Spiral-bound (Klutz, Feb. 1, 2011)
    Bend some wire to form a body, wrap it with colorful raffia clothing, and add sparkly yarn hair. You’ve just made a friendship pixie! But that’s not all. Each pixie gets a twinkly charm that symbolizes a wish for a friend — useful things like laughter, love, and confidence. Friendship Pixies comes with everything you need to make eight adorable dolls and eight matching gift boxes. Whether you give your pixie as a gift or keep her close to your heart, she’ll radiate a magical combination of sweetness, charm, and encouragement.Comes With: sparkly fuzzy yarn, colorful raffia, round paper beads, covered wire, glittery charms, glitter glue, 8 matchboxes and lids to assemble• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun
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  • Stamp Art: Ordinary Shapes-Endless Possibilities

    Kaitlyn Nichols

    Spiral-bound (Klutz, Aug. 15, 2011)
    Stamp Art makes stamping simpler - and more creative - than ever. Stick the included shapes on the see-through acrylic block to create your own one-of-a-kind stamp design. Full of inspirational artwork and instruction, this stamp-right-in-it book shows how to create animals, flowers, houses, aliens... anything you can dream up.
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  • Brilliant Bead Rings

    Anne Akers Johnson, Anne Johnson

    Spiral-bound (Klutz, Jan. 1, 1948)
    Brilliant Bead Rings is a completely new and updated version of Bead Rings (800,000 copies sold). Simply string shimmering beads on flexible wire to form totally durable, totally adorable, totally fashionable little rings. The book comes with seven sparkly ring designs, a dazzling palette of both seed and specialty beads and 50 pages of super clear, only-from-Klutz instructions.Comes With: over a thousand beads, wire• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun
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  • The The Natural Beauty Book: Create Your Own Natural Spa Experience

    Anne Akers Johnson

    Paperback (Klutz, Sept. 1, 2009)
    A complete home spa experience in a book. The Natural Beauty Book features more than 60 simple recipes, for everything from bath salts and facial masks to tub infusions and hair rinses, all made using easy-to-find ingredients from your kitchen cupboard. Attached to the book is a personal spa kit, including a facial loofah, a nail brush, a pumice stone, vials of fragrant essential oils, and more. The book clearly explains exactly how to use everything you get.Comes With: terry head band, tangerine and lavender essential oil, facial loofah, nail brush, nail file, nail buffer, bath infusion bag, pumice stone• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun
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  • Doodle Dogs

    Liz Hutnick

    Spiral-bound (Klutz, Aug. 1, 2004)
    Everything you need to get doodling is right here. The reinforced back cover holds a roll of paper and also serves as a sturdy built-in work surface. Do a doodle, pull the paper down, tear off your masterpiece neatly and start all over again. And again. And again. The roll is loaded with 35 feet of drawing paper and the lead pencil clips neatly into its holster for storage. Just doodle it.Comes With: 35 feet of doodle paper, Klutz pencil with eraser• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have funBook Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 1/1/1948Pages: 60Reading Level: Age 6 and Up
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  • Angel Ornaments: Make Your Own

    Editors Of Klutz, The Editors of Klutz

    Misc. Supplies (Klutz, Sept. 1, 2008)
    This beautifully illustrated, full-color book of step-by-step directions comes with a whole flock of quality craft supplies like wooden beads, fabric flower petals, and shiny sequins — enough stuff to make eight angels. With the variety of halo, hair, and wing options included, each angel is as adorable as the next, but no two are exactly alike. Best of all, once you've made all your ornaments, the package serves as a beautiful storage box, with eight little compartments perfectly sized to hold eight little angels.• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun
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  • Drawbreakers: A Drawing Book That We Start and You Finish

    Klutz Press

    Paperback (Klutz, March 1, 2001)
    "Drawbreakers" are half-done pictures just dying to be done. Zany black-and-white photographs provide the set-up, you (and your pencil) provide the punchline. A perfect travel or quiet-time entertainment.
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  • Squashing Flowers

    Editors of Klutz

    Paperback (Klutz, March 1, 2001)
    A gorgeous book of directions for making all kinds of decorative projects using the included craft supplies and your own pressed flowers and leaves. Dry the flowers yourself in the handy rubber-banded nature press that's bound right onto the back of the book.
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  • Beads: A Book of Ideas and Instructions

    Laura Torres

    Paperback (Klutz, March 1, 1996)
    Instructions for all kinds of beaded jewelry projects, illustrated with full-color photography and technical art. Professional-quality hardware and a fantastic selection of handmade Bohemian glass beads come in an unbreakable storage box.
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