Books in Do It Now series

This DIY and environmentally friendly science book features more than 70 activities that give kids an amazing, science-tastic experience.Hey, science can be cool—who doesn’t want to grow their initials in crystal, or discover what carnivorous plants eat? The current DIY craze has created a generation of kids eager to make simple but rad machines and write in homemade invisible ink, while renewed environmental concern has kids building houses for bats and mixing up seed paper. This book features more than 70 activities that speak to both these trends, giving kids an amazing, science-tastic experience that’s far from boring. Explore Your World! is divided into two chapters: one of zany, quirky science projects and tech crafts, and another of eye-opening explorations that make every child’s backyard seem like a haven for discovery. In the first chapter, kids experiment with electricity, magically squeeze an egg into a bottle, isolate their own DNA, make an eclipse-viewer, and have fun with optical illusions. In the second chapter, readers will learn how to collect water from a tree branch, recognize animal tracks, raise a butterfly, and make cool fossils. This stealth-educational title gives kids the chance to learn and grow, without making them feel like they’re stuck in class.

Boredom is not an option with this engaging collection of more than 70 entertaining craft projects and ideas.Hey, rainy days happen. And when they do, Make Fun Stuff! comes to the rescue of parents everywhere, providing them with more than 70 awesome crafting projects (like making a pop-up 3-D card) and delicious, clever recipes (like cooking up taffy from scratch). Best of all, the activities are shown in vivid, colorful, and cheeky step-by-step art with short instructions that make completing them a snap—and a blast! Culled from the creative minds of two zany moms who still remember what it’s like to be a kid, Make Fun Stuff! is the perfect answer to summertime boredom. In its cheerful and colorful pages, you’ll find DIY activities that range from old favorites (marbelize paper, anyone?) to quirky and stylish crafts (such as making a messenger bag out of comic books) to low-tech adventures (like rigging up simple speakers out of used cereal boxes).

With more than 80 amazing jokes, stunts, and games that range from blowing bubbles with your nose to popping a wheelie to spinning a place on a stick, Do Rad Tricks! is the illustrated guide to being plain awesome.In every kid, there’s a total show-off waiting to emerge—a zany impresario who can’t wait to wow with a good magic trick or nail a crazy dance-floor move. And now with this book, they can learn how! Far from your annoying uncle’s collection of bad jokes and pranks, Do Rad Tricks! captures young readers’ imaginations with its zany, just-for-kids ideas, bright artwork, and easy-to-rock-out instructions. Authors Sarah Hines Stephens and Bethany Mann know a thing or two about goofing off—they’ve got kids of their own to learn from!—and they’ve collected the best into this volume of 80 activities ranging from faking zombie makeup to boobytrapping a bathroom, from rollerskating backward to running a ninja obstacle course. Kids’ll be thrilled–and parents’ll be amused—with Do Rad Tricks! This book contains two chapters—one of hilarious pranks and stunts, and one of active, outdoors activities to get kids moving—that update the stale, tried-and-true magic tricks and overdone pranks with fresh, modern, and above all fun activities for the next generation.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Boredom is not an option with this engaging collection of more than 70 entertaining craft projects (like making pop-up 3-D cards and marbelizing paper) and delicious, clever recipes (like cooking up taffy from scratch), all shown through vivid, colorful step-by-step art with short instructions that make completing them a snap--and a blast!