This illustrated guide shows children how to make everything from costumes to puppets, nature crafts to toys and games. The ultimate anti-boredom collection for crafty kids, it consolidates the top five books in the Parents' Choice Award-winning I Can Make… series. Brimming with simple, economical ideas suitable for both home and classroom, the book uses materials that are readily available and safe to use — and all activities are terrific recycling ideas. Mary Wallace shows how to turn everyday materials into amazing art projects — garbage bags become delicate flowers, cornhusks become rustic dolls, old egg cartons become treasure trunks. I Can Make That! features materials lists, step-by-step color photographs, and a picture of each finished project to guide and inspire children. Features include five sections filled with fun and easy craft projects: Costumes, Puppets, Nature Crafts, Toys, and Games. Handy sidebars offer hints for adding special touches to final products....

In the Arctic, the inuksuk is a stone structure that acts as a messenger to passing travelers. Make Your Own Inuksuk provides gardeners and nature lovers with a myriad of ideas to express their own personal messages in meaningful locations of their own. Chapters include construction, choosing adhesives, selecting stones, wind and weather, communicating the message, and strength. The full-color book engages and stimulates with quotes from elders, facts on Inuit culture, the importance of inuksuk, and their significance today....