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Summer days are just right for those fun projects that we never seem to get around to during the school year. Just one afternoon a week spent in "Summer School", "Art Class" or "Mom 'n Me" time—or whatever name you choose—pays big dividends in closeness, happy memories, and cooperation (. . . it's hard to whine or fight with Mom when you've been having fun doing projects together!)
 
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Where to start? Here are some of our favorite summer projects!
*Melty Beads
Make little toys, for creative kids 4 years and up!
*Easy to Make Pop-Ups
A favorite book at my house: make your own unqiue pop-up greeting cards!
 
*Potholders & Other Loopy Projects
Fun, and addicting . . . both boys and girls enjoy this productive hobby!
*Fun with Easy Origami
We go on origami kicks at my house. It is SO fun!
*Jump Rope + Anna Banana Book
Jump-roping is great exercise and lots of fun. Teach your kids the rhymes you remember from childhood to jump to!
Enjoy these delicous summer afternoons!
Diane
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view | Melty Beads Take some colorful plastic beads, put them in a creative design on a pegboard, get your Mom to iron across them with your help, of course, and presto!—off pops a permanent piece of art (and very fun standup toy)! We love this classic activity, but the tiny frustration-sized beads you'll find on the market made this project less than kid-friendly-until Melty Beads arrived! Just set the clear pegboard on top each page and place the colorful jumbo beads in place to make animal creations and pretty designs. Kit includes color pattern book, 600 colorful big beads, a sturdy plastic pegboard, and an ironing sheet. This is one addictively fun hobby for creative kids 4 years and up!
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view | Easy to Make Pop-Ups Add pizazz to your art class! Make your own fun greeting cards! With this book, art projects don't just hang on the fridge for a month and then get tossed, but they are actually given to others and fully enjoyed! Everyone who receives them "oohs" and "aahs" at your cleverness! The easy step-by-step drawings show you how to make really creative pop-up cards, cards with turning parts, and every other 3-D card you can imagine. Paperback, 93 pages, black-and-white drawings.
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Potholders & Other Loopy Projects Weaving is an ancient art that is very satisfying. I like to include weaving projects when we study ancient history, but my kids are eager to weave all the time! Klutz is known for its fabulous instruction books, and this is no exception, with its bright photos and drawings that show you step-by-step just what to do. Kit includes everything you need to weave wonderful projects: sturdy plastic loom, big crochet hook, oodles of easy-to-work-with smooth cotton-blend loops, rainbow-colored yarn, and a blunt yarn needle. This is a very meaningful project that children love!
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You can make 2 beautiful potholders with this extra bag of cotton loops!
view | Fun with Easy Origami 10% OffFrom time to time, we go on origami binges in our family. There is something wonderfully creative about forming a 3-dimensional object from a flat piece of paper! 32 simple origami projects are clearly illustrated in this fun project book. Includes 24 sheets of high-quality, colorful Japanese origami paper, specially made to resist tears and produce sharp folds. Each sheet is colored on one side only to more easily distinguish the folding pattern. Delightful art project.
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view | Origami Paper Includes 51 sheets of high-quality, colorful Japanese 6 x 6" origami paper specially made to resist tears and produce sharp folds. Delightful art project. Resealable box with 17 colors, including metallics and fluorescents!
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Jump Rope + Anna Banana Book Combo 10% OffCombines our standand-length, very popular jump rope and our favorite jump roping book:
Red Jumprope, 8 ft long
I've been holding out on you, friends. For years I have looked at this special jump rope and thought to myself, "Who needs it? Just use any old rope". I have been a slow convert to the idea of a nice jump rope, but here is why I bought one: no more scratched up ankles or "whipped" legs from bristly old garage-scrounged-up ropes, no more wooden handles to knock little ones in the head when the rope is accidentally yanked out of your hands, no more stiff ropes that just won't bend and flex for those young beginners that need a forgiving soft rope to learn on. This premium jump rope won't kink, is silky soft and will not stiffen or dry out and become bristly, needs no handles, is a good heavy weight for better control and a nice "throw", is washable and comes in a vibrant colorfast confetti design, wears wonderfully well, and is worth every penny of investment for such a healthy exercise and coordination producing activity as jump-roping! Lots of fun for both boys and girls (and Moms and Dads)! Red jumprope is 8 feet long.
Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes
Cinder-ella-dressed-in-yella. . . You remember them, but how are your children going to learn them? This unique book lends humor and poetry to jumping rope by presenting more than 100 traditional rhymes. Wacky illustrations too. Paperback, 64 pages.
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The Incredible Clay Book 10% OffEasy-to-shape, non toxic, un-messy polymer clay can be baked at 275 degrees in your kitchen oven to produce bright colorful permanent creations! This stuff doesn't dry out like play dough and it doesn't shrink when it is baked. 8 bricks of clay in bright colors come along with the book (no painting necessary). 168 projects are detailed in full-color photographs and range from the practical (beads, buttons, picture frames, jewelry and barrettes) to the absurd (critters, spills and splats, cars and trucks, miniature food, etc.). This is one fun book—loads of creative enjoyment! Wire bound cardstock, 80 pages, plus 8 colors of Sculpey clay (1 oz. each).
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Create Anything with Clay 10% OffThis sequel book to The Incredible Clay Book has ever so many great sculpting ideas. Basic technique instructions are clearly outlined, so your children know how to create the basic shapes, use sculpting tools and molds (made from things found around your house), and mix colors. We were intrigued with the lineup of 5 blanketed newborns made of clay, all with different realistic skin tones in the Color Mixing section! You'll find hundreds of very original, unique projects to try, from tiny animals to realistic clay candies and sweets, frogs, vehicles that really roll, dollhouse furniture, frames, jewelry, and much more. Big, easy instructions for making each clay figure are shown in large detailed "Step 1, Step 2" photographed format, so you can easily follow them. Comes with eight blocks of colorful polymer clay that won't dry out, but bakes to permanence in your oven. Wire-bound book with full-color photographs, on 64 glossy cardstock pages, will provide hours of artistic fun for ages 5 to adult.
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view | Make Your Own Chocolate Kit Visit the culture of the ancient Aztecs and discover why cacao was so important to them. Inside you'll find the raw materials you need to create something delicious to eat, and sacred to the ancient Americans. Kit even contains some real cacao beans—which taste surprisingly different from what you'd expect! Also includes booklet: "The Story of Chocolate". Makes 8 oz. of dark chocolate.
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view | Make Your Own Chewing Gum Kit Welcome to the sticky business of making your own gum! Kit comes with chicle gum base (the real stuff from the rain forests of Guatemala), confectioner's sugar, corn syrup, peppermint flavoring, tutti frutti flavoring, and a little container for cooking so you don't gum up Mom's nice pan. Nowadays, gum you buy in the store is made from fake stuff: synthetic gum base and chemicals. It is fun to see how it's really made from the chicle of the Sapodilla tree. Instructions included.
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view | Make Your Own Gummies Kit Kids love gummy worms, but the real treat is in learning how they are made! Kit includes all the ingredients you will need plus detailed instructions. Fun and educational.
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view | Scribble Art This excellent collection of over 200 creative art experiences for children is my first choice for my homeschool and will keep you going on art projects in every medium for at least a whole year. Chapters include: Paper & Collage, Crayon & Chalk, Paint & Dye, Printing, Sculpting & Modeling, and Craft & Construction with more than 20 different projects in each chapter. I've found this book to be the one best source of all kinds of interesting creative projects such as: veggie prints, newspaper sculpture, bead clay, marbling, wire sculpture, puppetry, treasure box, branch weaving, goop, bubble print, puff paint and much more. You'll find enough imaginative help to easily take you through a year of creative art instruction. I personally prefer this approach to art, rather than the "cut-and-color-from-a-copy" approach. Paperback, black and white pleasing illustrations, 158 pages. Highly recommended for all ages.
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view | 20 Art Lessons Twenty art lessons—just enough to teach the basic principles of art. All your student will need is a pencil, crayons, and hands-on pages of this handy draw-in book to self-teach important concepts in art. I like to teach the concept before passing out the books so the children understand well before attempting the artwork. Covers these concepts: primary and secondary colors, mixing colors, warm and cool colors, line, texture, shape, form, space, values, proportions, balance, faces, grids, crosshatching, shading, and overlapping. Buy a book for each student. Spiralbound, for grades 4-7.
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view | Pet Bugs Bugs can be a great place to start in science for young ones. They are readily available for study, and have a familiar face, besides! This unique book helps you make those safe bugs in your life into educational pets. From the common Daddy-long-leg spider to the everyday Pill bug, you'll find out super interesting facts about 26 bugs, as well as how to care for them and what to feed them. Don't miss this great avenue of science!
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view | Magnifying Bug Viewer Using a bug viewer is an excellent way for students of nature to study live insects. Includes magnifying lid, sizing grid and air holes for bugs too interesting to let go immediately. 3" bug viewer.
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view | Ladybug Land Who doesn't love a ladybug? Watch your pink- spotted ladybug larvae, small alligator-shaped creatures, turn into cute little ladybugs right before your eyes! See-through domed habitat allows you a perfect view of your growing pets. Once they emerge, the adult ladybugs will live happily off a raisin, or they will gorge themselves on aphids from your rose bush! Fill their water pad with the included pipette so they won't get thirsty. Opening cap is also a magnifier so you can get up close and personal. Just send in the enclosed postcard (no charge) and 15-20 ladybug larvae, special food, and complete instructions will come right to your mailbox. (Note: cannot be shipped to Alaska, Hawaii, or Oregon.) No worries: 10 ladybugs are guaranteed to be perfect specimens.
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view | Live Butterfly Pavilion Let those butterflies soar! There is lots of room in this 2 foot high Butterfly Pavilion. Hang it from a string or set it on a table-top. The see-through mesh and zippered entry allow easy access for care and feeding. Includes habitat, mail-in coupon for 6-10 Painted Lady butterfly larvae with special food and complete instructions. A wonderful science experience!
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view | Live Butterfly Garden I've tried many a time to try to get a caterpillar to turn into a butterfly in a glass jar. Hasn't happened yet! But seeing the miracle of metamorphosis is an experience no child should miss. This award winning butterfly raising kit guarantees you can raise 5 Painted Lady butterflies while learning about the thrill of change and growth. It takes 3 weeks for the larvae to develop. After observing your butterflies, you can experience the joy of releasing them into your backyard. Includes colorful pop-up habitat (12") suitable for hanging or free-standing on a counter. Simply send in the postcard (no charge) and you will be sent 5 butterfly larvae, special food, feeding kit, and complete instructions. A wonderful opportunity for ages 4 and up. Satisfaction guaranteed 100%.
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view | Mini Butterfly Bungalow Want your children to have the experience of seeing a butterfly emerge from a cocoon? The Mini Butterfly Bungalow brings the sky indoors for three live Painted Lady butterflies in this little pop-up habitat. Ages 4-12 years.
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view | The Live Butterfly Activity Book Make the most of your live-butterfly experience! Full of activities, resources, and ideas that can be used with all three butterfly kits. Ages 4 to 12 years.
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Antworks Fascinating! See ants tunnel through a nutrient-gel and create a colony! This compact, self-contained ant-farm can be handled and passed around without disturbing the ants, a big plus over traditional sand-filled ant-farms. When NASA Space Shuttle scientists wanted to study how animals would act in space, they came up with an amazing nutrient-gel that provides both food and water for the ants, so there is no fear of killing the colony by a few days neglect. Gather your own ants, or use coupon to send in for a batch of ants ($3.50). Includes container, ant catcher, magnifier and activity guide. Watch live ants work as a team and tunnel creating series upon series of intricate tunnels. Ants are amazingly strong—capable of lugging 20 times their body weight. With their healthy attitude toward work, ants truly are worthy of study. "Go to the ant, consider its ways and be wise."
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view | IlluStory: Make Your Own Story Kit Make your own book! Give your child the thrill of being a published author! Budding authors simply write and illustrate their story using the markers and special book pages included in the kit. We even include our own unique Story Web to help author's plan the essential elements of a story. The completed story pages are mailed to us in the postage paid envelope provided, or the book can be made entirely online using our Internet drawing and writing tools. In just a few short weeks you'll receive back a professionally typeset, hardbound book your author will want to show everyone! Finished books include a title, dedication and "About the Author" biography page to give it a truly professional touch.
IlluStory is a multi-award winning children's activity kit and perennial best seller because few products, if any, can build as much self esteem and excitement for reading and writing. The quality of our finished personalized books are a tremendous value and reward any level of effort. Consequently, an ever growing number of families have made publishing with IlluStory an annual tradition. Extra books can be ordered and are the ultimate gift for family and friends, especially since each extra copy can be separately dedicated to the recipient. Ages 5 to adult.
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Handmade Cards Making handmade cards has given us so much joy! It is an art project that serves more purpose than just being "cute." This fabulous book/kit includes everything you need to make the most creative collection of cards I've ever come across, including pop-ups, 3-D cards, origami, caterpillar fold, petal fold, purse card, and more! 20 quality sheets of colored paper, measuring grid, folding tool, and reusable card templates are enclosed in a lovely writing box. All you have to provide is your creativity and the sweet, heartfelt messages to go inside.
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view | Let's Make Cards Follow these step-by-step picture and photo instructions to make over 30 fabulous cards! It's easy with the cardstock templates to trace for each cards special design. Decorate your finished cards with the included stickers. An excellent how-to card book for ages 7 to 12 years.
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view | Scratch Magic Deluxe Kit Add pizazz to your art projects with this unique paper. Just draw with the wooden stylus and your strokes will transform into dazzling multicolor! The paper appears blank, but a underlayer of color is revealed as the stylus scratches off the top surface. The more you scratch, the more brilliant color is exposed. Deluxe kit includes 16 assorted scratch magic sheets (glittering holographic, rainbow, and stained glass translucent), stencil with 30 shapes, fine-point and medium-point wooden stylus, 3 easel frames and more. Ages 5 and up. A "Best Toy" award winner!
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view | Scratch Magic Stickers 30% Off!Scratch! Reveal! Dazzle! Just draw your masterpiece with the wooden stylus and watch spectacular colors appear as the coated surface is etched off. Super Sticker Pack contains 48 cool scratch magic stickers to draw on, 1 stencil with more than 30 shapes, and a wooden drawing stylus. Ages 5 and up.
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PlayFoam
Amazingly Tactile and Fun! Squish it, shape it, save it, or smoosh it and start all over again! It feels like rice-krispie treats! This most unusual, lightweight foam sculpting material never dries out. Set includes 6 colors, plus idea sheet. Comes in red, orange, green, white, yelow and blue. For ages 4 and up.
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Window Art What fun! What delight! What creativity! My children enjoyed this kit immensely. Just lay a rigid plastic sheet over an image and then squeeze out a paint outline. Fill in the spaces with the colorful tubes of special paint. Let your creation dry and "voila!" peel off a stained-glass vivid vinyl cling to decorate your mirrors and windows! Emily made us a big smiling sun that graced our basement window all through a dark winter and is still glowing bright. Six fade-proof colors plus black outline and all needed supplies are included, along with a Klutz book full of creative ideas! We love it!
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view | Wooden Stringing Beads Lace colorful wooden shaped beads—stars, butterflies, hearts, fish, teddy bears, rounds, and more—onto brightly colored cording to create fun necklaces and bracelets! Kit includes over 200 wooden beads and eight laces. Carefully crafted using non-toxic coatings that exceed all US toy testing standards. Stored in a durable, handy wood tray with a clear sliding top. Ages 4 and up.
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Pipecleaners Gone Crazy Bend, curl, twist and loop! Transform fuzzy pipe cleaners into bears, penguins, bees, daisies, lions, tigers, and more. Kit includes 75 premium pipe cleaners in vivid colors and a step-by-step photo- illustrated how-to book. I knew pipe cleaners were fun, but really didn't know how to show my kids how to play with them until I found this clever book. Really entertaining, creative stuff for ages 4 years and up.
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view | Deluxe Wooden Handle Stamp Set With a special handle to keep your little one's fingers far from the six-color inkpad and six different stamps to choose from, stamping fun will be endless! The handy case keeps the stamps and pad organized! Washable, non-toxic kid-friendly ink. Ages: 4+ years
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view | Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit It's a new way to make friendship bracelets. Just lift each thread, hook it to the opposite side and turn. It's fast, easy and you'll never want to put it down. Make 10 different bracelets using 10 brightly colored yarns. Each kit comes with two Friendship Wheels and easy instructions. Ages: 8 yrs. and up
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view | Dangles and Bangles 30% Off25 Funky Accessories to Make and Wear!
Make your own fantastic fashion accessories with this fun guidebook. Color photos and step-by-step instructions will help you make belts and pins to dress-up your outfits, colorful jewelry, key rings and other wow stuff such as a pop-top belt, a candy-wrapper bracelet, a junk-drawer charm bracelet, glittery hair flowers, a duct tape coin purse, and more unique and fabulous projects! Paperback, 96 pages for ages 10 to teen.
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view | Paper Fashions: Fancy! Louisa loves this design-your-own-outfits kit! She has made a whole wardrobe of unique clothes that are truly artistic. Budding fashion designers will be able to give their creativity full range with all the unique tools for fashioning clothing! Spiral-bound idea book comes bound with ribbons, sequins, sticky gems, glittering embellishments, and glue. Just trace inside the plastic stencils onto the colorful paper "fabrics" to build your design. Combine all types of sleeves, necklines, skirts, tops, and accessories to make just the right outfit! You'll get scads of acid free patterned papers, luxurious textured papers, and plastic design stencils to turn your imagination into a reality. When your special design is finished, hand it on a tiny metal hanger or display it on a mannequin!
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view | Utterly Elegant Tea Parties Louisa and her friends find this darling itty-bitty tea set and recipe book utterly delightful! Easy-to-make recipes for miniature food that you can really eat include the hit, Cinnamon Roll-ups. Just use a rolling pin to flatten a piece of bread, sprinkle with cinnamon and honey or sugar, and roll up. Cut into teeny-weeny cinnamon rolls that fit on the tiny plates. Book includes a darling miniature, plastic tea set, complete with teacups, saucers, plates, bowls, and tiny knives, forks, spoons . . . and a teapot that really works! Invite your doll, Daddy or other guest for a hot chocolate Teddy Bear party, a Princess party, a Fairy party, or a Doll party with special menus, placecards and placemats. Photo illustrated and charming. Please invite me! Spiral bound, 22 pages, for ages 4 and up
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view | Fairy Doll Making Kit Make your own adorable doll with this "begs-to-be-made" kit. No pins or needles are required and everything is included: soft body, trim, yarn hair, ribbon, glue, face template, instructions, plus a birth certificate. A very fun project!
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view | Fairyland Dollies Create your very own fairyland and fairy dolls. Includes all you'll need plus instructions to make 4 sweet little fanciful fairies, complete with flower petal skirts and wings. Set up the colorful cardboard tree house and furnishings and take your fairies for a ride on the swing! 3" dolls, treehouse is approx. 10".
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Battery Science 18% OffMake Widgets That Work and Gadgets That Go!
Master the real science behind electricity and have a blast doing it. Includes an alkaline battery, of course, a buzzer, a propeller, a light bulb, a motor and other useful doodads—everything you need for all eight hair-raising projects. Toss in a little history, and you've got an activity book so good, it's shocking. For ages 8 and up.
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Boom! Splat! Kabloooey! by Klutz 15% OffGet your kids charged up learning about science! Set off totally spectacular, totally safe explosions with this super-fun book! Includes all the special equipment you need to make ordinary ingredients from your kitchen go boom in impressive (non-destructive) style! Sturdy wirebound book includes 4 balloons, Geyser Tube, depth charge and can 'o thousand pops. Make a backyard geyser, 60 pages plus equipment kit for ages 8 +. Have a blast!
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Foam Rockets Build and launch 3 rockets into space with a power air launcher! Just choose a rocket body design and punch it out. Follow simple instructions to fold the body and slide it onto a foam fuselage. Ready for blast-off? Stick the finished rocket on the air bulb launcher and give a squeeze. ZOOM! to the moon! Make your own space helmet with the tips, tricks and inspiration from this book. It's enough to send any kid into orbit! Wirebound sturdy 20 page book by Klutz, plus equipment, for ages 4+.
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Klutz Balloon Twisting 15% OffPump up those long skinny balloons and with a twist here and there, create amazing sculptures, toys, hats, props, and costume pieces that inspire imaginative play. Fairy wings, Viking helmets and more. 40 balloons in 8 colors gives you plenty of practice. My son Ammon delights the kids at birthdays with a customized masterpiece! Be a hero, be awesome, create something quick, fun and kid-thrilling! Wirebound sturdy 58 page book plus pump and balloons for ages 8+.
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view | Usborne Book of Juggling + 3 Juggling Balls Juggling is a big thing at my house. At age 18, my son Nathan entertained at a local talent show with his amazing juggling tricks. He should be good—he practice juggling with glasses as he unloaded the dishwasher! From simple beginning instructions to advanced tricks, you'll find this how-to guide covers everything, including ideas for costumes, routines, two-person juggling and juggling with props. Instructions are shown step-by-step in color photographs. Paperback, 32 pages book for ages 9 and up. Packaged kit includes 3 juggling balls.
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view | Quick Draw Flip Books Now you can turn your own doodles into amazing motion pictures. To make this classic kid activity easier than ever, Quick Draw Flip Books features several sets of perforated pages, each with a sequence of partially finished pictures illustrating a funny story. Complete the drawings in your own inimitable style. Tear out the pages, bind them with one of your custom clips, and flip them to see your art in action. The book comes with four sturdy clips, a set of colorful mini-markers, and enough tear-em-out pages to make eight unique flip books. For ages 8 and up.
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view | Kaleidoscope Making Kit Make a 10" long kaleidoscope with a removable cover so trinkets can be changed, completely changing the scene you will view. In addition, you can make a color changing kaleidoscope, or a mystic glow kaleidoscope, a sparkling holographic kaleidoscope, or a snowflake kaleidoscope. A very fun kit!
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view | American Boys Handy Books Originally printed in 1890 under the title, What to Do and How to Do it, the boys' edition was the precursor to the Boy Scout manual and is packed with intriguing projects to keep any boy or girl fully interested! Even though these books are unchanged in the last 100 years, the projects and adventure suggestions are fascinating for modern day children. For girls, there are lots of old fashioned crafts, toys, gifts, cornhusk and flower dolls, recipes, decorations, perfumes, wax and clay modeling, oil and watercolor painting and games. For boys, you will find plans to build 16 kinds of kites, to construct a water telescope or a hot air balloon, or to camp out without a tent or in a hut made from pine boughs. Build 10 kinds of boats, learn to imitate bird calls or make a squirt gun with astonishing accuracy. The contents are divided up into Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter projects. Reading level, 10 years-teen. Enjoyment level for projects: 4 years-teens. (Note: there is a bit of magic true to the customs and play of the turn-of-the-century.) Paperback, 450 pages each.
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view | Fun Projects for You and the Kids Here's how to build just about anything a kid or parent might dream up! There are ideas for clubhouses and a tepee made of branches and canvas Build a toy cannon or a Huck Finn-style raft. Simple illustrated plans for swings, covered wagon, rowboat, treasure chest, scooter, pinata, clay castle, toy bin, train, scooter, a jousting log, marble run, spaceship, pirate ship, crossbow, and even a balloon raft big enough for kids to dive off! A fabulous book! Paperback, 96 pages.
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view | Farm Puppets Lacing Craft Kit My children and I sure enjoyed this creative, fun project for ages 5-9 years old. First you get to sew/lace the colorful felt puppet shapes together—a useful and fun skill in itself. Then the imaginative creativity begins as you cut felt shapes and glue them on to give each puppet a unique personality! Kit includes pre-cut felt shapes for six puppets with lacing holes punched out, colorful yarn for lacing; safe, easy-to-thread plastic ball-tipped needles; felt for decorating, plus lots of examples to follow-to create farm animals. Slip your hand through the back and let the puppet show begin!
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view | Super Simple Sewing Sewing looks so inviting to little ones, but once they get that tiny needle in their chubby hands, it can get tricky! To the rescue, a super simple book and kit geared especially to little ones ages 4+. A custom designed round-point needle is easy to thread! Pre-cut fabric with sewing holes already punched makes it breezy for little stitchers! And finally, a snap-together "knotter" catches the end of the thread in a cute little contraption, so there is no need for those tricky knots. Sew a ribbon handled purse, a birdie backpack buddie, a beautiful bracelet and a door tag. Just wait 'til you see the "look what I made" sparkle in your child's eyes! Wirebound sturdy 20 page book plus fabric, sewing string, needle, and more!
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view | My First Sewing Book This first sewing book gently leads children step-by-step into a first sewing project by creating a hand-sewn stuffed bird from felt. Rhyming instructions are easy enough for very young children to understand and follow. Once that special bird is completed, you can go on to sew a whole zoo of animals and shapes (43 patterns included). Emily, at 5 years, was so excited to actually be able to sew something fun! She soon mastered it and made herself a little heart pincushion and a kitten too. Kit comes with 40- page book, two pre-cut felt bird shapes, sewing floss, and patterns. Ages 4-8 years.
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view | My First Sewing Kit Hand sewing is definitely a skill that every child needs to know, from the cub scout trying to sew on his own patches to the student at college sewing on his own buttons! Children so enjoy being able to learn to sew, and this kit is just the thing to start on! Bright orange suitcase is packed with everything needed—even pins, pin cushion, needle, thread, trims, buttons, fabric, measuring tape, stuffing and little scissors! Hand sew several easy projects including stuffed felt animals, a drawstring sewing pouch, and a sketchbook. Fabric is pre-cut so you can get sewing immediately! For any beginning seamstress, boy or girl, age 5 to adult.
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view | The Best of Sewing Machine Fun Learn to use the sewing machine with fun exercises, such as sewing on wiggly lines, sewing through mazes, stitching dot-to-dots by guiding your sewing machine and other activities that builds confidence in using the sewing machine. 17 kid tested projects start simple and build in skill level, making greeting cards, creating scrunchies, bags, pillows . . . and more! So complete that kids can teach themselves! Spiral bound, 127 pages for ages 7 to teen.
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view | Buckles & Bobbins Involve your sons in learning to sew too! Any guy can make his own custom cargo pants, camouflage fishing and hunting vests, really cool gear cases, bags, packs and more. Contains sixteen excellent projects, with step-by-step instructions and patterns, size 8 to 16.
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view | Super Embroidery Kit Painting with a needle and thread—that's what embroidery feels like to me! It is so creative, and beautifully embellishes your pillowcases, clothing, and more. Start embroidering right away with 12 fabulous colors of floss. This super kit has its own convenient felt carrying bag that you can embroider to decorate. Comes with 12 colors of floss, plastic embroidery hoop, scissors, needles, ribbon, sequins, buttons, glass beads, flowers, 3 felt butterflies, 5 colors of felt, felt shapes, practice cloth and transfer paper. Lots of great project ideas included with easy instructions. Great for ages 8 through adult.
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view | Crochet Away! With fun and easy patterns for the projects tweens most want to make (including a messenger bag, friendship cuffs, and skullie cap), this is a great book for learning how to crochet for preteens and teens. Includes a crochet hook and yarn so you can get started right away! Hardback and spiral bound to lay flat. 48 pages for ages 10 and up.
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view | Cool Spool Knitting I remember this charming knitter from my childhood. Just wrap yarn around the little pegs and lift the yarn over with the big hook. A first easy step to knitting! Your completed knitted tube will emerge from the bottom center hole of the wooden French "mushroom" knitter. Includes 5 bright yarn skeins, buttons, beads, hair clips, elastics and more to create fabulous hair accessories, bracelets and pins with your knitted yarn. For ages 5 and up.
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view | Knitting This easy how-to book will get you started on learning to knit! You'll learn the basic techniques of casting on, knit and purl stitches, increasing and decreasing, and binding off. You can easily make fringe, pom-poms and tassels, plus learn how to combine stitches to create patterns. There are complete instructions for a headband, a rolled-brim hat, slipper socks, a book bag, mittens, a purse, scarf, and more. Simple-to-follow diagrams show exactly how to perform each step in the process. Color photos show each completed project. Paperback, 40 pages, for ages 9-12.
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view | Deluxe Baking Pans + Let's Cook 18% OffMy favorite set! Bake up breads, cakes, muffins, and more with these charming little non-stick pans. Set includes an 18-cup mini-muffin pan, 4" bundt cake pan, 5" loaf pan, and 4" springform pan, along with colorful, wipe-off recipe cards.
Let's Cook—Large print, simple healthy recipes contain no sugar or white flour. Whip up some Orange Julius, Banana Muffins, Potato Carrot Casserole, Nuts-Gone-Crazy treats and more! 20 recipes on sturdy cardstock ar spiral bound to stand up on your counter for easy reading. By Diane Hopkins.
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view | Stainless Steel Cookware Set Quality, high- gauge stainless steel pots and pans are safer and easier for children to handle. Plus, they add magic to the whole creative cooking experience! Set includes a large (relatively speaking) 5" pot with lid, a 4" lidded saucepan, and a frying pan. Dishwasher safe.
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view | Cooking Utensil Set Whip up something delicious with these dishwasher-safe, child-sized utensils. Set includes 8" wooden spoon, 6 1/2 " silicone spatula, 8" stainless steel whisk, and a 7 1/2" spatula in a stainless steel storage caddy.
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view | Cutie Cupcake Baker If you are trying to interest a child in cooking, this set is hard to resist! Your little cook will get plenty of delight and compliments for creating something tasty and beautiful to share. Includes quality nonstick mini-cupcake pan, 200 paper cupcake liners, decorator with 6 different frosting tips, and colorful wipe-off recipe cards.
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view | International Crafts and Games 14% OffEnjoy learning about other cultures through these simple, inexpensive projects that replicate authentic crafts, artifacts and games of other lands. Create a rainstick from Uganda, assemble easy nesting dolls from Russia, make a South American god's eye or a paper lantern from Korea, and more. 100 craft projects are organized by continent. Patterns and step-by-step instructions make this a fabulous resource for enriching world civilization and geography studies. Paperback, 128 pages, for ages 6-12.
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view | Around the World Art & Activities Visit the 7 continents through craft fun. I have used this book to enrich our history and geography studies and found the projects simple and fun to make. Uses easy to find materials, such as brown paper bags, paper plates, cereal boxes, etc. Some of the projects we've enjoyed most include a Vietnamese cone hat and a cardboard pyramid. Paperback, black and white drawings, 128 pages, for ages 3 to 7 years.
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Homeschool Handbook
Your Guide to Setting Up a Homeschool, Selecting Resources, and Joyfully Educating Your Children
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Diane Hopkins has been reviewing and testing homeschool products for over 20 years and you can benefit from her experience. In this comprehensive guidebook, each grade of school is detailed with the best-on-the-market in curriculum for your homeschool and notes added on how to use these resources! Set up your school schedule, learn how to get your kids to take charge of getting their schoolwork done, and how to make your homeschool fun and meaningful. Reproducible forms are included.
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I've chosen some of my favorite kitchen products to offer you below. You'll be on your way to freedom from the grocery store!
*WonderMill
I highly recommend this investment in your family's health!
*Chocolate Stevita Delight
Enjoy no-sugar, real chocolate sweet treats!
Here's what I like for the Love of Liberty:
 
*The Patriot's Handbook
A fabulous collection of source documents read on CD. Wonderful!
*A More Perfect Union DVD
My favorite movie on the founding of our nation—inspiring!
*Learning the Bill of Rights in Minutes
Knowing our rights is vital to our freedom. Even kids can learn them quick!
*American History Stories You Never Read in School . . . But Should Have!
Fascinating, true, little-known stories from America's founding.
Hi!
I am Diane Hopkins, mother of 7 children (ages 14 to 34) whom I have had the privilege of homeschooling over the past 23 years. I'm a mom, just like you, and have those fabulous days and those not-so-good days like we all do. My hope in writing is to share experiences, and hopefully we can encourage one another in this wonderful, intense adventure of childraising--that is really what homeschooling is, after all.
Hoping to help, if I can!
Love, Diane
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