Conejos Library District

"From jumping frogs to puppets, some fantastically fun toys and games can be made with just a piece of paper. Readers discover a wide variety of toys that can be made with the ancient art of origami. By following clear, step-by-step instructions, readers can create their very own origami toys. Simple illustrations are included with each step to give readers a visual aid as they work, and colorful examples of each finished product are shown to readers...

We all love to read and learn from books, but The Repurposed Library takes our passion even further, presenting us with 33 projects to make--quite literally--out of books. For these projects, Lisa Occhipinti rescues and repurposes orphaned and outdated books from flea markets and library sales and turns them into new art objects and practical items for the home. Her creations range from artfully constructed mobiles, wreaths, and vases, to functional...

Describes a craftsman making pinatas.

"Paper artist and teacher Helen Hiebert compiles a one-of-kind collection of 40 unique projects, each using just one sheet of paper, combining decorative paper techniques like marbling, stamping, and stenciling with dimensional techniques like origami, cutting, folding, quilling, stretching, weaving, and pop-ups"--

Presents instructions for pipecleaner bangles, paper fish, lacy cards, vegetable people, furry snakes, paper flowers, and other crafts.

Young girls have many things that merit scrapbook status—photos, sports clippings, tickets, found objects, magazine articles, movie star shots, and more. Kathy Ross has come up with some fabulous ideas on how to not only manage all this material but also to make clever, sparkling pages that kids will be proud to show their friends. There are ideas on how to create storage pages, labels, unique handwriting styles, framed pictures, backgrounds, great...

Provides step-by-step instructions for creating fifteen origami designs from master folder Michael G. LaFosse.