Great Paper Jets

These paper jets look and fly just like the real thing! Follow the easy construction steps shown here, do a few test flights, and based on the results, adjust the glider for straight and level flight at its best speed. Once it's fine-tuned, let it soar! Recreate high-speed jets such as the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star; it brought the world speed record to the United States in 1947 and it boasted a slender fuselage with thin, tapered wings. Or construct the Havilland DH-106 Comet, designed for transport; the Airbus A310, with only two engines; and the beautiful Concorde SST. Plus: get ideas for displaying the gliders when they're "on the ground." Your imagination and creativity will take flight along with the airplanes.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Schmidt, Norman

Crafts & Hobbies

Sterling/Tamos

Decorate Yourself: Cool Designs for Temporary Tattoos, Face Painting, Henna & More

Forget the paper and poster board--use your own body as the backdrop for colorful creations. Paint your face like a lion and roar with delight. Stencil a daisy on your arm for summer fun. With Mom or Dad's help, any youngster can turn into a pirate, a princess, or a calico cat. Older kids can adorn a shoulder with a galloping zebra or tickle some toenails with a tropical scene. All the techniques from face painting to henna tattooing are described in detail and accompanied by color photos illustrating the before, during, and after of the process. Safety tips, equipment lists, and patterns for hundreds of designs are included.

Children's Books

Andrich, Tom

Arts, Music & Photography

Here you’ll find easy-to-follow directions, patterns, measurements, and photographs for building 6 authentic and detailed motorcars from the dawn of the automobile age. Only basic woodworking skills and simple tools are required. The cars include the 1903 Model A Ford; 1903 Mercedes; 1903 Dideon Bouton; 1905 Cadillac; 1907 Locomobile; and 1911 Stanley Steamer.

Building Antique Model Cars in Wood

Reeves, William

“These kites are truly works of art.”—Library Journal. “This book’s best feature are the designs for 19 kites. Each project is illustrated with a line drawing on a grid, along with a full-page, full-color photograph in which the intense hues and contrasts are highlighted, adding to the stunning results. The originality and beauty of the kites and the excellent instructions make it an attractive book that will inspire kite lovers.”—School Library Journal.

Best Ever Paper Kites

Grow a glass garden—and beautify any space with the exquisite decorative items you’ve created. George W. Shannon and Pat Torlen, two master teachers and artists who run the On The Edge Glass Studio, offer an array of glorious patterns for stained glass flowers, butterflies, birds, birdfeeders, planters, lanterns, and mobiles. Using dozens of close-up photos, they teach all the basics of both copper foil and lead came construction, from materials and tools to how-to techniques. 
A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

The Stained Glass Garden: Projects & Patterns

Torlen, Pat

Shannon, George W.

It’s absolutely breathtaking! The owners of the award-winning On the Edge Glass Studio have produced a wide-ranging, sumptuous collection of stained glass mosaic patterns that even beginners can enjoy crafting. Esteemed artists George W. Shannon and Pat Torlen offer a wealth of inspiration and instruction, as well as 23 projects for wall clocks, plaques, and hangings; trays and decorative plates; tabletops, nightstands, and headboards; and moreplus an additional ten garden stone ideas. A basics section covers everything a newcomer needs to get startedfrom copying the patterns to scoring and cutting to making tesseraeand individual sections focus on mosaic construction techniques and translucent mosaics. There are dozens of Helpful Hints” boxes, as well as definitions of terminology. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

The Stained Glass Home: Projects & Patterns

Corrugation music? As simple as putting a stick through a box and attaching nylon strings, but with a few more techniques, these fun-to-make cardboard instruments from around the world display remarkable sound quality. “A remarkable book. Ideal for any teacher or home-schooling parent as well as for creative older children who like to figure out how things work.”—Quick &amp; Easy Crafts.

Cool Cardboard Instruments to Make & Play

Arts & Photography

Waring, Dennis

Music

“The craft of creating three-dimensional pictures from small pieces of wood using the wood’s natural color and texture in the design....Instructions are easy to follow, and the book itself is unusually attractive. The short sections on safety and on pricing one’s work are partic-ularly well done. This excellent, accessible book will appeal to both beginning and experienced woodworkers and belongs in every public library.”—Library Journal.

The Art of Intarsia: Projects & Patterns

Hall, Garnet

Garnet Hall, author of Art of Intarsia and Creative Intarsia Projects, is back with more fabulous techniques and breathtaking projects that take the art to new and exciting levels. Intarsia involves cutting different types and shades of wood into shapes and then assembling them to create an intricate design: the resulting piece is rich in color and appealingly dimensional. With this guide in hand, beginners will have all the advice they need on cutting and fitting accurately, raising and lowering the pieces to get the look of relief carving, and shaping, sanding, and texturing the wood. The great patterns and projects feature a bright toucan on a branch, chicken kitchen clock, an astral mirror, and an Arctic scene.

Artistic Intarsia Projects

“[The] sections on airbrush tattoos, henna patterns, and nail decorations are likely to have a real teen appeal. Striking color photos.”—School Library JournalForget the paper and posterboard-use your own body as the backdrop for colorful creations. Paint your face like a lion and roar with delight. Stencil a daisy on your arm for summer fun. With Mom or Dad’s help, any youngster can turn into a pirate, princess, or calico cat. Older kids can adorn a shoulder with a galloping zebra or tickle some toenails with a tropical scene. All the techniques from face painting to henna tattooing are described in detail and accompanied by color photos illustrating the before, during, and after of the process.

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Books by Sterling/Tamos

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Great Paper Jets

Decorate Yourself: Cool Designs for Temporary Tattoos, Face Painting, Henna & More

Building Antique Model Cars in Wood

Best Ever Paper Kites

The Stained Glass Garden: Projects & Patterns

The Stained Glass Home: Projects & Patterns

Cool Cardboard Instruments to Make & Play

The Art of Intarsia: Projects & Patterns

Artistic Intarsia Projects

Decorate Yourself: Cool Designs for Temporary Tattoos, Face Painting, Henna & More