Crafts For Kids Who Are Wild About Rainforests

Rainforests are filled with fascinating creatures and plants. These interesting craft projects will have kids modeling many of them! Kids can make a Hercules Beetle Hat, Window Toucan, Emerald Tree Boa, and even a Howling Howler Monkey Mask! Simple instructions make the crafts easy to perform.

Provides instructions for more than seventy-five simple craft projects involving dinosaurs, ocean animals, polar animals, insects, reptiles, and animals of the rain forest and desert.

Take an adventure to the polar regions with the creative crafts in this book! Kids can make a Walrus Mask, Caribou Marionette, Penguin Pin, and even a Herd of Musk Oxen, among the twenty projectes covered. Kids will enjoy the fascinating fact boxes that accompany each craft, as they learn about the various creatures that live in the coldest places on earth!

The twenty simple-and-creative craft projects in this book are based on some of the better-known inhabitants of the deep. You can make a Pinching Lobster, a Jellyfish Windsock, a Water-spouting Whale, and even a Scary Shark Puppet. Young ocean-lovers will have hours of creative fun using the ideas in this book.

Reptiles are some of the strangest looking animals in the world! Kids will have fun learning about different types of reptiles while making some of the twenty simple crafts in this book. They can create a Gila Monster Finger Puppet, a Licking Gecko, a Shedding Snake, and even a Clothespin Alligator. A materials list and easy-to-follow instructions make the projects a snap to do!

This book is buzzing with great craft ideas that explore the features of insects! It contains twenty projects, ranging from a Lucky Ladybug Necklace, to a Flashing Firefly Puppet. You can even craft a Sucrrying Cockroach using a small toy car, felt and other supplies! Young insect-lovers will have hours of creative fun using the ideas in this book.

An index to children's craft books published since 1991. Provides a guide to craft instructions alphabetically by project, or by type of material used.

While storytelling is a great favorite of preschoolers, many elementary age children are more drawn to crafts and other activities. StoryCraft is an award-winning library program that combines storytelling with crafts in an exciting and engaging activity for children in first through third grades. Each one-hour program includes storytelling, a craft, movement, activities, music, and discussion. This collection of StoryCraft programs presents 50 fun and educational theme-based sessions. Each includes suggestions for promotion, music, crafts, activities, and stories. The sessions also include bibliographies to help direct young readers toward additional reading, as well as diagrams, detailed instructions, and supply lists for the crafts. The themes range from a Jungle Safari to Math Mayhem to a Western Roundup, all encouraging children to enjoy reading in a variety of ways. Each session has plenty of suggestions, so that the program can be customized. Helpful Hints for implementing the program can help any librarian, volunteer, or parent turn a ho-hum storytime into a dazzling StoryCraft time.