Dough Creations

Boost early literacy with these creative art activities in a variety of media--clay, collage, paint, sand, recyclables, and more! All projects promote essential skills such as phonemic awareness, self-expression, expressive language, retelling, and more. Includes easy how-to, display ideas and rhyming poems to kick off each lesson! For use with Grade PreK-K.

This book expands the application of bread dough craft so that it can be used as an embellishment on fabrics, wooden objects, and painted surfaces as well as its traditional use for making jewellery and other accessories. The craft is inexpensive as it requires only white bread, paint and glue, and some simple equipment to create an array of objects which can be used as ornaments in themselves or to adorn other objects. Projects featured in the book include brooches, hair accessories, name plaques, a ribbon holder, a mirror, a jewellery box, a candle holder, a tissue box holder, napkin rings, a photograph frame and a door wedge.

“The first cookbook to focus exclusively on this quickly growing craze of a dessert . . . The author knows her dough.” —CT Insider Looking for a sure-to-please dessert, birthday party treat, or potluck bring-along that can be ready in ten minutes with minimal clean up? Edible cookie dough is what you need, and Olivia Hops—dough expert and owner of Unbaked, the famous LA cookie dough bar—has exactly what you’re looking for. The Edible Cookie Dough Cookbook is the first cookbook to focus exclusively on this trendy concoction. With step-by-step instructions, Olivia serves up fifty-five scrumptious doughs, each one completely safe to eat raw—right off the spoon, from a bowl, or out of a cup. Just a few of the sweet-tooth-satisfying cookie doughs you’ll find here: Gingerbread Snickerdoodle Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chunk Lemon Cookie White Chocolate Chai Pina Colada Salted Caramel Edible Mud Pie and Brownie Batters If that’s not enough for you, Olivia also serves up twenty recipes for special treats you can make with cookie dough, from a chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake to cookie dough sandwiches, which are like an ice cream sandwich, but better. With tips and tricks for how to serve edible cookie dough—mixed into an ice cream cone, anyone?—and how to create your own signature cookie dough recipes, The Edible Cookie Dough Cookbook will keep your sweet tooth satisfied.

Stuck for things to do? Look no further, these ideas will keep kids entertained. 20 of the best tips and ideas from the million-follower Facebook group helping keep families occupied during lockdown. From crafts, to challenges and ideas for indoor sports, games and more, Family Lockdown Tips & Ideas takes inspiration from the most-shared and liked posts to bring you a curated list of easy, fuss-free and fun things to do. Ideas are set around a theme and include suggestions so they can easily be adapted for children of any age, specific interest or ability. All publisher proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated by Pan Macmillan to Barnardo’s (Registered Charity Nos 216250 and SC037605). This is estimated to be at least £1 per copy sold. The author has agreed to forego any proceeds from the sale of the book to facilitate this donation. Pan Macmillan is a division of Macmillan Publishers International Limited.

Safe-to-eat cookie doughs and baked treats from the creator of the world's first edible cookie dough shop Finally, you can eat cookie dough how you've always craved it: straight from the mixing bowl! In her rule-breaking first book, Kristen Tomlan, the Queen of Cookie Dough, spills her secrets about how to make cookie dough safe-to-eat and all of the best ways to enjoy it. Kristen is sharing 110 decadent recipes--a mix of fan favorites from her famous New York City confectionery and never-before-seen creations--each with an innovative twist. HELLO, COOKIE DOUGH is filled with recipes for cookie dough lovers at every age and skill level. All 40 flavors, spanning the classic to the wildly creative, are ready to eat off the spatula OR can be baked into perfect, chewy cookies. Kristen's baked creations are equally tempting, with treats like cookie dough-stuffed cinnamon rolls, deep dish skillet cookies, and molten cookie dough cupcakes. Sprinkled throughout are her tips on perfecting your confections plus easy swaps to make the recipes gluten-free or vegan. Since cookie dough is best when shared, Kristen is serving up inspiration for all your party needs, including ideas for baby showers, weddings, ice cream parties, and the all-important girls' night in. This is the unconventional baking book every person with a sweet tooth will love. Join Kristen on her mission to make cookie dough all about joy, transforming this once-forbidden treat from a "no-no" to HELLO!

Create your own magical prehistoric terrariums and dioramas while teaching kids about dinosaurs and their habitats. Tiny Dino Worlds shows dinosaur lovers of all ages how to create prehistoric habitats with real plants. From active volcanoes and dino poop to handmade fossils and interactive terrariums, kids and adults alike will have fun building living habitats for all of their favorite dinos. Design a Jurassic world with plants that actually look just like prehistoric ones--or stage an epic battle between the vicious T-rex and the stubborn Triceratops. The book includes 26 simple projects (appropriate for kids ages 4-10), ranging from making sticky mud traps from homemade slime to cracking open "ice eggs" to reveal the dino hidden inside. Written by a crafty mom and vetted by two paleontologists, this book is jam-packed with fun, educational projects, weird but true facts about dinosaurs, and gorgeous step-by-step photography. Tiny Dino Worlds is sure to delight all the dinosaur-lovers in your life!