Children's Art and Craft Books
Inspire a crafty child with these great books
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Crafting With Kids by Catherine Woram
Ryland, Peters & Small, £14.99, 3+
There are 35 make-together projects for you and your child to enjoy. With simple and fun activities designed for preschoolers from finger-painting on ceramic plates (a wonderful gift idea), to star-prints and designing your own wrapping paper, the emphasis here is on creativity and fun. With simple step-by-step instructions to each activity, there’s also some seasonal ideas for Hallowe’en.
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Everybody’s Activity Book by Pascale Estellon
Thames & Hudson, £12.95, 4+
“Cut, stick, colour!” proclaim the instructions of this hefty activity book that has 120 pages jam-packed full of exciting, imaginative and artistic ideas. Exploring a plethora of shapes and colours, there’s a selection of still-life images next to a blank page for your child to hone her observation and artistic skills, and tons of other fun ideas.
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Girl’s Best Book Of Knitting, Sewing, and Embroidery
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, £10.95, 6+
Even if you’re
pants at sewing, the designs and typography in this adorable book – translated from the original French, which explains its Parisian chic! – are so covetable that they
could provide the perfect incentive you need to hone your skills. Unashamedly girly, it has a cute cut-out cardboard doll and patterns to create gorgeous outfits for her.
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How To Knit by Fiona Watt
Usborne, £9.99, 6+
Once you’ve mastered the basic skills of knitting, this colourful book offers lots of suggestions of things to knit, from fringed and pompom decorated scarves to neat little bow-trimmed handbags and a stripey iPod holder. You can learn purl and stocking stitches, which allows you to experiment with lots of other fancier stitches like moss, rib and basketweave stitches in
a variety of different ways.
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Kids Learn To Knit by Lucinda Guy and François Hall
Coats Crafts, £7.99, 6+
Join animated characters Bob the wolf and Peg and Pip, two lively mice, and get your knitting needles clacking! With clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations, you will learn how to cast on, to do the knit stitch and stocking stitch, before you cast off. There’s also information on getting your tension right and different yarns, plus a range of different patterns to make knitted bunting, a secret book, a bag and more.
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Stitch & Sparkle by Charlotte Liddle
Coats Crafts, £7.99, 7+
It’s the promise of the “sparkle” that provides the biggest pull in this book that contains delicate flowers with pearlised beading and lace petals, pretty peg-dolls bedecked in outfits ranging from theatrical and bridal to a vocational nurse and a very quirky little hat contraption called “the fascinator” that looks like
it has been fashioned out of a kitchen scourer. A fun little book that’s packed full of inspiration.
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