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

Our Valentine's Day handiworks are simple to create. Just print out these Shaker Heart, Baby Bootees and Paper Frame templates at 100 per cent on A4 paper and follow the easy instructions featured in the February issue of Junior magazine

It’s a well-known fact that children just love to play with cardboard boxes, transforming them into everything from spaceships to Wendy houses. Inspired by his son’s passion for junk modelling, industrial designer Paul Justin has come up with Makedo, a clever little constructi...

Anchor booties by Sweetheart Knits, £10 a pairHaving grown up in a family of keen crafters, knitting-pro Cath Taylor has always been passionate about quality, handmade clothing. Concerned about the rise of ‘disposable’ fast fashion, Cath set about

Textile designer Rebecca Oldfield is the talent behind the furniture and accessories company Lost And Found. Her fabulously patriotic designs dovetail the traditional with the modern on a host of items including cushions, lampshades, screens and curtains. All are made using beaut...

1. Take a wooden (preferably) cotton reel and hammer four nails into the top so that the nails are protruding fully.2. Thread some wool through the middle of the reel.3. Wind the wool once around each nail so that each nail has a ‘loop’ around it.4

-by-step instructions. Happy stitching!Skills needed ■ Sewing curved seam■ Edgestitching ■ TopstitchingFinished sizes■ Extra small fits six to 12 months, inside crown measurement 46cm (18ins); small fits 12–24 months, 48cm (19ins); medium fits 3–5 years, 50cm (20ins

From colouring in their paper dolls to dressing up in front of the mirror, children love to experiment with style. Help your budding designer to develop their own burgeoning portfolio with these five fabulous ways to fuel fashion flair

otherwise noted, seam allowances are 0.5cm and built into the patterns. Then just follow the instructions in Junior's November issue (issue 135).To make things as easy as possible, we've also provided information on sewing terms and techniques, including

Too-wit too-woo, who could resist this gorgeous crew of cute creatures? What's more, they will encourage your child's artistic talents as they come flat-packed, so your child can get to work with glue and scissors to bring them to life. Made from recycled paper using eco inks, th...