Here are some of our favorites -- all perfectly complete for afternoons of fun, toy-making, scheming, learning, and doodling. Each Klutz is gift-sized and -- well, approved by Klutz for Klutzes (and others). We have found these to be our #1 choice for just about anybody who will be sitting (as klutzes often do) for hours at a time -- whether in a car, bus, train, plane, bed, chair, sandbox, bathtub, lawn-chair or puddle! |
| ||
| The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes Making paper airplanes doesn't feel like science. And it's not quite art. Near as we can figure launching a regular old piece of paper into the sky so that it soars is pure magic. We present a step-by-step guide to folding aerobatic amazements. The ten airplanes in this book are the best we've ever seen. This big (10" x 12") book comes complete with 40 sheets of flight-tested, ready-to-fold paper, printed on both sides in a variety of 20 colorful patterns, including leopard print, wood grain, hot rod flames and lose-it-on-the-lawn grass. It's everything you need to rule the skies. Written by Doug Stillinger. For ages 7 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Kids Songs by Klutz -2 CD's of Sing-alongs! for Kids & Their Grown-ups You may already be familiar with Nancy Cassidy's KidsSongs (over 2 million copies sold...) Well, here for the first time, is a 2-CD boxed set! Remember all those silly sing-a-long songs you sang as a child with your Grandma or Uncle Will? A lot of them are here (plus a lot of new ones gathered from all over!) on these 2 CD's from the publishers at Klutz. That's not all, however -- The CD's come with a bright and easy-to-read 96 page illustrated sing-along songbook so the young (and old) can learn all the words and practice reading-along at the same time. Here is a partial list of the songs included: (there are 44 in all!!!!!) Wabash Cannonball, Day-O, Shake Your Sillies Out, Down By the Bay, Chicken Lips, Polly Wolly Doodle, This Old Man, Puff the Magic Dragon, This Little Light of Mine, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Michael Row Your Boat Ashore, La Bamba, Boom Boom Ain't it Great To Be Crazy, Head and Shoulders, Rockin' Robin, Mrs. Murphy's Chowder, He's Got the Whole World In His Hands, Lavender Blue, The Bus Song, Fooba Wooba John, and She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain..... AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE! ***Just a note from Purciful to the parents and family -- all these songs have a GREAT sound -- varied rhythm and wonderful arangements. Each CD seems to wind down to an almost lullaby-ish tone for the last 3 or 4 tracks -- making them encellent bed-time music. And it's the kind of high quality music experience just right for the small audience in your house (and something you won't mind hearing again and again. And again....) | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz BUCK Book -- Tricks, Folds & Amazements! Klutz-clear instructions for folding seven Dollar Bill Creations, from the all-time favorite Dollar Bill Ring to the Amazing Pachyderm. Packaged with a real-live dollar bill. Fold it! Don't spend it! 88 pages. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Stop the Watch! Book with Stopwatch!!! Some 46 spectacularly ordinary Olympic events -- like switching your shoelaces -- done for time. Packaged with a battery-included stopwatch that's cute as a button and just as simple to operate. 72 pages. Age Level: 6 and up. (Adult Assistance may be needed for smaller children). | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Watercolor for the Artistically Undiscovered Most of the pages are actual watercolor paper, with blank space reserved for the use of the reader/painter (that's you). Comes with a palette of six artist-quality watercolors, a brush, and the inspiration of illustrator Thacher Hurd. 72 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered A friendly instruction book from world-famous illustrator Quentin Blake that provides inspiration for the artist in each of us, along with one sketch pen, two water-color pencils and plenty of white space in which to draw. 106 pages. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Twirled Paper Artful Projects Book from Klutz Quilling is the 500-year-old art of curling strips of paper to make decorative scrollwork doodads. Thirty projects with step-by-step intructions are detailed throughout this book which comes with over 100 brightly colored paper strips, a twirling wand, googly eyes and glue. Whimsical charm meets umlimited potential: Thank heaven for little twirls. Written by Jacqueline Lee. For ages 10 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: VELVET ART! This only-from-Klutz deluxe treatment of a classic coloring activity comes complete with ten vividly colored markers. Follow the step-by-step directions to make a fuzzy photo frame, a tactile maze, a wall hanging and other feel-good projects too. Finally, velvet art with the caliber of imagination, inspiration and artwork such a cool format deserves. Ages 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Window Art from Klutz! Decorate windows with "stained glass" like art with Klutz Window Art book and paints. Book includes not only ideas and lots of wonderful patterns to trace, but pages of tracing material and enough color to decorate with flair! Just use the black liner paint to trace the design outline, then fill in with bright sunny colors. When your design is dry, peel it from the tracing page and voila! It sticks to your window making a sunny artwork that lets the light creat a bright and vivid design! Tiffany would be proud! Large black outlining paint, and 5 sunny colors! | |
| ||
| ||
| Christmas Window Art! from Klutz! A book full of all the ready-to-trace designs for the holidays -- trees, snowmen, angels, bells, holly etc.... plus 6 bottles of window colors! Just use the included tracing pages to trace your desing in the black paint, then use the other colors for a fanciful stained glass effect. When everything dries, just peel it free from the tracing page and it will stick to windows or any glass smoothe surface (and peel off again and again....) Wire bound, 40 pages. | |
| ||
| ||
| 12 pack of Window Art Delux Refill Paints! from Klutz Refill pack of window paints includes 2 large bottles of outlining black, poppy red, emerald green, royal blue, white, sunny yellow, pastel lilac, clear, brown, turquoise, and light green. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Window Art - Clifford the Big Red Dog! Kids love CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG™ and now little ones can make their own peel-and-stick window art starring Clifford and his bulldog pal T-Bone. Comes with three bottles of Klutz-quality window colors and step-by-step directions written specifically for young kids and their parents. Now everyone can get in on the big, red fun. Ages 4 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz FOOTBAG with Book and Footbag Included BY THE EDITORS OF KLUTZ This book is a thorough treatment of footbag, a sport that's taking over schoolyards and campuses everywhere. Footbag is like catch with one catch -- you can?t use your hands. Once you?ve mastered The Footbag Book ?s three basic moves, you?re ready to play. Footbag can be relaxed and cooperative, or intense and competitive. Play with a group or solo, indoors or out. And, since all the sporting equipment required fits in your pocket, it?s entirely portable and available to play anytime. It is, in short, a kick. Packed with essential tips and techniques, The Footbag Book comes complete with a colorful, hand-crocheted footbag. All you need to bring is a willing pair of feet. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Face Painting Book with Kryolan Water-Based Paints! A fully photographic how-to feast on kids' face painting. The waterbased face paints come from Kryolan, manufacturers of the most-respected theatrical makeup in the world. 63 pages. Full color. Age Level: 3 and up. (Adult Assistant needed) | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Wax String Art! It's a Whole New Twist on Art! An everything-you-need activity kit that lets kids create art that jumps right off of the page. Comes with 56 brightly colored wax-dipped strings that are just sticky enough to cling cooperatively, but never permanently and are easily manipulated into all kinds of nifty drawings. This no-mess, take-it-anywhere, quiet-kid kit is the perfect backseat companion. Ages 5 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Potholders and Other Loopy Projects from Klutz! Snazzy new projects and updated designs make the good ol' weaving loom better than ever! The classic weaving loom gets an infusion of imagination, ingenuity and fun. This complete hands-on kit includes high-quality, cotton-blend loops, a sturdy, easy-to-use weaving loom and step-by-loopy-step directions for all kinds of weaving projects. A word about the loops: unlike other weaving loops, these are not by-products of apparel production. Klutz manufactures these especially for weaving so they're uniform, stretchy, and in vivid colors! Comes with loom, weaving loops, plastic crochet hook, plastic yarn needle, and yarn! 40 wire-bound pages for ages 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Me and My Friends! - A Friendship Celebration! Introducing a book by and about girlfriends. In the proud Klutz tradition, this write-right-in-it book is full of irresistible all-about-us activities: funny quizzes, fill-in-the-blanks, doodle how-tos, messages in code, compatibility tests, lists of favorites, secret identities and tons more. The book comes with special envelopes, a spinning perpetual birthday calendar and 78 plastic stickers in cool shapes and translucent colors. Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: MY LIFE ACCORDING TO ME -- JOURNAL & PEN A journal for girls, with inspiring little questions, fun quizzes, drawing and writing ideas, and plenty of blank space, all on jet-black paper. Comes with a silver pen, a bound-in page of photo sleeves and zippered vinyl mementos pouch. 66 black pages. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: BLANK JOURNAL & PEN A black-paged blank journal for teens and beyond. Comes with a pen that writes in silver and a black paper envelope (for keeping notes and pictures), attached to the inside back cover. Many pages have decorative border designs. 100 black pages. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Dream Journal & Pen A "prompted journal" on the subject of dreams: dream science, dream lore, hints on remembering and recording dreams, and more. About a quarter of its black pages have editorial handrails--intriguing questions, exercises and concepts designed to inspire beginning journal-keepers. Some pages have charming designs along the margins, and the rest are totally blank, waiting for the dreamer to make their mark. Clearly, this is more than just another diary--it's every journal keeper's dream. 100 black pages. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| My Fabulous Life in Pictures! Photo and Scrapbooking by Klutz! A great introduction to (or maybe a great new creative slant) scrapbooking and photo album styling -- this great book has a sturdy hard plastic cover (in swirly frosted pastels) and a wide spiral binding that leaves plenty of room for expansion. Lots of already creatively designed pages for keepsakes and photos, plus vinyl pocket page, loop-closure folders and storage pockets, a wide variety of stensils for borders and framing.... lots of choices and options -- something completely different on every page! | |
| ||
| ||
| My Anytime Anywhere Autograph Book -- from Klutz! A better-than-blank autograph book with silly signature ideas, autograph rhymes, full-color illustrations and a pen that writes in four different ink colors. Decorate the book’s cover yourself to make an ideal personalized souvenir for any occasion. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", full color, spiral bound, with 66 unique autograph pages and a translucent ballpoint pen that writes in 4 colors! Ages 8 and up! | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Decorate Your Locker Book of Ideas & Tools Give your locker a design makeover with Decorate Your Locker. This fully photographic book is packed with simple ideas for personalizing any locker with your own one-of-a-kind style. Cool pre-printed magnets make instant decorating easy, while peel-and-stick magnetic sheets can make almost any lightweight thing into a magnet. Written Jacqueline Lee. For ages 8 and up. Vinyl Magnet Sheets to Make Your Own Magnets 4"x6" | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Juggling (with Juggling Balls!!!!) This is the Klutz flagship title -- over two million copies sold, and every one of them packaged with three aerodynamically-sound bean bags. Klutz is often heard to say how proud they are that it is they who have taught the nation how to juggle! 90 pages. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| TableTop Football Book (& Leather "Football") from Klutz! This wildly illustrated book is the definitive word on the rules and games of table top football, a sport played in school lunchrooms across the land. Comes with one very cool cowhide leather finger football. 30 pages. Full color. Ages 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Jump Rope Book !! All the classic jump rope rhymes (plus a few that might be new to you) attached to eight feet of high-quality, multi-colored, non-kinking, practically indestructible jump rope deluxe. 48 pages. Black/white. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Chinese Jump Rope Book with Jump Ropes BY ANNE AKERS JOHNSON Complete rules to nine classic games, spiral-bound for playground referral, along with two Chinese jump ropes in brilliant colors. Plus instructions for making your own rope out of rubber bands. 66 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz ExploraBook: A Kids' Science Museum in a Book BY JOHN CASSIDY AND THE EXPLORATORIUM A hands-on science museum, squeezed between the covers of a book. Tons of experiments are featured, and nearly all of them can be done right on the spot, using the magnifying lens, magnet, agar and other bound-in apparatus. 100 pages. Full color. Ages 8 and up | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Earthsearch: A Kids' Geography Museum in a Book BY JOHN CASSIDY Do this book. The topic is geography, ("everything from the tip of your nose going out"). Great hands-on experiments -- using inserts like real foreign coins, a population clock, a recycled aluminum cover -- and a whole lot more. 110 pages. Full color. Ages 8 and up | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Kids Cooking Book -- How to Make A Mess & Eat It Too!!!! Parent-approved recipes, all completely taste-tasted by our remorseless panel of kid testers. Printed on wipe-clean, glossy pages (in case anything gets spilled). Packaged with a set of color-coded measuring spoons. 78 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. (Adult Assistant needed). | |
| ||
| ||
| The Klutz Book of Smoothies An all-star collection of blender concoctions. None of the recipes need any cooking, most take about six minutes from start to stomach and all can be made any time of year (frozen or fresh fruit). Comes with a custom Klutz spatula. 18 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. (Adult Assistant needed). | |
| ||
| ||
| Very Fun, Slightly Sticky Stuff to Do With Candy! from Klutz! Fun to do, kid safe ideas -- not a candy making book -- but a candy IDEA book for sculpting, decorating, modeling, building and generally munching all kinds of candies! No dangerous temperature required -- just creativity and a great imagination! From peanut butter and jelly pizza to cocoa spoons and mint mountains -- a great "must have" for the holidays or for any days! 58 pages, comes with sprinkles, chocolate dipper, shakers, and decorating tips for icing and frosting. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy! A mega-dose of creativity for the common household pipe cleaner. Step-by-step instructions for making pipe cleaner animals, jewelry, food, people...you name it. Comes with 75 pipe cleaners, enough to make every project in the book. Written by Laura Torres and Michael Sherman. For ages 8 and up. Klutz: Big Fat Pipe Cleaners! for Bigger Fatter Art Projects! | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Big Fat Pipe Cleaners! for Bigger Fatter Art Projects! Four times as long and twice as fuzzy as ordinary household kind, these pipe cleaners can be transformed into amazing critters, flowers and fuzzy wuzzy. Instruction booklet included with 50 big fat pipe cleaners. Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Magnetic Magic Book Nifty magic tricks that rely on the deceptive use of magnets, complete with ten magnets and one magnetizable coin. A seamless blend of Klutz goofballism, MIT physics, and some very sneaky magic. 96 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Book of Magic -- Abracadabra, Y'all! Klutz-proof instructions to 31 astonishing tricks, along with five props: a silk scarf, a chrome ring, a nylon rope, and two others so secret that we're sorry, but we can't talk about them here. 96 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Book of Coin Magic -- with a Double-Headed Quarter ! Twenty-four of the best coin tricks on the planet, complete with a very sneaky double-headed quarter. Master these moves, and you're guaranteed a little magic in your pocket at all times. 62 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz ArtRAGEOUS Art Book rom the Editors of Klutz & the Metropolitan Museum of ART!!! Imagine you could squeeze the Metropolitan Museum of Art between the covers of a book...and then open up all the display cases and unhook the velvet ropes. Introducing A Book of Artrageous Projects, our extraordinary collaboration with the venerable Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It's all about art, and it is designed not only to be read, but also to be stickered, painted, pounded, rubbed, woven, soaked and poked. Artrageous comes complete with all the supplies essential to the hands-on experience, including light-sensitive paper, color pigments, a paintbrush, rice paper, copper foil and a whole gallery of stickers. 66 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Etch-a-Sketch Book! The classic drawing toy in miniature, and a whole bookful of new ideas for playing with it. Comes with twelve vinyl pages that cling to the Etch A Sketch screen, creating gameboards, mazes, drawing inspirations and team challenges. 42 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Adventures of Fender Bender the Dog-- by Klutz! A fully photographic book, starring the accompanying wonder dog, Fender. He's about four inches tall (on his hind legs), and made of flexible coated wire with magnet paws, so you can pose him any way you want. Fender comes complete with a nifty tin to live in, and an unlimited supply of creative potential. 45 pages. Full color. Note: Fender is ready to pose in any way you can imagine, but be gentle. Too much repetitive bending at the same joint can result in a broken Bender! Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Adventures of Joe Bender - Bendable Wire Hero by Klutz A fully photographic book, starring the accompanying little guy named Joe. He's about four inches tall, and made of flexible coated wire, with magnet feet and hands, so you can pose him any way you want. Joe comes complete with a nifty tin to live in, and an unlimited supply of creative potential. 45 pages. Full color. Note: Joe is ready to pose in any way you can imagine, but be gentle. Too much repetitive bending at the same joint can result in a broken Bender! Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Adventures of Brenda Bender- Bendable Wire Heroine by Klutz A fully photographic book, starring the accompanying everywoman, Brenda. She's about four inches tall, and made of flexible coated wire, with magnet feet and hands, so you can pose her any way you want. Brenda comes complete with a nifty tin to live in, and an unlimited supply of creative potential. 45 pages. Full color. Note: Brenda is ready to pose in any way you can imagine, but be gentle. Too much repetitive bending at the same joint can result in a broken Bender! Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Card Games Book! Definitive rules for the best card games in the universe, along with the fifty-two tools of the trade. Plus complete plans for an architecturally sound house of cards. 126 pages. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz BEADS Book! Make Something WOW! Super-clear instructions for all kinds of beading projects, complete with hand-made Bohemian glass beads and professional-quality hardware. 98 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Fairies Book - Petal People You Make Yourself! Thirteen-year-old Rachel Haab has come up with a technique for making tiny fairy dolls that is truly easy, and truly fun. Following Rachel's step-by-step directions, it's simple to bend wire to form your fairy's body, slide fabric flowers onto the wire for a petal-perfect dress, and top with a bead head and flowing floss hair. Fairies comes with beads, colored pencils, glue, embroidery floss, florist's wire and a bunch of beautiful faux flower petals. Altogether, enough supplies to make 12 blooming buddies. 40 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Bead Ring Book and Kit by Klutz Instructions for seven basic bead rings (Simple Ring, Twisted Ring, Chain, Butterfly, Vine, Starbust and Daisy Chain), described in glorious Technicolor and step-by-step detail. In the proud Klutz tradition, this little book comes packaged with wire and a generous supply of Czech seed beads in a rainbow of colors. These supplies are packaged in a daisy-shaped caddy of our own design, with rotating lid that provides easy access while simultaneously preventing any calamitous bead spills. 54 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Beaded Bobby-Pin Book by Klutz How to make some incredibly stylish - but remarkably easy - hair ornaments. Detailed directions for five beaded bobby pin designs, ranging from the simple Basic to the exotic Dragonfly, along with four spools of different colored wire and two sizes of bobby pins. Six vials of seed beads are also included, along with a selection of special (crystal-faceted, silver-lined and star-shaped) beads. The whole package is Klutz-clear and yet glamorous as all get-out. 48 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Spool Knit Jewelry -- Fancies & Frills! Knotted and woven jewelry is always a hit with the crafty crowd. Spool Knit Jewelry comes with a customized knitting spool and crochet hook, along with elasticized cord in two different widths and a cool mix of colors. To add sparkle, we've also included more than 500 beautiful beads. Use them to make bracelets, anklets, and rings ten different ways, with countless variations possible. Written by Anne Akers Johnson. For ages 12 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Picture Bracelets -- Make Personalized Jewelry Book by Klutz With picture bracelets, kids create jewelry that's completely personalized, remarkably professional looking, and absolutely perfect for them. The perfect means of self expression. This book comes with two ready-to-customize bracelets designed to hold pictures under clear plastic "droplets." Choose from the perfectly sized images included in the book, or use any other graphics to make your own personalized bracelets. The book shows how to grab additional graphics from magazines, postage stamps, photographs, menus, newspapers, bus schedules -- basically any flat bit of artwork. Wire bound book comes with 2 ready-to-customize bracelets, 12 clear plastic droplets, 1 sheet of double-sided removable adhesive dots, and 3 sheets of stickers. Ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Klutz Guide to Simple Sewing! Instructions for seven kid-approved sewing projects, complete with patterns, fabric, ribbons, lace, thread, needles and a few other useful supplies. Each project rates high on the "look-what-I-made" scale of satisfaction. 56 pages. Full color. Ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Road Trip Trivia -- Making Grandma's House Just a Bit Closer! It is a truth universally acknowledged that backseat occupants on a trip of any duration are in serious peril of dying of boredom. So we're unleashing our most powerful boredom-buster yet: goofball trivia. Here's how it works: Each pages has five questions. Answer each question by sliding the peg to the multiple-choice answer you think is right. Flip the book over to see the correct answers. Does pondering fundamentally inconsequential information like this make the miles fly? Do bedbugs bark? (Answers: Yes and, believe it or not, yes.) Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 9 and up! | |
| ||
| ||
| The Amazing Backseat Book-a-ma-thing by Klutz A hands-on book of backseat puzzles and games, including a sliding block puzzle, pinball baseball game and lift-the-acetate Magic Writer. All in all, an awful lot of all-quiet-on-the-backseat miles. 18 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Incredible Clay Book (& Clay!) by Klutz All about the zillions of wonderful beads, beasties and thingamabobs you can make, and then bake to permanence, with polymer clay. A rainbow of one-ounce clay bricks is included. 80 pages. Full color. Age Level: 5 and up. (Adult Assistant needed). | |
| ||
| ||
| Create Anything With Clay Book (& Clay!!) by Klutz New techniques and all new projects from the authors of the million-selling "Incredible Clay Book". Comes with eight blocks of colorful polymer clay and a ton of terrific ideas. 64 pages. Full color. Age Level: 5 and up. (Adult Assistant needed). | |
| ||
| ||
| Drawbreakers by Klutz -- Drawings They Start & You Finish! "Drawbreakers" are half-done pictures just dying to be done. Eighty-eight pages of zany black-and-white photographs provide the set-ups, and you provide the punch lines. The magician pulls a ______ out of a hat. A princess kisses a frog and turns him into a ______. In a bizarre fishing incident, a man catches a ______. How it all comes out is up to you and your all-powerful pencil. Drawbreakers is ideal pencil-and-paper entertainment -- so simple you can't resist, and so addictive you can't stop. 88 pages. Black and white. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Draw Thumb! Animals, People, or Things Kits from Klutz The editors at Klutz have discovered that the secret to great art is right at your fingertips! These 3 little "Draw Thumb" books are designed to be drawn in -- all the materials are provided: a bright colored inkpad, a black felt-tip pen, and a 44 page book of design ideas. Simple instructions detail the finer points of thumbprint art (including nifty techniques like "edge prints" and "smudge prints..." Instant art in no time! | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Draw Christmas Thumbprints! A great stocking stuffer/package topper! Draw Christmas Thumbprints is a draw-right-in-it holiday treat for anyone ready to become an instant artist. All the materials are included: two ink pads (red and green, naturally), a black felt-tip pen and a 46-page book of design ideas. All you or your artist friends need to bring is a thumb or two! This little stocking stuffer overflows with simple-to-do Christmas art: Santa Claus, elves, toys, lights, trees, decorations, gingerbread folks, presents, snow people, wreaths, Rudolph and his reindeer buddies and more. Special holiday projects include thumbprint wrapping paper, gift tags and greeting cards. Altogether, it's everything you need to have thumb fun this holiday season. A great stocking stuffer, package topper, party favor, or just OUT OF THE BLUE holiday season pick-me-up! Draw on, artists, draw on! Ages 3 and up! SOLD OUT | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Googly Eyes! Making Laughs Appear Wherever You Are! This book is a fully photographic gallery of googly transformations – common household objects turned into a flock of fabulous faces. Complete with 96 googly eyes in a variety of sizes, this clever little book will inspire you to look at the world a whole new way. Ages 4 and up! | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Books presents: Cat's Cradle & Other String Games! Painstakingly clear instructions for five different string figures, charmingly illustrated. Attached to the book is a tie-dyed string loop -- all you need to bring is ten fingers. 36 pages. Full color. Age 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: String Games from Around the World Book Seven brand new (yet ages old) string games, introduced by seven real-live kids from each of seven incredibly diverse cultures. Complete with gorgeous full-color photographs and watercolor paintings -- and a tie-dyed string loop. 80 pages. Full color. Ages 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Spiral Draw Book! A New Spin on Classic Drawing! A retro-cool drawing activity for a whole new generation. Comes with 4 sturdy plastic drawing wheels and multi-colored/color-changing gel pens that get kids creating zillions of swirly spirals right on the pages of the book. The 56 page book is packed with tons of on-the-page drawing ideas and activities from spiral scratch art to spiral stationary! Ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Shrinky-Dinks Book by Klutz! Shrinky Dinks is amazing shrinkable plastic. Draw or trace a design on it, color it, cut it out with ordinary scissors, bake it for mere minutes on a cookie sheet in your oven and, presto, your creation shrinks to 44% of its original size. You get six sheets of Shrinky Dink in this book, along with a mind-boggling collection of ready-to-trace, ready-to-color, ready-to-shrink artwork. 38 pages. Full color. Age 6 and up. Adult assistance needed. | |
| ||
| ||
| Shrinky Dinks Refill Pack from Klutz! Yes! Refill shrinky-dink sheets for your continued play! This pack contains 8 full sheets of shrinky-dinks material from Klutz! | |
| ||
| ||
| Painted Rocks by Klutz Painted Rocks might be the most surprisingly amazing book Klutz has ever done. They sent blank unpainted rocks to dozens of illustrators and kids and, just like that, they received hundreds of pieces of durable, round, authentic art by return mail. The transformation was incredible--from rocks to magic with nothing but a wet paintbrush. Find out for yourself with this full-color book of instruction and inspiration, along with a paintbrush, eight colors of acrylic paint, five pairs of wiggle eyes and a river-smooth rock, thirty million years in the making. (Additional rocks are available at no extra cost. Just go outside and look down.) 64 pages. Full color. Age Level: 4 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Nail Art Book (+ Supplies!) by Klutz Tips, techniques, and hundreds of designs to paint on fingernails (and toenails, too). No artistic genius required. Comes with six colors of non-toxic, peel-off nail paints - Klutz' exclusive formula. 58 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Draw the Marvel Comics Super Heroes -by Klutz KNOW SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO BE A COMIC BOOK ARTIST CREATING ADVENTURES FOR SPIDERMAN AND ALL HEROES & VILLANS OF MARVEL COMICS? HERE'S A WAY TO BEGIN...... Draw your favorite heroes -- Spiderman, the X-Men, and all their friends (& fiends) -- right in the book! Comes with drawing supplies (including markers in red, blue, yellow and black) and tips from the pros, plus eight pages of tracing vellum overlaying full-color illustrations, so you can create just-as-good-as-the-comics artwork -- and create your own story and dialogue! In no time, you'll be drawing Spidey like the Marvel folks do! 94 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. A NOTE FROM PURCIFUL ABOUT THE KLUTZ "DRAW MARVEL COMICS SUPER HEROS" BOOK: For the uninitiated, the folks at Klutz have basically taken the time-tested masterpiece of comic-book art technique published by the folks at Marvel Comics over 20 years ago and made it more concise, easier to follow, and nearly perfect for the young and coming comic-book wanna-bes out there. On top of that, it is the Marvel Comics book on anatomy so often recommended to those new to drawing the human figure! Imagine that! High school, college, and private art teachers all over the world count this as one of the very best first figure drawing books on the market. If you're not ready for Gray's Anatomy, but are long past stick figures -- this may be the best starting point you'll find! | |
| ||
| ||
| The Klutz Book of Marbles Rules to the twenty most popular marbles games, printed in a sturdy book for vacant-lot referral. Packaged with fourteen of the most colorful marbles in the world, plus a drawstring fabric pouch to keep your winnings in. 32 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Lego Crazy Action Contraptions (+ Legos!) by Klutz Complete plans for making five marvelous moving machines out of the special LEGOs that come with the book and another five using some basic pieces you've already got at home. Includes 60 LEGOs in a plastic pouch. 68 pages. Full color. Age Level: 7 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Hemp Bracelets Book (+ Supplies) by Klutz Simple, super-clear instructions for knotting ten different natural fiber bracelets, along with 150 feet of hemp and an assortment of beads. The look is organic, casual, and altogether cool. 32 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Friendship Bracelets (+ Supplies) by Klutz Super-clear directions for ten different kinds of bracelets, with all the colorful floss and beads you need to make all of them. A built-in clipboard provides the ideal work surface for this coolest of crafts. 60 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Fantastic Foam Book by Klutz Introducing a whole new art form -- foam collage. Comes with more than a hundred colorful pre-cut foam pieces, some sheets of uncut foam, and pages upon pages of inspirational ideas. 40 pages. Full color. Age Level: 3 and up. (Adult Assistant needed for very small foam artists....) Traveling Hint: The foam in the Klutz Foam Book is the same foam that Alex and other bath toy companies use for bathtub foam "stickers" -- when wet, they stick to bathroom tile and.... GLASS! As in car windows! Take this nifty book along on your next road trip and let the kids "paint" the windows with foam designs! | |
| ||
| ||
| Kid's Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit by Klutz A full-color book of car-appropriate activities, plus a 100-page game pad, and a vinyl pouch full of everything you need to do everything described. The only backseat survival kit endorsed by Save the Parents' Sanity Foundation. 48 pages. Full color. Age 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: BATTERY SCIENCE for kids to "TURN ON" to Science! Master the real science behind electricity and have a blast doing it. Includes a genuine Klutz alkaline battery, a buzzer, a propeller, a light bulb, a motor and other useful doodads – everything you need for all 8 projects. Toss in a little history, and you’ve got an activity book so good, it’s shocking. Ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Solar Car Book -- You Build It! by Klutz Every day, enough solar power hits this planet to fill all of our energy needs for the next 27 years. Here?s your chance to tap into a bit of it. The Solar Car Book is full of illuminating solar science facts and comes with everything you need to build a cool solar racecar: wheels, axles, motors, wires and a genuine one-volt solar cell. No glue, no nails, no tape and (best of all) no batteries required. Build this car today, and it will run forever, thanks to that big battery in the sky. 48 pages. Full color. Age Level: 9 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Bedroom Astronomy Book by Klutz The science and stories behind seven star-studded constellations: Orion, Scorpio, Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Leo, Sagittarius and Ursa Major (that's the "Big Dipper" to you). Comes complete with the stars themselves--the kind that stick to the ceiling, that is, and glow in the dark. Create indoor constellations using the special "stick-um" provided (it's re-usable and won't hurt walls or woodwork). To ensure accurate star placement, each constellation has a die-cut template bound right into the book. Shine an ordinary household flashlight through the holes punched in the page, project the image on the ceiling and--eureka!--a foolproof star map. 66 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Eat This Book! by Klutz Take 20 munchable pages, shrink-wrapped for freshness, add 20 "regular" pages of deliciously silly game ideas and stir with a pen that writes in royal blue edible ink. -- The ONLY book you can really sink your teeth into! The benefits of such a book will be as obvious as they are plentiful: Send your buddy a tasteful birthday card, or make everyday games deliciously new -- checkers becomes "checker Chomp", Hangman becomes"Munch" and the card game War turns into an all-out "Food Fight"! -- and then, of course, the best part of edible paper and ink is that they guarantee secret notes stay secred. Any time your classified document is in danger of falling into unauthorized hands, simply pop it in your mouth, chew thorougly, and swallow! | |
| ||
| ||
| The Sun Paint Book by Klutz Here's magic for you: Start with a plain white cotton bandana. Wet itdown with regular old tap water. Brush on any combination of the 3 Klutz sun paint colors. Already, your bandana looks 100% better, beautifully colored in a tie-dye kind of way. But you're not done yet. While the paint's still wet, gather some objects with interesting shapes (leaves, dry pasta, nuts & bolts -- whatever strikes your fancy -- and arrange them in a pleasing pattern on top of the bandan then leave the whole thing to dry in the sun. Once the paint's dry, take the objects off the bandana and -- abracadabra! -- their shapes show up in pale relief against the brilliant background. Magic, pure and simple! 60 page book of instructions and ideas comes with a foam applicator brush and 3 jars of non-toxic paints in blue, yellow, and fuchsia which can be mixed to create a rainbow of colors and effects. Once ironed, sun painted fabric is machine whashable and will keep its sunny glow all year round. | |
| ||
| ||
| Making Mini-Books -by Klutz Introducing "Making Mini Books", a complete guide to making little bitty, teensy weensy, really fun miniature books. Packed with ultra-clear instructions for creating more than 20 tyupes of tiny tomes, "Mini Books" is great fun. Projects range in complexity from simple, staple-bound paperbacks to imaginatively decorated hardbacks. Accordian books, key-chain books, soft & fuzzy books, a purse book, a scroll book -- and a book that looks like a chocolate bar! There's even a book that looks like a Swiss Army Knife! You'll need scissors, a stapler, hole punch and a ruler from around the house, and ll the more exotic supplies come packaged with the book, including glue, wiggle eyes, ribbon, plastic coated wire, and a special bookmaker's tool called a burnisher. Inside the book are useful templates and a selection of very cool papers in a variety of textures, weights, and petterns. The first 2 1/2 inch book is attached to the outside cover of the instruction book to start your new collection! Carry your freshly made mini-books where ever you go -- you never know when you might want to do a little reading! | |
| ||
| ||
| Handmade Cards -- A Klutz Book for Special Messages A book full of clever yet simple ideas for greeting cards, special occasion cards and secret message cards.... Interesting and imaginative ways to put your words on paper and into the hearts and hands of those most special people in our lives. The book includes 20 beautiful sheets of paper, a measuring grid, folding tool, and reusable templates. Ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Origami! Fold On! Super-clear instructions for ten simple and satisfying origami creations, from the hopping frog (he really hops!) to the magic star. Comes with enough square origami paper, in variety of colors and patterns, to fold each project over and over and over again. 88 pages wire bound, with 80 pages of origami paper in solids and prints. Ages 9 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Only Activity BookYou'll Ever Need -by Klutz "The Only Coloring, Puzzle, Game, Dot-to-Dot Activity Book You'll Ever Need" was put together by a team of Klutz editors that specializes in quiet-time backseat activity books. 120 pages of pencil-and-paper play, including hidden pictures, unfinished drawings, fold-ups, games, giggles and goofy stuff. Some of these activities are tried-and-true classics (like the Connect the Dots Dare); others Klutz made up (the Martian Eye Wiggle....) No page is complete until it has been folded along the dotted lines, cut out, poked through, colored in or scribbled out. More than 25 illustrators contributed the black and white drawings -- kids get to fill in the color ith the included 5 twist-up colors in soft wax pencils. The twist-up mechanism keep colors sharp and clean while their plastic case prtects against the heartbreak of broken crayons! | |
| ||
| ||
| Totally Outrageous Sticker Book by Klutz The Most Incredible, Outrageous, Packed-to-the-Gills, Bulging-at-the-Seams Sticker Book EVER! A book filled with stickers, stickers, and more stickers ? more than 450 of them. Includes instructions for making one-of-a-kind envelopes, boxes and cards and decorating them with (you guessed it) stickers. 30 pages. Full color. Age Level: 4 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls by Klutz --21st Century Version A classic pastime updated for a new generation. These paper people wear their clothes with the help of reusable, press-on, peel-off adhesive dots - no tabs! And no scissors, either -- the dolls, clothes and accessories are perforated, ready to pop right out and play. Six reversible paper dolls come with the book, in a variety of skin tones, along with three paper babies and a few paper pets. Bunches of reversible clothes, shoes and hairstyles work in combination to make exactly one jillion different outfits. (We counted.) Also includes six beautifully illustrated backdrops and a handy portfolio storage pocket. 54 pages (with 34 shrink-wrapped, die-cut pages of dolls and clothes). Full color. Age Level: 4 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Klutz Book of Mazes A Super-Sneaky, Double-Crossing, Up, Down, Round & Round Maze Book Twenty-five endlessly re-usable mazes to trace with your fingertip. Featuring the work of the most talented illustrators we could find from around the world, each maze stands on its own as a work of art. 48 pages. Full color. ISBN# 1-57054-253-8 Age Level: 4 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Rainbow Hairstyles -- A How-To with Supplies Included! Introducing, Rainbow Hairstyles, a book and set of brush-on, wash-out colors (Shocking Pink, Blue Blazes, Red Red Red and Gold Rush)that makes hair way more fun that it's ever been before. Each bottle of color comes with an easy-to-use applicator that makes it simple to apply color exactly where you want it. Whatever you do, it will be fun today and gone tomorrow. Written by Susan Fox. For ages 9 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Hair: A Book of Braiding & Styles A gorgeous book of hairstyles and braids designed for teens and beyond, with styles ranging from formal elegance to casual flair. Comes with three dressy scrunchies in a keepsake floral box. 72 pages. Full color. Age Level: 12 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Hair Wraps Book BY ANNE AKERS JOHNSON The art of thread-wrapping hair braids has never been shown off more clearly, with more fun, or more beautifully than here. Comes with ten skeins of embroidery thread and thirteen beads and charms for the especially fancy styles. 32 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Klutz Guide to Braids and Bows A beautifully photographed instructional book of braiding and hair styles for girls up to thirteen years old. Includes complete directions for making your own barrettes and hair ornaments with the goodies provided. 80 pages. Full color. Age Level: 4 and up. (Adult Assistant needed). | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz YoYo Book (+ YoYo!) An illustrated history of the yo-yo, plus a complete compendium of tricks, from "Rock the Cradle to "Shoot the Moon." Packaged, of course, with a spiffy, screw-apart yo-yo designed by yo-yo master Dale Oliver. 61 pages. Black/white. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Kids' Gardening: A Complete Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt The gardening book for any climate, any time, any kid. Full of activities for indoors and out, it's packaged with a trowel and seven varieties of seeds in six packets. 92 pages. Full color. Age Level: 5 and up. (Adult Assistant needed). | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Squashing Flowers & Squeezing Leaves Book & Press Twenty-three flat-out fabulous projects to create with garden-variety greenery. There's a real three-panel nature press bound right into this book. Use it to make ordinary flowers and leaves delicate, paper-thin and beautiful in a new and amazing way -- perfect for all the book's decorating projects. (A few examples? Lampshades, thumbtacks, light switches, candles, placemats, fridge magnets, sun catchers, picture frames, lunch boxes...the list is tremendous.) The book comes with all the supplies needed for many of the projects, like copper foil tape and cool make-your-own-stickers paper. There's a limitless world of amazing crafts out there, and it's all in your own backyard. 50 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Super Slappies: Make Your Own Bracelets by Klutz When Klutz was designing the first litter of Slappies, and having a ball doing it, it suddenly occurred to them: The awesome experience of creating adorable animal bracelets should be available to everyone! Super Slappies comes with everything young designers need to fashion fabulous furry bracelets of their very own. Following our super-easy, no-sewing-required instructions, use the four fabric-covered bracelet blanks, wiggle eyes, sequins, trim and other decorative doo-dads to make wrap-around pals complete with their own unique personalities. Because, after all, nothing’s more fun than making a new friend. 42 pages. Full color. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Beadling Charm Mini Kit The minute we met the beadlings, we knew these adorable little critters deserved to be in adorable little Klutz Kits of their own. Each kit comes with six vials of seed beads, 12 wonder beads, wire and a full-color instruction booklet. Altogether, enough supplies to make 12 beadlings. String them on the included chain for a perfectly charming necklace! Select from Bugs, Flowers, or People beadlings mini-kit! Age Level: 9 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Anklets Mini-Kit by Klutz Everything you need to knot your own anklets in three different patterns: the Double Knot, the Wrap and the Chain. Comes with eight skeins (five yards each) of embroidery floss in brilliant blue, green, yellow, ivory, teal, red, purple and black. The enclosed instruction book is detailed and Klutz-clear, with easy-to-follow color illustrations and photography. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Blossom Bracelets Book & Kit from Klutz! A pretty new trend has been blossoming among the fashion-forward this season: fabric flower jewelry. Now budding designers can make flowery finery of their very own. Blossom Bracelets comes with 50 pretty beads, more than six feet of clear, stretchy cord, and a generous selection of faux flowers in a variety of colors and sizes. The full-color booklet of step-by-step instructions makes it blooming easy to create up to eight blossom bracelets, or some blossom rings, blossom anklets -- even beautiful blossom headbands. Age 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Cootie Catcher Book by Klutz A clever little book on everyone's favorite playground fortune-teller, with 20 pre-printed tear-em-out-and-fold-em-up pages. Plus instructions on how to make your own cootie catchers and the dozens (and dozens...) of fortunes to go inside. 58 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Foxtail Book by Klutz The ultimate exploration of the Foxtail and its many uses -- from Ankle Snagging to Foxtail Olympics. All the games use the attached Foxtail, and they range from solitary challenges to mob madness. Catch it, throw it, by the tail ...only. 80 pages. Black/white. Age Level: 8 and up. Klutz Foxtail Sport! The Original! The Foxtail Softie by Klutz The Sonic Foxtail by Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Foxtail Sport! The Original! The exact same toy that comes with the "Foxtail Book": a sponge rubber ball covered in top-grain cowhide, stitched to a three-color nylon sock. Throw it, catch it -- by the tail only. Age Level: 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Buy All 3 "Kids In the Kitchen" Books by Klutz -- & Save! All three Kids Cookbooks and Kitchen fair -- "The Magic Spoon Book -- Complete with Magic Spoon", "Kids Cooking -- Mess You Can Eat", and "Smoothies -- complete with spatula" | |
| ||
| ||
| Buy Both Creative Bead Jewelry Books by Klutz and SAVE! Get both the Bead Ring Book and Kit, and the Beaded Bobbie Pins Book and Kit and save 10%! | |
| ||
| ||
| Holiday SPECIAL: Klutz Window Art & Christmas Window Art Bundle! Here's a special bundle with Klutz Holiday Window Art and Klutz Original Window Art for year-round play -- more creative play time! | |
| ||
| ||
| Itty Bitty Ballerina Book from Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| Itty-Bitty-Princess Book from Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| Dial with Style Book from Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| Suction-Cup-Critters Book from Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| ball games book from Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| Itty Bitty Angels from Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| Chicken Socks for Little Klutzes - by Klutz! Klutz has added 14 new, extremely creative titles just for the non-readers and very early readers in your life. They are grouped together under the Klutzy sounding name of "Chicken Socks." What else? Chicken Socks: Pop Bead Critters from Klutz Chicken Socks: Melty Beads by Klutz Chicken Socks: Amazing Lacing from Klutz Chicken Socks: Highlight This Book from Klutz Chicken Socks: Magnetic A to Z -- ABC's by Klutz! Chicken Socks: Make Your Own Twinkly Tiaras by Klutz Chicken Socks: The Foam Book from Klutz Chicken Socks: Totally Tape from Klutz Chicken Socks: Hand Art from Klutz Chicken Socks: How to Make Pom Pom Animals from Klutz Chicken Socks: Shadow Games by Klutz How to Tell Time: Chicken Socks from Klutz) Rescue Trucks: Chicken Socks by Klutz Chicken Socks: Clothespin Cuties from Klutz Chicken Socks: Foam Gliders from Klutz Chicken Socks: Superhero Starter Kit from Klutz Chicken Socks: Magic Painting from Klutz | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz: Unbelievable Bubble Book! BY JOHN CASSIDY WITH DAVID STEIN Equal parts science and fun, along with instructions for using the attached "Bubble Thing" to create six-foot rainbow bubbles. They don't call it unbelievable for nothing! 81 pages. Black/white. Age Level: 8 and up. (Adult Assistant needed). | |
| ||
| ||
| Bubble Thing Toy Sold Separately by Klutz Just like the apparatus that comes with The Unbelievable Bubble Book, this gizmo makes monster bubbles. Float one around the corner and scare the mailman! | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Board Game Book Definitive rules for fifteen timeless games, each with a custom-designed playing board. Fifteen spreads, fifteen games. Beautifully illustrated, this book comes complete with playing pieces and dice. 44 pages. Full color. Age Level: 5 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Design Your Own Charm Watch -- by Klutz! Personalize your watch and make your own sweet time. Design Your Own Charm Watch is a timely twist on the charm bracelet trend. It comes with an attractive analog watch (hands on a dial, not digital) on a band of adjustable link chain, along witha good supply of charms, beads, bead wire and jump rings. Follow the illustrated step-by-step instructions to create a uniquely charming timepiece. Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 12 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Wire-O-Mania - A Wire Fun Book from Klutz A jam-packed collection of projects to make with mutli-colored, plastic-coated wire. This stuff is amazing--it's just like telephone wire, and it's remarkably easy to work with. It can be bent, twisted, wrapped and coiled in any way imaginable. The book comes with a bundle of 24 wires in an array of colors, along with a packet of beads and Klutz-clear directions for all kinds of wire-ware: rings, bracelets, charms, baskets, pencil toppers, bookmarks, pop-up greeting cards, spiral-bound custom notepads, history's first handmade paper clips, teeny tiny hangers for all your teeny tiny clothes, and more. Written by Sherri Haab and Laura Torres. For ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Paper Fashions -- Design Your Own Fashions, by Klutz With Paper Fashions, girls get to craft their own couture paper clothing. Plastic stencil shapes make it simple to trace perfectly proportioned pants, purses, skirts, scarves, sweaters, shoes and more. Cut each piece out of the array of double-sided, acid-free patterned papers and then mix and match them any way you like. Embellish your designs with sequins, ribbon and other decorative doodads. Finally, hang your outfits on the included tiny hangers. Bellisima! Use paper fashions to decorate greeting cards, gift bags, locker magnets and more but, really, the joy is in the creating. Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Building Cards -- How to Build Castles, from Klutz Building Cards comes with a deck of 58 beautifully illustrated laminated chipboard leaves, perforated to break into more than 150 cards in four different shapes. Every card is notched to fit neatly and securely with every other card. Assemble the cards any way you want to create freestanding fantasy fortresses. The book gives specific guidelines for creating walls, floors, roofs, towers, spires, bridges and other architectural elements, along with inspirational photos of some of the zillion variations possible. Altogether, there are enough cards in one deck to build a small village or one satisfyingly towering castle, big enough to cover a school desk. Written by Doug Stillinger. For ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Building Cards - Build a Pirate Ship with Klutz Klutz introduces their second Building Cards book! It comes with beautifully illustrated laminated leaves that break into separate cards. Each of the 226 cards is cleverly shaped and notched to fit securely with every other card. Follow the book’s guidelines to assemble them into a sturdy ship in full sail. Innovative design makes it easy to construct hulls, railings and sails that curve and billow in convincingly nautical fashion – all from completely flat pieces. Since pirates are known non-conformists, the possible ship variations are limitless. There are literally billions of different combinations in every pack of building cards, so you can make anything from a dinky dinghy to a super sailing vessel. Written by Doug Stillinger. For ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Boondoggle -- A Lanyard and Lacing book by Klutz Boondoggle is the Latin name for that plastic lanyard everyone remembers from summer camp. This book of Klutz-clear directions comes with a generous supply of colorful boondoggle and other craft necessities. Step-by-step illustrations make it easy to create everything from bolo ties to bike streamers. Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 6 and up | |
| ||
| ||
| Ribbon Purses Book from Klutz With Ribbon Purses, girls can make up to 14 bitty bags, with no two exactly alike. Everything they need is here, including colorful floss, plush chenille and satin cording, sparkling beads and, of course, beautiful ribbon –seven different kinds. Super-simple instructions, clearly illustrated every step of the way, ensure that even beginning crafters will be able to sew and embellish their own dinky designer purses. The biggest question will be how many to keep and how many to give to friends. A finished ribbon purse is just small enough to hang from a belt loop, backpack or necklace. It’s just big enough to hold a coin, baby tooth, orphaned earring or other little lucky charm. Written by Theresa Hutnick and Megan Smith. For ages 9 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Room Lanterns book from Klutz Room Lanterns comes with a string of ten tiny lights, ready to plug in and get glowing. To personalize them, the folks at Klutz have bound 7 sets of perforated paper shades right in the book. Follow the step-by-step instructions to punch out the shades and fold them into shape. Easy-to-use snaps and rings to attach the shades make it simple to secure the shades to your light string. Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 12 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Klutz Body Crayon Body Art Book -- with the CRAYONS! These chubby wooden "body crayons" are actually high quality cosmetic pencils: non-toxic, washable for easy clean-up, and capable of producing a cleaner, brighter line of color than any other cosmetic pencils we've seen. They come in red, blue, yellow, green, black, and white, and can be blended to produce a whole range of hues. Most importantly, they are remarkably neat and easy for little hands to manipulate. The book itself is packed with tips, techniques and a ton of inspirational ideas to get wanna-be Picassos started. Finger families, ten little piggies, one-of-a-kind jewelry, young knees in love, a never-on-time wristwatch...there's even a butterfly who'll stay happily perched on your shoulder forever - or at least until bath-time. 42 pages. Full color. Age Level: 4 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| My Very Own Horse Book - New from Klutz! Introducing My Very Own Horse Book, a champion of the breed. Everything anyone would want to know about horses is here, from gaits and grooming, to breeds and body language, to neighs and knickers (there’s a difference)! To apply all this horse sense, look no further than your own model horse, packaged with every book, hand-painted and absolutely collector-quality. And since no horse is complete without its tack, all the materials and instructions you’ll need for making a saddle, blanket and bridle are included. Every page features color photography and beautiful artwork. Written by Cornelia Thompson. For ages 8 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| Harry Potter Hogwartz Castle Building Cards from Klutz Because Hogwarts castle looms so large in the imagination of fans all over the world, Klutz made the new Building Cards set bigger than its predescessors — and packaged it with over 275 cards. Sturdy slot-to-slot construction means there is no need for glue or nails and the cards can be taken apart and reassembled over and over again. The instructions feature assembly hints, step-by-step illustrations and directions so simple even a Muggle could follow them. Also comes with a custom-molded Harry Potter figurine. | |
| ||
| ||
| Shrink Jewlry Art Book from Klutz Draw a design on shrink plastic, cut it out, pop it in the oven and watch it shrink to about a third of its original size. With 30 pages of traceable designs and instructions for creating rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets, Shrink Art Jewelry makes shrink plastic cool for teens, tweens, and anybody else ready to design their own unique jewelry. The book also comes with beads, cord, bracelet links, jewelry findings, shrink plastic, and a Klutz-custom ring roller. And additional special techniques make it easy to go beyond flat plastic for “did-you-really-make-that?!” results. Written by Karen Phillips. For ages 12 and up. | |
| ||
| ||
| The Encyclopedia of Immaturity The seed for this project was planted way back in 1977. That’s when we published Juggling for the Complete Klutz®, our first effort to teach a skill essential to something we thought was a very important part of living right — never growing up. We never did. And now we’ve written the ultimate how-not-to guide. The Encyclopedia of Immaturity contains more than 300 entries: How to Skip a Stone, How to Do a Wheelie, How to Hang a Spoon from Your Nose, How to Really Annoy Your Older Sibling… all painstakingly explicated and illuminated with full-color photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and the occasional footnote. Written by the editors of Klutz. For ages 8 and up. National Parenting Publications Gold Award | |
|
|
********************************************* REACH US BY EMAIL AT purcifuls@yahoo.com OR BY PHONE AT (806) 239 2927 during business hours. IF YOU DON'T GET A LIVE PERSON -- JUST KEEP TRYING! THIS TIME OF YEAR WE TAKE LOTS OF CALLS!! ********************************************************* BE SURE TO CLICK THE GLOBE ICON AND GO TO OUR FRONT PAGE FOR CURRENT SPECIAL OFFERS AND COUPONS!!! ********************************************************* FOR COMPLETE SHIPPING DETAILS (what kinds are offered, how long it takes, how to choose etc....) CLICK THE "SHIPPING INFO" BUTTON on the left side of any page. ********************************************************* To find out about Purciful's Policies -- privacy, shipping, security, returns, placing orders by mail and phone, or just about us -- go to the ABOUT PURCIFUL'S AND POLICIES link -- it's in the column of purple buttons on the left side of every shopping page! |