Cardboard Activity Lab

Name: Cardboard Activity Lab
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241601600
Price: 37.0 NZD
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25 Exciting Recycling Projects for Crafty Kids

By Jemma Westing

Series: DK Activity Lab

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Summary

Cardboard Activity Lab by Jemma Westing is a creative children's book that inspires imagination and hands-on activity. It offers a range of fun and educational projects that children can create using cardboard boxes and supplies found around the house. Each activity is designed to encourage problem-solving and artistic expression, making it an engaging and playful way for kids to learn new skills.
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Format: Hardback

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Description

Get crafty with cardboard and create something amazing!

Discover plenty of creative crafts you can do using cardboard! This book is bursting with ideas for more than 20 fun projects.

This entertaining, inspiring book is brimming with exciting projects to help young artists, architects, and builders create fantastic games and toys. Using household items, construct an entire city complete with skyscrapers and transport systems, or a sci-fi robot costume for you and your friends.

Great photography, succinct step-by-step instructions, and rigorous attention to detail will make young creators excited from the get-go. With a foreword by Jemma Westing, the book gives a clear "How it Works" explanation for each project, revealing the fascinating idea behind it. From paint and glue to cardboard boxes and tubes, every project is made with affordable and easy-to-find materials.

With 25 amazing projects to inspire young creators, Cardboard Activity Lab gets readers to discover the possibilities of transforming everyday materials into incredible objects.

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Cardboard Activity Lab

Get crafty with cardboard and create something amazing! Discover plenty of creative crafts you can do using cardboard! This book is bursting with ideas for more than 20 fun projects. This entertaining, inspiring book is brimming with exciting projects to help young artists, architects, and builders create fantastic games and toys. Using household items, construct an entire city complete with...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241601600

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: DK Children

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 224.0mm

Height: 284.0mm

Weight: 842g

Pages: 144

Collections

Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Jemma Westing Penguin Books Series: DK Activity Lab

About the Author

Jemma Westing is an award-winning book designer and paper engineer based in the UK. She has developed a number of innovative interactive books and modelling kits for children. In 2013, Jemma set up a not-for-profit initiative called BrilliantBuilds, which runs free workshops to encourage children to create amazing things with recycled cardboard.

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