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DIY Kids' Dress Up

36 Simple Sewn Accessories for Creative Play
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DIY Kids' Dress Up by Jessica Near is an engaging guide designed to spark creativity in children through imaginative dress-up projects. The book offers step-by-step instructions for creating costumes using readily available materials, helping to cultivate children's artistic skills and enrich their playtime with unique, handcrafted outfits. Ideal for parents and educators, it encourages collaborative crafting and creativity.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this delightful guide to crafting if you're passionate about sparking creativity and imagination in children. This book offers exciting projects for making unique costumes, blending artistic flair with practical skills, perfect for enhancing children's playtime and artistic expression.

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Help your little ones to enjoy hours of imaginary play with this wonderful collection of sewing patterns for DIY kids' dress up accessories. Author Jessica Near has designed a range of masks, paws and tails for days of dressing up fun.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Help your little ones to enjoy hours of imaginary play with this wonderful collection of sewing patterns for DIY kids' dress-up accessories. Author Jessica Near has designed a range of masks, paws, and tails for days of dressing-up fun. Your little ones can choose from magical creatures to wild animals, birds of paradise, and superheroesโ€”whatever takes their mood.

Jessica explains how to make the basic shapes for each of the accessories and how to vary them depending on the character and creature. There are step-by-step illustrations for all the projects and the general sewing techniques. Although the designs are distinctive, the instructions are easy enough for absolute beginners. They are all made from felt, which makes them quick and easy to sewโ€”no need to worry about tricky hems or seams splitting.

DIY Kids' Dress Up by Jessica Near enables sewists to recreate her fantastic designs from her successful business. Jessica's business, Opposite of Far, was also one of the top 10 winners of USA Today's 10 Best 2016 in the category 'Makers in the USA: Best Children & Families'.

Selling Points:

  • Encourages Imaginative Play: Features a unique collection of dress-up accessories to encourage children's imaginative play.
  • Easy-to-Do: Features exciting designs that are super easy to sewโ€”they are all made from felt, so no need to worry about hems and seams splitting.
  • Gift or Party Market Appeal: Great gift package for sewers and crafters with kids and will appeal to the kids' party market.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781446306772

Publisher: David & Charles

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 May 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: David & Charles

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 288.0mm

Weight: 1170g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Jessica Near has a successful business selling ready made kids' accessories for dressing up fun - this book enables readers to recreate her fantastic designs. Jessica's business Opposite of Far was also one of the top 10 winners of USA Today's 10 Best 2016 in the category 'Makers in the USA: Best Children & Families'.

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