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Dressing Up!

By Petra Boase
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Dressing Up! by Petra Boase is a delightful children's craft book filled with 50 easy-to-make costume ideas. Ideal for kids aged 7 to 12, it encourages creativity using everyday materials to transform into animals like bumble bees and pandas, enchanting fantasy figures such as fairies and astronauts, or spooky characters including witches and vampires. Each project features clear step-by-step photographs and safety tips, making costume-making accessible and fun, whether for parties, plays, or Halloween.
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This book is perfect for children aged 7 to 12 who enjoy dressing up and crafting. It is also well-suited for parents and educators seeking straightforward costume projects that can be completed safely at home or in the classroom with adult supervision.

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Easy-to-make, effective costumes and fantastic disguises using everyday materials and face paints - animals galore, fun fantasy figures and plenty of spooky Halloween creatures as well, with 400 step-by-step photographs to show you what to do.

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Dressing Up! features easy-to-make, effective costumes and fantastic disguises using everyday materials. It includes a variety of animals: a bumble bee, a cat, a lion and a tiger, a monkey, a mouse, a panda, a rabbit, a spotted dog, and many more.

Delve into fun fantasy figures such as a clown, a fairy, a pirate, a genie, or even a space-age astronaut and robot. You can also take on a new secret identity as a superhero or heroine! Experience plenty of ghouls, ghosts, and monsters too, including a wicked witch, an Egyptian mummy, a mad Martian, a sinister skeleton, and a villainous vampire.

All the projects in Dressing Up! are easy to follow, with step-by-step photographs and safety hints throughout. It offers creative ideas for all children aged 7 to 12, either to make themselves or with adult supervision. Kids love dressing up and creating fantastic disguises, and face painting is always popular too, whether it's for a party, a play, or just for fun.

This ingenious book contains 50 ideas for creating costumes at home, with expert instruction for wonderful face-painting designs that will completely transform the wearer. The projects include cute animals, fabulous fantasy figures, and creepy characters for the most terrifically horrific Halloween ever.

The costumes in Dressing Up! are simple to make and don't necessitate any special materials. Many can be made by adapting old clothes or recycling materials such as boxes, foil, or paper. These and the wonderful make-up techniques are all clearly illustrated in 400 step-by-step photographs to guide you through every stage. Start collecting, gluing, stitching, and painting for hours of dressing-up fun!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781843229148

Publisher: Anness Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 February 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Armadillo Books

Illustration: over 400 photographs

Audience: Children

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Weight: 350g

Pages: 96

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Petra Boase

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