Learn how to turn into an alien, paint on your soccer jersey and become a birthday present with this fun book! Here are 25 ways to transform yourself, including a spooky skeleton, an intergalactic robot or a carnival princess. With simple ideas as well as more intricate designs there is enough here to keep 8 to 12 year olds occupied for hours. Includes an introductory section which lists materials, equipment and basic techniques.

Magic Modelling

by Thomasina Smith

Published 26 September 2003

Masks are a fun way to transform yourself. This volume demonstrates how to turn yourself into a Spanish giant or a skeleton that glows in the dark, and shows how to make a Japanese theatre mask. Masks can be made with all sorts of materials from papier-mache to a kitchen sieve and they can be used in all sorts of ways from dressing up to going to a costume party or for a school theatre production. There are simple ideas as well as more intricate designs. The introductory section lists materials, equipment and basic techniques.

This title offers 25 finger puppets to make on your own or with friends, including a peacock, a mermaid, a waltzing couple and a goofy horse. Create all these from easy-to-find items around the house. Have fun creating your own plays with your new-found friends. This title is part of a series of practical project books for children, that bridges the gap between early play, playcrafts and the fully formed hobbies and craft activities of later years. The books are fun, lively, colourful, and with step-by-step photography showing children actually making and doing, they cover a variety of popular subjects. The series is suitable for 5-7 year olds with simple projects to start off with, and more sophisticated projects for older kids.