Slumber Parties

by Jennifer Traig

Published 1 July 2002
Slumber Parties offers up 15 festive slumber party themes and ideas. From Night on Haunted Hill - featuring horror flicks and creepy, gooey, oozy foodstuffs to Bliss Out Spa Party - a night of self-indulgence including facials, manicures and pedicures and healthy wholesome treats, to Fashion Fantasia - complete with a clothing swap and bluejean trimming, there are parties here for every sort of girl. Each party includes activities, decor, music and movie suggestions, and food recipes.

Fun & Games

by Jennifer Traig

Published 1 May 2001
Fun & Games offers forty ways to entertain yourself and friends with an array of fun-to-do games from a Crafty Scavenger Hunt and Me-nopoly to mad scientist projects such as Shape-Shifting Ooey-Goo and Periscope Peeper. In addition, you'll find plenty of rainy day and kitchen fun. Make gross-out Swamp Cake or try your hand at Hallway Croquet. With spirited, funny text, and totally terrific project ideas, the crafty girl: fun & games wrestles boredom down on the mat and makes it beg for mercy. It's a full-colour extravaganza of fun projects. Cute line drawings throughout provide the diagrammatical boosts where necessary.

Cool Stuff

by Jennifer Traig and Julianne Balmain

Published 1 March 2001
Any yahoo can buy stuff. A crafty girl makes it herself. Chronicle's crafty girl series targets the hip and creative girl who is ready to raid the recycling bin, the corner store, the refrigerator, and the sewing box and the tool box for things she can make and do. With spirited, funny text, and totally terrific project ideas, the crafty girl series wrestles boredom down on the mat and makes it beg for mercy. Each book is a full-colour extravaganza of forty fun projects. Cute line drawings throughout provide the diagrammatical boosts where necessary. cool stuff brims with projects like pompom picture frames and a glamour calculator to no-sew decorative pillows and a fuzzy desk set. A bevy of fabulous ideas for sprucing up the room and making gifts for friends and parents will keep a tween busy come rain or shine.

Accessories

by Jennifer Traig

Published 1 March 2002
Crafty Girl: Accessories is the fourth title in our crafty girl series - hip, colourful little books geared toward girl "tweens," that booming generation of 8- to 14-year-olds. Here are forty ways to accessorize with an array of fun-to-make projects - bags, hats, clothing, shoes, hair-wear, and more - all of it kooky, cute, and completely wearable.

Makeup

by Jennifer Traig

Published 1 March 2003
Makeup, the 6th installment in our Crafty Girl series, offers up every thing a crafty girl needs to know about creating ravishing looks. The Beauty Basics section outlines how to apply makeup and maintain healthy, glowing skin. The Faces section demonstrates how to create 24 stunning looks. The Make Your Own Makeup section features simple recipes for whipping up lip-glosses, sparkly eye shadows, gel blushes, and more. From Goth Girl to Sunny Bunny and from Geisha Girl to Wild Child, there's a look in here for every crafty girl whether she's a clean teen or glamourpuss.