Category: All books

A book of 50 projects for children related to celebrations and the seaasons, by Marie Koenig dating from 1898.

Rhymes, songs, games and projects for the young girl during the shifts between Georgian and Victorian society.

A book from 1831 by Eliza Leslie. The projects that interest me include pincushions, reticules (bags), spill making and hexagon patchwork.

Encourage your kids to express their creativity as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, and think with found and recyclable “stuff.” Book by Cathy Weisman Topal, 1999.

A book by Pauline Johnson (1958) step by step instructions, illustrated in black and white.

Almost 500 lessons and bonus ideas by Dorothy Constas (1977).

A book from 1976. 194 projects from tin cans, barrels and crates, old furniture, spools and spindles, old clothes and rags, junked metal, decorative paper, cardboard, glass, China, clay, plastic materials, plus “equipment and utensil conversions.”

A children’s craft book – projects from the 1970’s made from discarded materials from around the house.

A set of 24 books from America (19 in the UK series) from the 1970’s by Allen Davenport Bragdon (Editor) – most of which are available at the Open Library.

A calendar of celebrations. This book is a festival store cupboard: a treasure trove of tomorrow’s much loved childhood memories, all mingled together with a mix of coloured thread, delicious cooking smells, softly sparkling candle light and the snatch of a favourite song. Ann Druitt, Christine Fynes-Clinton, Marije Rowling, first published 1995.

First published more than thirty years ago, The Children’s Year has helped generations of families rediscover the pleasures of creating rather than merely consuming.

‘The World of Origami’ by Isao Honda published in English in the USA in 1965. It is the largest of Isao Honda’s books.

Described as a ‘pioneer-folder’ Margaret Campbell’s book of 1937 was highly influential.

This classic educational and creative text features 125 projects, carefully selected by the author to “develop natural curiosity and self-esteem,” and to demonstrate “simple and important concepts that have shaped the cultures of the world.” by Anne Sayre-Wiseman (2005) (Best of ‘Making Things’ Volume 1 & 2 published in the 70’s)