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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.

‘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.