Bit by Bit: Projects for Your Odds and Ends

by Mari Bolte

Overview

This is more than a book of craft projects—this is a book of inspiration! Instructions for finished projects print hand-in-hand with open-ended ideas that kids can use to make each craft fully customizable. With a focus on using up odds-and-ends, project uses easy-to-find supplies, and will be a great at-home tool or a staple for the librarian's maker space.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515773757
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	Project Passion
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	IG880L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mari Bolte is the author and editor of hundreds of children’s books. Every book is her favorite book as long as the readers learned something and enjoyed themselves!

Table of Contents

Lovely labels — Leftover letters — Crafty captures — Captured pendants — Well-rounded crafter — Air-dried display — One-of-a-kind creation — Statement stamps — Felt friends — Ribbon and lace — Ribbon Frame — A puzzling reflection — Old crayons — Re-tiled — An eyeful — Rustic remnants — Read more — Internet sites — Maker space tips.

Interviews

step-by-step instructions, tip boxes, variations on projects, open-ended projects, full-color hero shots

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2017
Gr 4–8—It's refreshing to see a craft series that acknowledges two of the less popular realities of crafting—flimsy or unattractive finished projects and the ever-expanding proliferation of leftover materials. The 16 to 19 projects in each of these books function more as jumping-off points than formulas to be followed word-for-word. Crafters can cover plastic eggs with glitter as the instructions suggest or use beads and sequins—whatever little sparkly things they have lots of. However, sometimes this lack of specificity could lead to heartbreak, as when a twisted and rolled chenille stem craft begins to unravel because the directions merely called for "glue" instead of specifying a type of glue. But by and large, readers will find easy, medium, and challenging new uses for ribbon ends, leftover clay, extra casting resin, old crayons, and the like. And as promised, the results will be objects to keep. VERDICT Tweens can make a bracelet or decorate a picture frame while reusing and recycling. Consider for large collections.

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