MAKE YOUR OWN GIFTS

Make a gift more personal or just love being creative with the inspiration of over 50 fantastic homemade projects and ideas covering papercrafts, stitched and beaded goodies, sculpted treasures, baked treats, beautifully wrapped bags and more. With templates, the book is loaded with brilliant crafty ideas for birthdays, Valentines Day, Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day and any other day you just want to give a gift. We blast off with a rocket pen pot for which you will need cardboard, a paper plate, stapler, large scissors, pen, cardboard tube with a plastic lid, newspaper, glue, paints, paintbrushes, paper cup, paper fasteners and a bit of string. Make a beautiful and elegant bird cage, polar bear piggy bank, felt bag or badges, a pompom scarf, glass candle jars, flowerpot cakes or gingerbread, or hold a tea party. The little fox felt bag is one of our favourites on page 30, closely followed by and adorable mouse in a tin. For each there is a full page colour photograph, step-by-step instructions, list of what you will need, and recipes, for example for Pretty Pink Coconut Ice and Peanut Butter Chocolate Frog Bites. Designed for ages 8-12 years or indeed crafty adults. 80 pages, 22 x 28cm.