Crafts & Hobbies

Quilting is a popular handicraft today, but it has always been part of America’s rich and vibrant history. Featuring easy stitches and simple-to-follow patterns, this book in the Kids Can Do It series offers lots of fun and creative ways for kids to celebrate their American spirit!

Beading is packed with ideas for threading, hanging and weaving beads into more than 40 pieces of jewelry. With this book in the Kids Can Do It series, kids can also turn a shoebox into a beading loom and use it to weave a bracelet they design themselves! Step-by-step instructions make it easy for kids to make great-looking bracelets, earrings, nec …

A non-fiction book for children

With this book in the Kids Can Do It series, kids can turn old gloves, odd socks and scrap fabric into adorable stuffed animals! Just start by tracing one of the simple-to-follow patterns included in the book. Then hand-sew the fabric and fill the toy with beans or stuffing — it’s that easy! Following step-by-step illustrated instructions, kids …

The nine projects in this book in the Kids Can Do It series are composed of recycled or common household materials -- such as flowerpots, juice cans, Frisbees and ketchup bottles. These birdfeeders can be made in an afternoon and are sturdy enough to last for years. On balconies or in backyards, neighborhood birds are in for a treat! Kids can make …

Sun-loving robins like open-air houses. Homebody house sparrows prefer a roof over their heads. Friendly purple martins love to live together in sky castles. Just like people, birds need a space to call their own. The nine birdhouses featured in this book in the Kids Can Do It series require only basic woodworking skills and easy-to-find or recycle …