Make fun animals and objects from nature's finest materials! Collect twigs, pine cones, feathers, leaves, shells and pebbles from your garden, park or holiday and create animals and objects with them. Stunning projects include a bird nest bowl made with feathers and leaves, a nut mask and feather mask, seed pod flowers and pine cone owls, a feathery bird bookmark, fir cone fish mobile, painted snail shells and twigs, and a twinkling night light jar. The perfect opportunity to learn about the nature around you whilst being creative, this unique book features over 40 crafty makes and a well-balanced mix of techniques, materials and colours that are great for parents and children to do together.

 

This book is part of a book series called Crafty Makes .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-11 years.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by QED Publishing .

Fiona Hayes has illustrated, designed and written children's books for nearly 20 years, and has worked with children and adults on a wide range of craft projects. She has always loved making things, from baking to all sorts of crafts. From her point of view, things you make are always better than anything you can buy, and best of all, creating wonderful stuff makes you and everyone else smile!

This book has the following chapters: 01 Title page
2-3 Imprint & contents
04-05 Feather mask
06 Snails
07 Poppy flowers
8 Bird's nest
9 Fish
10-11 Owls
12-13 Bunnies
14 Tortoise
15 Stars
16-17 Dragonflies
18-19 Squirrel
20-21 Butterflies
22 Hanging trees
23 Snowflake
24-25 Spider and web
26 Nut shell mice
27 Penguin
28-29 Sunburst picture frame
30-31 Reindeer
32 Snake
33 Bats
34-35 Frog
36-37 Peacock
38-39 Lizard
40-41 Caterpillars
42 Hedgehog
43 Rainbow bugs
44-45 Stick people puppets
46-47 Koala
48-49 Crocodile
50-51 Lion mask
52-53 Dinosaur
54 Fairies
55 Parrot
56-57 Sheep
58 Mushrooms
59 Snowman
60-61 Birds
62 Cactus
63 Chicken and chicks
64 -80 Extra jotting pages (TBC)