The Best of Making Things: A Handbook of Creative Discovery - Softcover

Ann Sayre Wiseman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967984610 ISBN 13: 9780967984612

Publisher: Hand Print Press, 2006

Synopsis

Why go to the mall when you can make things at home using materials recycled from around the house? This classic educational and creative text features 125 projects, carefully selected by the author to "develop natural curiosity and self-esteem," and to demonstrate "simple and important concepts that have shaped the cultures of the world." So when a child asks, "What can I do?" you can reply, "Make things! Paper from laundry lint! A bird feeder from clothes hangers! Chocolate pudding finger paintings! Beautiful fish & potato prints! A cardboard box loom that teaches weaving and math! A simple pattern to sew shirts, pants, or dresses!" The author's detailed and delightful drawings fill every page "so that children just starting out and grownups who have missed out can quickly grasp the ideas."

About this title

About the Author

Ann Sayre Wiseman developed this book while Program Director of the Boston Children's Museum Visitor's Center. A therapist, teacher, mother, and grandmother, Ms. Wiseman has written more than a dozen books. She is also an artist with work in the Rockefeller and Hirschorn collections, among others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hand Print Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967984610
• ISBN 13: 9780967984612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168