Learn scissor skills through creativity and crafting for kids ages 3 to 5

Learning to use scissors has a range of benefits for young kids, from developing motor skills to helping them create crafts from their imaginations! Walk preschoolers through the skills of cutting and snipping with this creative choice in activity books for kids ages 3-5. Kids will strengthen their hand muscles while practicing hand-eye coordination and building fine motor control.

• Skill building-The challenges increase as preschoolers learn, starting by cutting short, straight lines before progressing to swirls, simple shapes, and finally more intricate, complex shapes.
• A variety of activities-Keep children engaged with exercises that include coloring, cutting, and pasting to complete pictures, create masks, solve puzzles, and more.
• Key preschool concepts-This standout in activity books for kids ages 3-5 teaches essential early-learning concepts such as animals, colors, and shapes.

Make learning fun with plenty of pictures to cut, paste, and color in this scissor skills preschool workbook for kids.

As Nikki Maxwell knows, keeping a journal is a great way to get to know the most important person in your life: YOU This special Dork Diaries guided journal features questions for every day of the year.

If you could swap places with anyone for a day, who would it be and why? What song could you listen to 100 times? What TV show are you totally obsessed with right now and why? What's the fiercest outfit in your closet?

Put your personal spin on these questions and many more--and since this is an authentic Dork Diary, Nikki chimes in with her answers and artwork as well

Welcome to Mousetown! In this inventive craft book, kids follow Mouse through his day in Mousetown, from getting ready to traveling to work, closing shop, grocery shopping, party prep, and throwing a surprise party for his friend Ginger. There are over 30 activities throughout the book that use recycled materials to recreate the story's scenes so kids can follow along or make new stories set in Mousetown with Mouse and friends.

Mousetown includes:

• Photographic illustrations of Mouse's bakery, house, grocery store, and other town elements, with many crafted and recycled elements
• Instructions for recreating all of the elements of Mousetown
• Photographic glossary of tools and materials

Craft around the world this Christmas and find out how children from different cultures celebrate the festive season.

Christmas is celebrated in so many different ways around the world. This sparkling, illustrated treasury of 24 festive activities and recipes inspired by different countries keeps kids busy in the count down to Christmas, by encouraging them to create their own treats, decorations, and more!

Children and adults alike will delight in the wide range of activities to choose from. Whether it's baking or making, there's something for everyone:

• Paper woven hearts originating from Denmark
• Mini lanterns from the Philippines
• Paper pine trees from Japan
• Gingerbread reindeer cookies from the US
• Maracas to shake from Trinidad and Tobago

Each craft features a little description about the tradition or celebration it's inspired by, how it may have started, and the country it originated from. With simple step-by-step illustrated instructions, each activity is easy to follow for children and adults to do alone or together. It also includes stunning double-page illustrations that capture the widespread joy and magic of Christmas. Learn how Christmas is celebrated across the world and get excited for this time of the year!

Crafts/recipes from Denmark, Australia, Syria, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Peru, Philippines, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Finland, South Korea, Ukraine, United States, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Japan, Italy, France and Ethiopia.

All the models in this book are easy to fold using ordinary paper. The colorful paper characters and objects are adorable, and offer kids a chance to have fun away from screens while honing their fine motor skills. The versatile models look great displayed on a desk or bookshelf, but can also be used for interactive play.

Kids will learn to fold the following colorful paper characters and objects:

• Cute Animals, like a stripe-tailed Squirrel, a Cat with Kitten (both wearing Bow Ties!) and a Lion with a mane
• Adorable insects, including a Ladybug, a Dragonfly and a Honeybee
• Tempting Snacks & Sweets, such as a Cupcake and Lollipops
• Planes, Trucks, Cars and a speedy Bullet Train
• Friendly Flowers including Tulips and Carnations

Inspired by the beloved Little House series, these beautiful paper dolls will transport you back to pioneer life. From baking with Ma to dancing to Pa's fiddle music, now you too can be a part of Laura and Mary's fun in the Big Woods. A thoughtful gift for crafters and Little House fans.

This playtime package includes: six full-color paper dolls made of sturdy card stock; several easy-to-detach and authentic outfits for each character, including Jack the bulldog; two full-color pull-out scenes (a cozy room inside the little house and the outside garden); a special pouch in which to store your playtime supplies; and the complete text of Winter Days in the Big Woods interspersed throughout the book.

Paper dolls include Laura, Mary, baby Carrie, Ma, Pa, and the Ingalls' trusty bulldog, Jack.

Elaine Batiste and Natalie Crowley invite readers to turn the clock back to a simpler time and unlock hours of fun as they discover how to:

• Tie knots
• Make a bird feeder
• Write a thank-you note
• Make a pie
• Build a campfire
• Use a compass
• Wrap a gift with brown paper and string
• Sew by hand
• Grow tomatoes
• Fix a flat bicycle tire
• Make refrigerator pickles
• Sew buttons
• Make lemonade
• Grow and dry herbs
• Mend a sock
• Make natural dyes
• Skip stones
• Start quilting
• Perform coin tricks
• Make an omelet
• Fold paper airplanes
• Explore photography

With so many activities to explore, Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Timeless Fun for a New Generation is a perfect gift book that kids will turn to again and again.

From dandelions to lavender, chamomile, turmeric, and lemon balm, herbs include a wonderfully diverse range of plants for crafting, cooking, and gardening. Kids will love exploring the world of herbs with this lively and colorful collection of 50 nature-based activities created by Molly Meehan Brown and the global community of herbalists who contribute to the Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center.

Filled with photos and the whimsical art of Madison Safer, this eclectic and colorful compilation volume features easy-to-follow projects that engage all five senses.

Includes activities for different ages and interests such as:

• How to make a pressed flower and herb collage
• Tie-dye fabric with turmeric
• Make elderberry syrup
• Plant a pollinator garden
• Make wild berry crumble
• Craft an herbal wreath or a flower bracelet
• Write a nature haiku
• Make lemon balm lip balm, and more!

Built for indoor, outdoor and everywhere fun, this kids activity book is filled with 372 pages of things to do, write, craft, imagine, draw and even taste -- all expertly curated by Highlights editors.

The Highlights Book of Things to Do will sharpen kids' problem-solving skills, foster imagination and unlock new interests while providing screen-free play for summer breaks, rainy days and more. With sturdy hardcover binding and a ribbon bookmark, this deluxe activity book is a perfect gift to help kids ages 7 and up stay curious and explore.

This highly visual, hands-on activity book is made to inspire curiosity in science, nature, art and more subjects. Organized by interest and covering all aspects of childhood, chapters and activities include:

• Things to Do in the Kitchen: Plant What You Eat, Birthday Treats for Pets, Make Rock Candy
• Things to do with Your Brain: Brain Teasers, Magic Tricks, Tongue Twisters
• Things to Build: A Box Kite, A Confetti Cannon, A Chain Reaction Machine
• Science Experiments to Do: Construct a Water Clock, Make a Lava Lamp, Make a Lemon Battery

Learning to safely use a pair of scissors is an important part of preparing for school. Let's Cut Paper is for children who have never used scissors before. Children will learn how to hold and control a pair of scissors and will advance from simple one-stroke cuts all the way to cutting complicated curved and zig-zagged lines and shapes. Ages 2 and up.

There's a colorfully illustrated, brand-new surprise on every page!

The newest book in Flow Magazine's creativity series for kids, The Kids' Book of Craft Love is filled to the brim with engaging activities that invite the reader (ages 7 & up) to tear out pages, cut and paste, assemble, sticker, build, and turn the two-dimensional sheets into three-dimensional wonders. Cut and fold a paper pencil pouch to hold all your art utensils. Fold a DIY adventure log notebook to take on your next adventure. Loop together a paper daisy chain to decorate your room. Construct two crocodile clothespin puppets, then have them challenge each other to a lip-sync battle! Make gift boxes, a paper flower bouquet, a woodland scene for your desk, a basket, paper lanterns, a crown, an origami friendship bracelet, and so much more.

Brimming from cover to cover with projects and other paper surprises, The Kids' Book of Paper Love, from the bestselling editors of Flow magazine and books, is a bounty of a book that begs to be folded, cut up, collaged, doodled on, and shared.

Loop paper strips into a paper chain. Snip out bookmarks. Fold a paper house. Make photo booth props--a silly mustache, a crown--to pose with friends. Bind up a DIY storybook and use it to sketch out adventures and dreams. Construct a paper flower bouquet, a paper terrarium, a fortune-teller with prompts like Lend someone a book and tell them why you recommend it.

Plus there are Flow's signature paper goodies, including a foldout paper banner, postcards, glitter stickers, a paper doll, a two-sided poster, and so much more. It's a pure hands-on treat.

Every page is an activity Includes:

• Decorative cutouts
• Cards for friends
• A DIY storybook
• Stamp stickers
• Photo booth props
• ...and more

Calling all pilots Fly them indoors. Fly them outdoors. Perform loops, dives, and other stunts, or challenge your friends to a race. And get to know your drag and lift.

KIDS' PAPER AIRPLANE BOOK has everything you need to fold and fly a squadron of bold, bright, custom-designed paper aircraft. 76 full-color paper airplanes, perforated for easy tear out. And clear folding instructions. PLUS: Games, activities, the pilot's alphabet, a full-color, pull-out poster of an airport, field guide to common aircraft, flight log, pilot's license, and more

Get crafty with super fun sewing projects for kids ages 6 to 9!

From an adorable Needle House to an awesome Pizza Pencil Case, there are so many things that can be sewn with just a needle and thread. Packed with beginner techniques for both hand sewing and machine sewing, Sewing for Kids takes you stitch-by-stitch from threading a needle to making your own Fingerless Gloves.

Get started with the ins and outs of hand sewing, like how to tie a knot or sew a whipstitch, and before you know it, you'll be sewing on a sewing machine! Wow your friends with your own hand-sewn Fruit Purse--then, take your sewing up a notch with machine projects like a Winter Beanie and Shark Tail Blanket.

Sewing for beginners--Start stitching with easy-to-understand techniques, safety rules, basic stitches to build on, and tips for filling your sewing kit.

Something for everyone--These fun and funky hand-sewing and machine-sewing projects increase in difficulty so you can get comfortable sewing and then practice your skills.

So much to choose from--Have a blast sewing handmade goods, like a Sloth Backpack Charm, a Tic-Tac-Toe Pillow, and a Beanbag Chair--and customize your crafts with tips to make them your own.

With this sewing book for kids, you'll have tons of fun and learn an impressive skill you'll use for the rest of your life.

Get creative with cool paper crafts for kids ages 4-8!

From an Origami Cat to a Whirling Windmill to Clothespin Pirate Puppets--there are tons of cool crafts that start with just scissors and a piece of paper. Bursting with a variety of colorful, ready-to-cut templates paired with easy-to-follow instructions, these paper crafts for kids ages 4-8 let you cut, fold, color, and get crafty anytime.

Have a blast piecing together a Unicorn Jigsaw Puzzle, creating a magical Balancing Butterfly, or crafting a cool Owl Hat--all with just scissors, glue, and the paper provided. Some of the crafts for kids ages 4-8 like a Paper Roll Hedgehog or Envelope Scarecrows only need a few household materials you likely have on hand, limiting trips to the craft store. Happy crafting!

Go beyond other craft books for kids ages 4-8:

Cut it out--Get ready to practice scissor skills with 25 awesome ready-to-cut templates.

Follow the leader--Stay on track from the first snip to the final fold with super simple instructions anyone can follow.

Crafts in color--Cool, colorful illustrations appeal to kids and parents alike.

Paper has never been so fun!

An all-new collection from BESTSELLING author ANGELA PRESSLEY, expert sewing teacher and star of SEWING STREET TV.

Packed full of colorful and unique ideas, this STEP-BY-STEP guide will inspire children to machine-sew their own amazing toys, accessories, decorations, and gifts.

Angela Pressley has designed 30 projects she knows kids will love to make, from cuddly mama and baby stringray toys to a cute sausage dog complete with a mini bandana. Customize bedrooms with a colorful striped pillow and wall storage pockets and make unique, on-trend accessories including a bubble tea pencil case and a matching slouchy beanie and mittens.

Also included are easy-to-use templates, a guide to the basic sewing kit needed and a handy techniques section with clear step-by-step illustrations. Each of the projects has a skill rating, so children can start with the simplest designs and move on to more challenging projects as they build their skills and confidence.

The Gooney Birds of Southport by Hope Taylor Spencer

This rhyming picture book is author Hope Taylor Spencer's second children's book. Again she's achieving her lifelong dream of publishing such a book. The stanzas tell the story of a mysterious artist in the quaint town of Southport, North Carolina, who paints colorful, fanciful, one-of-a-kind Gooney Birds on donated or recovered wooden boards. She, friends, and others in the know deliver the Gooney Birds at night all over in Southport, Oak Island, and beyond. No one knows the name of the person who's creating the birds. Each Gooney Bird is unique with bright feathers and a quirky smile. The birds appear everywhere: at the lighthouse, in shop windows, by trees, on benches, in yards, and all around. Tourists and town folks alike search all over town for Gooney Birds to take home. The artist's message is clear: 'Spread kindness, ' she writes. 'Never fail to share cheer.' The author closes the story with suggestions for ways others can share kindness where they live today. Readers will nod knowingly and maybe even become inspired by these suggestions as they read the book. They'll want to read this tale time and again to enjoy the rhymes, the colorful artwork, and the messages of kindness, cheer, and love.