Practical Craft Manual -- Practical Encyclopedia Series (Bestselling Japanese illustrated book, suitable for children aged 9-99!)

Author: Kunito Katsuhiro
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Lighting up your own handmade wax paper treasure box on Christmas Eve must be very romantic! All the tools you need are just: scissors, candles, chopsticks, matches, empty cans, kite string, and of course, your dexterity, childlike spirit, and a sense of life's joy! This book introduces the use of various tools as the starting point, with eight chapters covering the use of eight tools and 170 methods and play ideas for handmade toys, accompanied by over 6,000 illustrations. The book presents more than 300 handmade projects, including making pinball toys from empty soda cans, building rideable boats from milk cartons, creating mini albums, kites, and mini golf courses, among others. The types of toys are diverse, ranging from simple toys as small as sesame seeds to complex ones like computer games. Regardless of their simplicity, to make them entertaining, certain techniques must be applied. If you can make fun toys yourself, isn’t that something truly impressive? This book is a tailor-made guide for those who want to make toys by hand. Those who feel they aren’t skilled in crafts can start with simple toys. For more challenging yet highly interesting toys, please wait until you’re a bit more proficient before attempting them. In the process of making each toy, you’ll discover that not only is playing with toys a delightful experience, but the process of making them is also very enjoyable. Using orange juice cans to make cars, fish cake boards to make mazes, plastic bags to make kites, and thick cardboard boxes to make houses—all of these will surely excite you. Because you can make handmade toys according to your own preferences, it adds an extra layer of fun. Additionally, you can also try improving the game methods yourself. This book introduces the methods for making 170 toys, including both traditional handmade toys and newly created ones. Please read the instructions carefully before leisurely and happily crafting the toys. Once you become proficient in using various tools, please be sure to invent a unique handmade toy of your own. If this book not only serves as your guide to making toys but also brings you joy, that will be a great comfort and happiness.