Janet Skiles Livres

Convert old CDs into shiny fishes and turtles, make a mobile from yarn and a disposable pie pan, and transform empty egg cartons into caterpillars! Dozens of simple projects offer hours of inventive fun with ordinary household items.Geared toward children ages 3 to 8, these projects feature easy-to-reproduce patterns and detailed, well-illustrated instructions. Each project includes a list of materials, most of which are as common as scissors and glue. Playful activities such as transforming a paper plate into a funny frog and making a butterfly from a cardboard tube help develop creative skills and encourage kids to explore the imaginative possibilities of everyday objects.

Children and their parents will benefit from this excellent resource and its easy-to-color illustrations. Simple captions explain how to feed, groom, and train canine companions. Suitable for ages 4-8.

Classic counting rhymes, accompanied by adorable pictures to color, feature the antics of frisky frogs, perky penguins, and other creatures. Illustrations and text provide educational entertainment for kids ages 3 to 7.

Kids can celebrate their birthdays in a special way with these cute temporary tattoos. Six colorful images include a cheerful chick in a party hat with balloons, joyful bears enjoying birthday cake and playing with noisemakers, a yummy cupcake, and other festive figures. Tattoos are easy to apply and remove.

These whimsical temporary tattoos portray six frisky marine creatures. Smiling animals wearing hats, sunglasses, and other jaunty accessories include images of a whale, walrus, sea horse, octopus, and other deep-sea denizens. The colorful tattoos are as easy to apply as they are to remove and will remain bright for many days.