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If you like variety then this is the book for you. This book has more than 150 craft ideas to choose from. This book is broken into 5 sections: Things for Your Room, Things to Wear, Gifts to Make, Special Days, and Old-time Crafts.

Get creative with your room decorations! To help you organize some important items, this book offers ideas for a magazine and book holder, bookends, or a decorated bulletin board.


Make your room look more comfortable with a stuffed t-shirt pillow or a bandana cushion. You can also make a few knick-knacks to show off. Try a decoupage vase or a dream catcher.

There are many creative crafts in this book that you can wear. If you are into jewelry take your pick of many beaded styles or macramé designs. Tie your hair back with a home made scrunchy, or try a fashionable barrette or hair band. It you would rather make fancy clothing try the ideas for tie-dying shirts and other wearable art.

All the people on your gift list would be pleased with the gift ideas in this book. If you know someone who has a lot of fancy dinner parties, try making them a set of paper mache napkin rings. For someone who is a bookworm, make them an assortment of bookmarks. Anyone would surely love to receive a custom-made bath mitt, beeswax candle, or decorated garden basket. There are even creative ideas for wrapping up your gifts.

The last two sections of this book contain a wide variety of ideas.

Amongst the ideas for special days there are ideas for making a variety of cards, including directions for making the paper to print the cards on and envelopes. The old-time crafts section features many classic crafts. Make your own weaving loom, try your hand at corking, or give embroidery a try.

Whatever your crafting pleasure is you should be able to find something fun in this book to try. This book will also give you the opportunity to try a variety of craft ideas you have never tried before. In my opinion, this book would be a great addition to any library or make a fun gift.