Dimensions
150 x 131 x 3mm
A wonderful combination of two things kids love - gardening and craft! This topic-specific handbook shows kids how to make beautiful gifts and crafts both from the garden and for the garden. Small, kid-friendly format with beautiful full-colour illustrations and step-by step instructions.
Homemade and homegrown gifts have special meaning. This book shows kids how to use their gardening skills to create presents for special occasions, or just for their own fun and learning. It includes things to grow and things to make from items collected in the garden, and discusses planning so that grown presents are ready on time for special occasions, eg. Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day and birthdays.
Sections include:
- Decorating pots and plant markers - stencils, decoupage, painting etc
- Potting up cuttings & growing plants from seed
- Beautiful hanging baskets and bulb displays
- Drying herbs - for kitchen, lovely packaged teas, oils and vinegars
- Making mobiles & windchimes - from found garden objects
- Dried flowers - arrangements, for cards and bookmarks
- Edible flowers - decorating cupcakes and crystallising flowers etc
- Making jewellery - hakea, gumnut earrings, necklaces etc
- Pot pourri, lavender bags and cosmetics - hair rinses etc
- Delicious fruit leather - sheets of flat dried fruit.
