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Making Costumes for Kids (Paperback)

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Ultimate Guide to Kids’ Play Structures & Tree Houses (Paperback)

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Review“A richly illustrated, comprehensive guide to creating a wide variety of outdoor play structure…” PAPER CLIPSAugust 2008

Product DescriptionUltimate Guide to Kids’ Play Structures and Tree Houses is a complete guide to building a wide range of outdoor play structures, including a central tower to which a swing set and monkey bar can be attached in various configurations or built as stand-alones. In addition, there are various sandboxes, a playhouse, a teeter-totter, a ground-hugging balance beam, a kids’-size picnic table, and a tree house that any kid would love to have. Beginning with chapters on planning, tools, materials, and construction and finishing, the book then presents the projects themselves in lucid presentations that have become Creative Homeowner hallmarks. All projects were designed to conform with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines. For any parent considering play yard equipment, this book is an essential guide.

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Mitre 10 DIY for Kids: Book One (Paperback)

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Product Description
Some are simple enough to for a child to assemble unaided, while others are slightly more complex, and designed for a child to make with a guiding adult – who will also learn a thing or two as they go! All projects are clearly illustrated with colourful diagrams and photographs of the completed projects. The fun projects are structurally sound, safe to make and use and have all been trialed and tested on children, and are designed to encourage kids to take on exciting projects for themselves – with a bit of help from an adult.

About the Author
Les Kenny is an Auckland-based master builder with many years of experience in the trade, and an abundance of ideas about making DIY accessible to everyone. With his daughter Roseanne, a web designer, they have established Buildezy.co, a popular DIY site offering simple plans and advice for a vast number of DIY construction projects. Their original projects for children are featured in this, the first of thi (more…)

The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way (Paperback)

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Review
“The DIY Wedding blasts a breath of fresh air into the commercial, cheesy world of wedding planning. I would have saved many months of headache and money if I had it when I was engaged!” Natalie Zee Drieu

Product Description
Goodbye, caterers. So long, wedding coordinators. Here is the bride’s guide to thinking outside that robin’s egg blue wedding-industry box. In this, the only comprehensive do-it-yourself wedding book, you ll find everything you need to pull off a personalized celebration. No cookie-cutter weddings here! With how-to info on flowers, invites, food, the ceremony, and more, The DIY Wedding makes it easy to spend less and create an event that is entirely original. Inspiring ideas, countless resources, budgeting tips, contract templates, plus start-to-finish projects ease the planning pressure.

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Mitre 10 DIY for Kids: Book Two (Paperback)

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Product Description
Buildeazy.com is a hugely popular DIY website offering easy instructions, plans and advice for all sorts of building projects, designed by experienced builder, Les Kenny, and his daughter Roseanne. In this book, the second of a two-book series, the Kennys introduce basic tools, building techniques and safety tips for children aged 9-12, as well as providing simple to follow plans and step-by-step instructions for five construction projects: a kid’s fort, a sturdy billycart, an easel, a hobbit hut, a glide ride. Some are simple enough to for a child to assemble unaided, while others are slightly more complex, and designed for a child to make with a guiding adult – who will also learn a thing or two as they go! All projects are clearly illustrated with colourful diagrams and photographs of the completed projects. The fun projects are structurally sound, safe to make and use and have all been trialled and tested on children, and are designed to encourag (more…)