DO IT NOW!
COOL ART PROJEC P ROJECTS TS & TAST ASTY Y SNACKS
c r r e e a at e t e
contents • how to use this book
1
take aim with a catapult
22
create silhouette portraits
2
re a pen crossbow
23
draw a cat
3
design a kite
24
sketch a dog
4
y a kite
25
draft a horse
5
fold a paper airplane
26
draw awesome manga
6
whip out a ninja star
27
ip out with a ip book
7
marbleize pretty paper
28
pop out a 3-d card
8
cut festive papel picado
29
sport a comic-book tote
9
paste up a piñata
30
beautify sneakers
10
light paper-bag luminarias
31
punk up high-tops
11
ll a sea globe
32
trick out slip-ons
12
pour a sand candle
33
fashion a no-sew skirt
13
weave a friendship bracelet
34
paint one-of-a-kind nails
14
hook a gum-wrapper chain
35
make a crazy ponytail
15
link a daisy chain
36
ink a fake tattoo
16
tie-dye a stripy shirt
37
annoy with a balloon horn
17
tie-dye a swirly shirt
38
toot a straw horn
18
cover an mp3 player
39
wire cereal-box speakers
19
roll up a duct-tape rose
40
screen-print a t-shirt
20
bead charms
41
make a compact disc-o ball
21
mold clay monsters
k c o o
• tell me more • index • about the authors • credits
42
roll candy sushi
65
grill cheese on a stick
43
pull tasty taffy
66
bake a cake in an orange
44
kick up some ice cream
67
cook campre candy apples
45
make fruity soda pop
68
concoct chocolate anthills
46
build a jiggly city
69
make edible fake barf
47
make a dessert aquarium
48
bake stained-glass cookies
49
adorn a gingerbread house
50
make icing “glue”
51
separate an egg
52
make fortune-cookie dough
53
fold fortune cookies
54
freeze smoothie pops
55
blend a smoothie
56
make chewy fruit leather
57
roll pasta dough
58
fold tortellini
59
enjoy purple pasta
60
dye rainbow celery
61
twist up soft pretzels
62
chill refrigerator pickles
63
sculpt snack art
64
roast veggies in the wild
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a word to parents The activities in this book are designed for children ages ten and older. While we have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book is accurate, reliable, and totally cool, please assess your own child’s suitability for a particular activity before allowing him or her to attempt it, and provide adult supervision as appropriate. We disclaim all liability for any unintended, unforeseen, or improper application of the suggestions featured in this book. We will, however, be happy to accept the credit for increased awesomeness.
tell me more
Flip to the back of the book for extra info about this activity, including trivia, special techniques, history, or the science that makes it all happen.
This project helps you recycle old junk you probably have at your house. Go green!
uses recyclables
Wear old clothes, put down newspapers, and warn the parents. This one will be messy!
messy
15
min
The timer shows the number of hours, minutes, or seconds you should spend doing a step.
The thermometer indicates the temperature to which you should heat or cool an ingredient.
tool kit
This symbol tells the number of times you should repeat a particular action.
Here are some basic items that you probably have at home, so they aren’t listed in the toolbars. Pack a tool kit, and keep it handy!
The calendar’s x’s shows the number of days, weeks, or months that a step requires.
Follow the little asterisk in a step to the larger one on the page for information about alternative methods or materials, or for tips. scissors
tape
glue
utensils
pen, pencil, and marker
water
plain paper
containers
dead pen
rotary tool
fre a pen crossbow
2
Take apart a pen that has run out o ink.
Drill a small hole in the middle o the tube.
Push the hollow tip through the hole.
Cut two notches in each end.
Secure the pen perpendicular to a pencil.
Place a rubber band in the notches.
Tape the clothespin on so it can still open.
Load the ink tube through the hollow tip.
Clip the rubber band into the clothespin. Take aim and fre, but never at people or animals!
11
fll a sea globe
1 Clean a small jar and remove the label.
distilled water
2 Soak beach shells and sand to clean.
6
3 drops mineral oil
distilled water
5
4
3
34
paint one-of-a-kind nails
1 2 1
1 Let dry.
3 2
1
2
Press onto polish. Let dry.
4
Let dry.
Add to wet polish.
2
3
1
2 3
Let dry.
parchment paper
sugar-cookie dough
bake stained-glass cookies
Roll out prepared cookie dough.
Use a our-coated cookie cutter to cut out cookies.
Set on parchment paper and cut holes.
8
Fill a bag with hard candy. Crush with a rolling pin.
350˚F (175˚C)
min
Cut the tip off the plastic bag.
Sprinkle the crushed candies into the holes.
Bake until light brown.
Let the sun shine through!
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48
64
roast veggies in the wild
1
grill cheese on a stick
1
2 Cut the veggies into equal-size pieces.
65
Toss with olive oil, Toss salt, and pepper.
2
Scrape the bark off part of a forked stick.
Butter one side of each bread slice.
5
min
3
3
4 Put the veggies on a square of tinfoil.
Fold into a packet.
4
Put cheese between the unbuttered sides.
Hold over the re.
5
min
10
min
5 Add to coals. Flip after ve minutes.
6
5 Unwrap and enjoy!
6 When it browns, move away and ip.
Grill the other side.
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Illustration credits Front cover
Gabhor Utomo: marbleized paper, piñata, tie-dyed shirt,
5–6, 14, 44–45, 49–50, 64, 66–67 Hank Osuna: 42 fr, 61–62
Raymond Larrett: kite Liberum Donum (Juan Calle,
screen-print Tina Cash Walsh: pasta dough
Vincent Perea: 36 Ross Sublett: 33 bg, 35 bg Bryon
Santiago Calle, Andres Penagos): taffy Bryon Thompson: fortune cookie Gabhor Utomo: tie-dyed shirt Back cover Britt Hanson: sea globe, snack sculpture Gary Henricks: sand candle Vic Kulihin: catapult, straw horn Raymond Larrett: kite, stained-glass cookies Liberum Donum (Juan Calle, Santiago Calle, Andres Penagos): comic-book tote Christine Meighan: cake in an orange, paper airplane Vincent Perea: fake tattoo Otis Thomson: ip book
Interiors Key: bg = background; bd = border; fr = frames; ex = extra art
Thompson: 20–21, 28, 51–56 Otis Thomson: 27 Taylor Tucek: 39 Gabhor Utomo: 7, 9, 13, 16–17, 30–32 bg, 40, 41 bg, 59 bg, 69 Tina Cash Walsh: 18–19, 30–32 fr, 33 fr, 41 fr, 57–58, 65
Henry Boyle: 37 Hayden Foell: 45 ex Britt Hanson: 11, 15, 22, 34, 42 bg, 60, 63 Gary Henricks: 12 Joshua Kemble: 59 fr Vic Kulihin: 1–2, 38 Raymond Larrett: 3–4, 8, 10, 48 Liberum Donum (Juan Calle, Santiago Calle, Andres Penagos): 23–26, 29, 35, 43, 46–47, 68 Christine Meighan:
