Toys: making & decorating

Pirates & Pompoms

How to Make Children's Toys and Costumes

by Stella Bee and Jemma Bell

Description

Pirates & Pompoms is packed with playtime ideas for creative parents and carers. Follow a few simple steps to create handmade costumes, toys and props and you’ll keep children entertained with make-believe worlds all day long. Only basic cutting, sticking and sewing skills are required. Focusing on these three popular themes (pirates, circus, and woodland animals), projects include: eye patches and a telescope, stuffed animal friends, leaf bunting, circus ringmaster’s hat and a big-top canopy den. Each project includes a simple template and illustrated step-by-step instructions. Perfect for crafty adults looking for holiday activities that will keep little ones happy and busy.

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Rights Information

All rights available excluding Chinese complex, Chinese simplified, Korean

Author Biography

Stella Bee has been designing children's toys for over a decade. Her design company has worked for clients such as Jellycat, Mothercare and Harrods. Jemma Bell is a graphic and textile designer, with experience in children's illustration, branding and graphic campaigns. She also runs a homewares and textiles business with her sister, which is called Sage+Clare.

Laurence King Publishing Ltd

Laurence King Publishing Ltd

Who we are Established in London in 1991, Laurence King Publishing is now recognised as one of the world's leading publishers of books on the creative arts. Our books are acclaimed for their inventiveness, beautiful design and authoritative texts, as well as the care taken over their production.With approximately 40 staff members, we are based in Islington in London. What we do We publish books for students, professionals and the general consumer on advertising, architecture, art, fashion & textiles, film & animation, graphic design, interior design, photography and product design. We also have a growing internally acclaimed illustrated list for children. In 2011 we launched our first gift products. Reflecting the design and production skills we’ve learnt over the last 20 years, they come from the relationships we’ve developed with some of the world’s best illustrators and designers.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Laurence King Publishing
  • Publication Date February 2016
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781780677439
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 14.95 GBP
  • Pages144
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions245x210 mm
  • Illustration50 colour; 200 black & white

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