The Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Timeless Fun for a New Generation
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The Handbook of Forgotten Skills is an illustrated step-by-step guide to classic fun and handy skills for a new generation. Craft, cook, build, and play the old-school way, with easy-to-follow steps for hours of unplugged fun. Elaine Batiste and Natalie Crowley invite readers to discover how to: Tie knots Make a bird feeder Write a thank-you note Make a pie Build a campfire Use a compass Wrap a gift with brown paper and string Sew by hand Grow tomatoes Fix a flat bicycle tire Make refrigerator pickles Sew buttons Make lemonade Grow and dry herbs Mend a sock Make natural dyes Skip stones Start quilting Perform coin tricks Make an omelet Fold paper airplanes Explore photography Featuring art by Chris Duriez, each chapter includes clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions as well as information about the history of that skill. For example, did you know that lemonade is credited with helping fight the plague in Paris? Or that paper airplanes became popular during World War II because traditional toys weren’t available? With so many activities to explore, Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Timeless Fun for a New Generation is a perfect gift book that kids will turn to again and again. Review: Loved! - My 8-year old daughter loves this book and has started sewing as a result. She has shared it will all of her friends and family! Great enthusiasm for it! Recommend. Review: So glad to have this book. - Bought this as a Christmas gift for my aunt when I opened it i quickly ordered another one for me the pictures are adorable and the skills it teaches are very useful im so glad to have this book.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 174 Reviews |
K**F
Loved!
My 8-year old daughter loves this book and has started sewing as a result. She has shared it will all of her friends and family! Great enthusiasm for it! Recommend.
A**N
So glad to have this book.
Bought this as a Christmas gift for my aunt when I opened it i quickly ordered another one for me the pictures are adorable and the skills it teaches are very useful im so glad to have this book.
A**R
Contents invaluable
Great read
K**Y
Cute book
Perfect for our 90s summer!
T**I
Great for any child or teen bookshelf!
I love the illustrations within this book as well as the varying types of simple skills for children and teens that it offers to teach. It is a gorgeous book, truthfully. The steps seem easy enough for kids to understand and it is sure to provide hours of entertainment as well as the building of useful skills.
M**A
Fun!
Such a fun and cute book! I remember learning some of these as a kid but forgot them in my adulthood
J**E
Handbook of forgotten skills.
A great read! Just a fun as well as useful book! A great read of helpful hints you have forgotten!
S**L
Keeper!
A great gift!! And a keeper for young children.
R**D
It's Cute
It's based around Kids!
H**E
Interesting
Interesting book that was bought for a younger relative.
E**A
Wonderful
Such a nice book. So many useful skills that people don't learn these days. Beautifully presented. Fast delivery. Love it.
W**E
A great book for LO
Awesome book!
B**I
Book
My teenage daughter loves it
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