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A journal that's beyond words. For beginning journal-keepers, especially tweens, it can be tough to put feelings into words. But putting feelings into doodles - that's a whole different story. Introducing Doodle Journal, a book that makes self-expression as simple as letting your pen do its thing. T...

Boom! Splat! Kablooey! comes with all the special equipment you need to make ordinary ingredients from your kitchen go boom in impressive — yet non-destructive — style. A Geyser Tube™ and a depth charge make table salt and a bottle of soda into a backyard geyser. A bevy of balloons...

Master the real science behind electricity and have a blast doing it. Includes a genuine Klutz alkaline battery, a buzzer, a propeller, a light bulb, a motor, and other useful doodads - everything you need for all eight projects. Toss in a little history and you've got an activity book so good...

This is a collection of five easy to make, easy to fly, really cool-looking, foam gliders. It contains press-out foam glider pieces with simple instructions on how to put them together. A special feature is the zoomers, a nose cap that gives the gliders a smooth flight and takes the brunt of the ine...

Lettering in Crazy Cool Quirky Style is a tool kit for any kid who has ever wanted to make chunky block letters, blobby balloon letters, swirly, curly letters... whatever. A bound-on pouch holds the tools, like fine-tipped markers, a mechanical pencil and a white eraser (on the outside chance any mi...

Future party planners, pen pals and all purpose keep-intouchers will love Little Letters, the most adorable kids’ stationery set ever. It’s everything kids need to make, write and deliver their very own cards, notes and invitations. The book itself is a charming introduction to letter-wr...

No one is more important to a girl than her friends. Sure, teachers may be respected, parents can be useful on occasion and siblings are generally unavoidable, but friends are the relationship of choice - as much a part of a girl's identity as her reflection in the mirror. It's a phenomenon that des...

A stylish little book of instructions for making seven types of bead rings, with a generous supply of wire and a rainbow of Czech seed beads included. These supplies come packaged in a daisy-shaped caddy with a rotating lid that provides easy access while simultaneously preventing any calamitous bea...

Every girl wishes she had a perfect life, with perfect clothes, perfect friends, perfect parents and perfect hair. Especially perfect hair. But, in real life, the typical tween's life is better than perfect -- it is interesting. So interesting that it deserves to be recorded in all its glorious impe...

Become an instant artist with this all-in-one activity kit. Simple directions and step-by-step art show how to turn thumbprints into pictures of rockets, robots, racecars - all kinds of things! Compete read-to-draw package includes a thumb-sized purple inkpad, a black felt-tip pen and a 44-page book...

This book is crammed with questions you've never thought of before. Amazingly, you already know all the right answers. That's because every question on every page is about you. And nobody is a bigger expert on you than you. What About You? features 20 different surveys for tween girls to take and sh...

Knitting is simultaneously trendy and traditional. We're pleased to present here the easiest how-to-knit kit you'll ever find. Knitting takes you from step zero (how to hold the needles and yarn) to finished projects you'll show off shamelessly. The book comes complete with yarn, knitting needles, a...

Shrinky Dinks is amazing shrinkable plastic. Draw or trace a design on it, color it, cut it out with ordinary scissors, bake it for mere minutes on a cookie sheet in your oven and, presto, your creation shrinks to 44% of its original size. You get six sheets of Shrinky Dinks® plastic in this boo...

LEGO Crazy Action Contraptions is a brand-new book of brand-new, high-performance projects. From the Supercharged Speedster to the Squeezeclaw Grabber to the Wall Rocket Racer- all these contraptions spin, stretch, speed, or spring into action. And all of them are totally buildable thanks to sup...

Introducing our 2008 collection - Paper Fashions Fancy. This season it's all about glamour. Paper fashions get glam! As with our Paper Fashions book, young designers get to turn colorful paper, ribbons, beads, sequins, and jewels into glamorous fashions and accessories. But with Paper Fashions F...

Knotted and woven jewelry is always a hit with the crafty crowd. The jewelry is fun to make and the results have a uniquely hip, relaxed, pretty look. This season, fans of Friendship Bracelets and Hemp Bracelets get to try their hand at a fresh new style: crochet and spool knit jewelry. Spool Knit J...

These high-quality cosmetic pencils are capable of producing a cleaner, brighter line of color than any others we've seen. They come in red, blue, yellow, green, black and white. The book itself is packed with tons of inspirational ideas, including a butterfly who'll stay perched on your shoulder fo...

Turn single sheets of paper into sassy fashions that are anything but flat. Super-clear, step-by-step instructions show how to fold ten unique pieces, from party dresses to pajamas. The results are cute, cool, and uniquely dimensional. Custom-designed origami paper in an array of bold and bright pat...

23 basic knots and one rope trick in a wonderful little book that tells you everything you need to know about knots in your daily life. Think you know already? Read this book and think again. How to tie the world's most useful hitches, ties, wraps and knots - a step-by-step manual.  The...

In the Klutz paper fashions tradition, this book comes with everything girls need to design an entire one-of-a-kind wardrobe, including irresistibly tiny hangers to finish the fashions in style. Unique to this book, though, are fashions that are the stuff of fantasy: goddess gowns, pretty princess d...

With My Style Studio, young designers get all the inspiration, art supplies, and confidence they need to draw any amazing styles they dream up. And, whatever their drawing skills, the fashions and figures always come out perfectly proportioned. The secret? Tracing. Super-clear line art on mix-and-ma...

Making paper airplanes doesn't feel like science. And it's not quite art. Near as we can figure, launching a regular old piece of paper into the sky so that it soars is pure magic. We present step-by-step instructions for folding aerobatic amazement's. The ten airplanes in this book are the best we'...

The best face painting book ever just got better. Meet the new Face Painting, completely refreshed, revised, and revitalized for a new generation. We added more detailed directions for simple sponge and brush techniques. We created tear-out cheat sheets to make painting birthday parties easier than ...

Created by the same brains that brought you The Encyclopedia of Immaturity, it’s a 200-page catalog of never-before-seen contraptions that are equal parts brilliant, useful, and ridiculous. None of them exist as actual products, but in a better world, a funnier world, they would all be househo...

101 Christmas designs - stick on, peel off! Christmas Window Art is back and better than ever with a fresh new cover and the same brand of Klutz holiday cheer. Like the best-selling original, this special holiday edition comes with five bottles of window colors and simple instructions for using t...

Scrumple, Knuckle, Bun Hole, Puggy, Holy Bang, and, of course, Newark Killer. If any of these sound unfamiliar to you, it’s time you brushed up on your marbles games. Fortunately, they’re all here and more - the 20 most popular marbles games in the galaxy, to be exact. The Klutz Book of ...

Put all the rocks you've collected this season to use! Transform rocks into art with nothing but a wet paintbrush. This full-color book of instruction and inspiration comes with a paintbrush, eight colors of tempera paint, five pairs of wiggle eyes and a river-smooth rock, thirty million years in th...

Everything you need to fly like a pro, indoors or out. Our three only-from-Klutz, rubber band powered airplanes have been carefully engineered for coolness, from the extra-large Firebird (an impressive 19-inch wingspan), to the acrobatic Lightning Looper (it really loops), to the Shooting Star (whic...

Fingerprint Fabulous is a glamorous take on one of our favorite art forms: thumbprint drawing. We provide three ink pads - purple, green, and, of course, pink - plus a black felt-tip pen. And really that’s all you need to transform ordinary fingerprints into pretty kitties, poodle puppies, hai...

A fully photographic instruction book, packed full of tips, techniques, and hundreds of designs to paint on fingernails (and toenails, too). No artistic genius required. Comes with six non-toxic, peel-off nail colors — our exclusive formula. And as we embark on a second decade of nail art mani...

Once you start making Shrinky Dinks, you never want to stop. With these five sheets of ready-to-decorate plastic, you can draw designs, cut them out, pop them in the oven and -- presto -- your art shrinks into mini-masterpieces. It's everything you need to keep shrinking, and shrinking, and shrinkin...

How to Build Spaceships comes with 180 sturdy, full-color, slot-together cards. The artwork is by Scott Grimando, renowned sci-fi illustrator. Follow the book's step-by-step guidelines to assemble the cards into the intergalactic spaceship shown on the cover. Or engineer your own ride by assembling ...

We spent a year collecting the most incredible photography, facts, and true-life survival stories imaginable. Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and volcanoes — each gets its own section. In Klutz tradition, we also include a variety of hands-on experiences. The most eye-cat...

Introducing My Very Own Horse Book, a champion of the breed. Everything anyone would want to know about horses is here, from gaits and grooming, to breeds and body language, to neighs and nickers (there's a difference)! To apply all this horse sense, look no further than your own model horse, packag...

When we first came across these amazing window colors, we were impressed with how gorgeous the finished products looked. But we couldn't help wondering whether real kids could get such fantastic results. So we did what we always do: We rounded up some real kids and let them try it out. Turns out mak...

Although this is a beginner's volume, it is not filled with beginner magic. This is real magic and these are real tricks. We had to fight to get them and you, gentle reader, will have to take the Magician's Won't-tell Oath on the first page or we won't let you in the book.

How to Build Pirate Ships comes with a deck of 64 beautifully illustrated laminated leaves that break into 226 separate cards, cleverly shaped and notched to fit securely with every other card. Follow the book's guidelines to assemble them into a sturdy ship in full sail. Innovative design makes it ...

When you draw R2-D2, does he look more like a watermelon on roller skates than a cool droid? Does the Yoda you see in your head look nothing like the green blob that ends up on paper? Don't go to the dark side yet! Learn to draw like a Jedi Master with this hands-on workbook. Draw Star Wars: ...

The Encyclopedia of Immaturity has been such a hit that we’re following up with a second book. The Encyclopedia of Immaturity Volume 2 includes thought-provoking topics such as how to slide down a banister, what we talk about when we talk about wedgies, how to send a toilet gram, and more. It&...

Balloon twisting is not as impossible as it seems. Simply use the included balloons and pump with the easy-to-understand instructions to become a hero for the afternoon. Learn how to make fairy wings, Viking helmets, magic wands, and more. Includes: 40 Balloons, a Pump, 11 projects. For ages 8 an...