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Christmas Gift Guide – Top Kids Books

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This 2018 Christmas gift guide is just for books and just for kids! These Book ideas are perfect for Christmas gifts or any time of the year gifts. They are designed to tap into your childs creativity. You can see the links to each book below. I have to say the sewing book looks like a great idea for my Miss 10!

 

 

 

Wood Shop:

A complete carpentry-camp-in-a-book, Wood Shop is the perfect gift for young makers and aspiring woodworkers. 17 cool projects teach kids the basics of woodworking as they build cool, useful creations.

 

 

 

Sewing School Box Set: 

A fun beginner’s guide to sewing, this box set comes complete with two bestselling sewing books—Sewing School and Sewing School 2—for a total of 41 kid-approved projects, plus bonus iron-on labels for crafty personalization.

Both of these titles encourage kids to craft in fun, interactive ways. The Sewing School Box Set is a perfect gift package, and it teaches kids everything they need to know to create their own toys and wearables. Wood Shop encourages kids to create something that might have otherwise been outside their comfort zone. Woodcraft safety, and 17 amazing projects they can build on their own make this a gift that keeps giving even after the holiday season is over!

Mason Jar Science:

The budding Einstein on your list will love turning ordinary household items into fascinating science experiments: Squishy Slime and Mini Tornadoes are just two of the 40 dynamic experiments to conduct in a simple mason jar.

 

 

 

 

Cooking & Baking Class Box Set: 

Get little ones into the kitchen with Baking Class and Cooking Class. A crash course on all things kitchen, the set includes more than 100 fun, easy-to-follow recipes, plus a bonus cutting board!

 

 

 

 

Howl like a Wolf: Give the gift of imagination with this interactive nature book. Kids climb inside the minds of animals through this beautifully illustrated interactive guide to nature education and creative play.

 

 

 

 

Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail:

For the little explorer on your list, this take-along field guide comes with interactive games, activities, stickers and maps—helping kids get hands-on in the great outdoors!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girls Home Spa Lab

The perfect gift for any tween girl passionate about self-care, this collection brims with 50 recipes for natural body care products, 25 craft projects for relaxation, yoga routines, and so much more!

 

 

 

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Cross Stitch Ice Cream and Frozen Treats

Summer is the time for sweet treats, whether eating them or stitching them. This collection of patterns is full of designs that are good enough to eat. Almost. 

This year of ice creams from Simone Balman Art is lots of fun, and you could also stitch up these treats individually if you’d rather. The full piece is 210 by 300 stitches, though it’s not full coverage. It uses 25 colors and comes out to 13.6 by 20.1 inches, or 34.5 by 51.2 cm, as shown on 14 count fabric. 

These mini Popsicles from Mariana Gonclaves ART as super sweet and quick to stitch. These would also be a fun border to another summer project. The full design is 43 by 46 stitches, which is 3.1 by 3.3 inches, or 7.8 by 8.3 cm, on 14 count fabric. 

Sam X Stitch has this fun sweet treat sampler, which again would be fun to stitch as individual pieces (maybe on napkins?). In all it calls for 18 colors and measures 153 by 153 stitches. That comes out to 10.93 inches or 27.75 cm on 14 count fabric. 

Another great sampler is this one with ice cream and other sweet treats from Cute Patterns by Maria. At 119 by 132 stitches total, working the full pattern would be about 8.6 by 9.4 inches, or 22 by 24 cm on 14 count fabric, and it uses 33 colors. You can also stitch individual designs, which range in height from 35 to 45 stitches, and in width from 11 to 28. 

This collection of four sundae patterns from Stichrovia would be fun to make for a kitchen or a teen’s room. Each pattern is around 40 by 50 stitches, so they should fit in a four or five inch hoop if worked on 14 count fabric. 

Or stitch up one of the treats from Stitch Chart Studio‘s collection of seven ice cream cross stitch patterns. These range in size and in number of colors needed, but most would fit in a five or six in hoop (and one in a four inch hoop).