Most Popular Books by The editors of Klutz

String Art was originally invented to make math concepts more accessible to kids, but it isn't just for squares (or triangles or circles) any more.  With our crystal-clear, step-by-step illustrated system you only need to learn three simple techniques to make all the kids art in this book, including a fun fox, a darling dandelion, a cute cat, an awesome owl — you can even spell your name.

The final results may look intricate, but we include an only-from-Klutz pin-pushing tool so even a string-art newbie can create awesome art with this classic craft. And our pin-pusher solves string art's prickliest problems by making sure that every pin goes in straight and at the same height. With instructions for 20 projects and enough materials for six, kids will be making amazing art in no time.

Comes with: 60 page book, 360 feet of craft thread in 8 bright colors, 550 sturdy pins, 6 project boards, 10 decorative sheets of backing paper, 5 sheets of tracing paper, pin-pushing tool

The Encyclopedia of Immaturity® is such a hit that we've followed it up with a companion volume of funny ideas and activities. Volume 2 features important kid-approved skills like Taking Great Cell Phone Photos, Catching Popcorn on Your Tongue, How to Make a Paper Airplane That Flies Forever (well, almost forever), and Making Mashed Potato Sculptures and Eggshell Eyes. It's the hopelessly goofy reference guide for aspiring pranksters, boys and girls alike.

Comes with: 200 pages of shenanigans galore

Set five years before Episode IV: A New Hope, Disney and Lucasfilms' Star Wars Rebels animated TV show focuses on a small band of heroes who engage in missions of sabotage and resistance against Imperial occupation (cue evil music here). And what better way to get to know these new characters than by learning to draw them?

This latest addition to our Star Wars book series is a how-to guide packed with expert tips, simple techniques, plenty of draw-right-in-the-book space, and translucent overlays to make you a master of drawing. Start with stick figures, move onto basic shapes, and finish up with the details. This sketchbook comes with everything you need, and we also include perhaps the most essential tool for any artist… an eraser. Because sometimes even a Jedi Master could use a do-over.

Comes with: 90 page book, 6 sheets of vellum tracing paper, mechanical pencil, black marker, 3 dual-tipped metallic colored pencils, block eraser

Don't throw it – blow it! Straw Shooter Jets comes with everything you need to make a fleet of puff-propelled precision flyers. Follow the step-by-step instructions to fold a custom-designed paper airplane, attach it to a launch straw, and one quick breath sends it soaring. This educational book gives you tips for getting the best performance from your jets, based on the science of aerodynamics. You get enough paper to make 10 each of five different jets, from the mysterious X-88 to the aptly-named Spitfire, plus 10 more bonus sheets. But the fun doesn't end when the pre-printed paper is gone. A sturdy plastic stencil lets you trace and cut out planes from your own paper. How many jets can you make with this book? The sky's the limit!

Comes with: 60 page book, 60-cut-out planes, 4 standard straws, 10 jumbo straws, 10 custom rubber nose weights, a plane-body plastic stencil

It's a complete fashion design workshop that makes you the designer!

Super-clear line art and mix-and-match vinyl clings make it easy to assemble a bazillion different outfits. Trace your fashion and add your own stylish touches freehand. Colored pencils and textured pattern plates make adding color and pattern a cinch, and the included fashion book has pages and pages of inspiration to get you started. The custom work surface is portable, making it the ideal art table for fashionistas on the go...because you never know when fashion genius may strike.

Comes with: 48 page book, 4 pages of line art on plastic clings, line art of a figure on clear plastic, 2 pattern plates with 4 textures each, 8 colored pencils, 40  sheets punched tracing paper, sketching pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, fine-tip pen.

Improve the view from every window in the house with this only-from-Klutz craft kit. Put an overlay on a traceable design, then use our no-mess squeeze bottles to trace the outline in black and fill in with the bright acrylic window paints. After your paint dries, presto!: You have a piece of "stained glass" art, a decal that sticks to your window but peels off when you want something new.  Whether you fill your windows with dragons, robots, peacocks or flowers, the sun shines just a little brighter through window art.


Comes with: 56 page book, 40-ml bottle of black outline paint, 5 22-ml bottles of colored paint (violet, turquoise, emerald green, sunny yellow, poppy red), 2 plastic tracing sheets, hundreds of ready-to-trace designs

A dab here, a dab there, and pretty soon you've got amazing art, with one of the easiest art books ever written. Stencil Art provides tips, techniques, tools, and inspiration for creating unlimited art projects. Start with a stencil, squish the foam tip of a dabber into the ink pad, and dab-dab-dab vibrant color right into the book.  Mix colors and stencils to make every art project uniquely your own. We include three pages of stencils that make everything from ladybugs to aliens, with a page of abstract stencils that combine to make any shape that you like.

Comes with: 48 page book, 8-color ink pad, custom-molded foam-tip dabblers, black felt-tip pen, 72 stencil shapes

Want Star Wars® at your fingertips?  Star Wars Thumb Doodles features four inkpads, markers, and a double-tipped colored pencil to make thumbprint versions of your favorite Star Wars characters.  Simple step-by-steps include Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, Clones and Battle Droids, Ewoks and Wookiees, Han Solo and Jabba the Hut.  Using ink art and a few quick lines, you can recreate favorite moments from the movies, or scenes never before seen before . . . even in a galaxy far, far away.

Comes with: 40 page book, 4 ink pads (blue, black, green, brown), black marker pen, double-tipped pencil (green, red)

Designed and styled for every budding fashion designer, this kit features the perfect tools for an endless wardrobe of petite, made-by-you designs. Choose the stencils for your fashion model's outfit; trace, then cut the perfectly proportioned pieces from the beautifully patterned papers. Assemble and embellish your creations with ribbon, sequins, or faux fur, and display the clothes you make on the adorably tiny hangers. This fashion book comes with instructions, hints, and enough inspiration to stock your own boutique.

Comes with: 56 page book, 12 tiny wire hangers, 20 sheets of double-sided patterned paper, sheet of vellum specialty paper, glue, 3 sheets of stencils, 350 stencils, 300 seed beads, 10 crystal craft jewels, ribbon, cording, faux fur trim

When worlds of fantasy and paper airplanes meet, there be dragons!  Paper Flying Dragons includes 12 fearsome, stunning paper dragons to fold and fly and illustrated, step-by-step instructions. Send the Mountain Dragon soaring, glide the Sea Dragon low over the ocean, or make a flock of hatchlings: baby dragon toys as fast and fierce as their grown-up counterparts. This dragon book is full of expert tips to help get the most out of your dragons, little known facts about dragons and their history, and even a steampunk Robo-Dragon you can customize.   

Comes with: 48 page book, 10 sheets of custom designed punch-out dragon parts, 6 sheets of foldable hatchlings, robo-dragon body and spines, tape.

Unleash brilliance at the tip of your fingers. Create awesome artwork with your thumb (and other digits) as your paintbrush, and the included ink pads (in blue, orange, purple, and green-thumb green) as paint.  Make your marks, add some personality with a few pen strokes, and voilà: thumb art with one-of-a-kind personality.  All your tools (except the fingers) come in a convenient recloseable storage case.  And if your thumbs need a rest, play Finger Four Square or Tic-Tac-Toe – now with real toes.  It's art, and activity, all in one book.

Comes with:40 page book, 4 ink pads ( blue, orange, green, purple), black marker pen

What's your fortune? Were you born to wear a tiara, or are you destined to sport athletic gear? Will you star in a movie opposite your crush, or win an award for Most Amazing Movie Star Hairdo? Answers to these burning questions are just a couple movements away. With 25 preprinted cootie catchers all you need to do is punch out, fold, and ask away. Easy-to-follow instructions make folding cootie catchers simple. Cool illustrations and fabulously funny fortunes—plus extras like stickers, glow-in-the-dark paper, and a sparkling cover—make this craft activity book a must-have for any girl…and her friends.

Comes with: 60 page book, 25 preprinted punch-out-and-fold cootie catchers including glow-in-the-dark and glitter detailing, 50+ stickers

Good Growing is packed with kid-tested and kid-tasted projects that will cultivate lifelong gardeners. The activities can be done year-round, in all type of climates, whether you have a sunny windowsill or a backyard as big as baseball field. The book comes with a selection of ready-to-plant seeds and two custom-designed Super Sprouters, engineered to get those seeds growing within days. Books sent to addresses outside the US and Canada will not contain seeds.

Comes With: 2 Super Sprouters, radish and bean seeds

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Build, customize, and race 12 sturdy board-stock cars from Disney Pixar's Cars, including Mater, Francesco, Sally, and of course, Lightning McQueen. Assembly is simple enough for any preschool Cars fan: punch out the cars and customize them with the included, reusable vinyl stickers. Snap on a set of our amazing, interchangeable, smooth-rolling wheels, and race on one of the book's giant fold-out racetracks.

Comes with: 36 page book, 12 punch-out cars, 16 interchangeable snap-on wheels, 93 reusable stickers, 2 giant foldout racetracks, pop-up storage garage

Give the little princess in your life a little glamor with purses inspired by Disney Princesses: Cinderella, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, and Belle from Beauty and the Beast.  You can decorate the purses with glittery jewels, cameos of your favorite Disney Princess, and more.  Then fill your one-of-a-kind handbag with royal accessories like the key to the castle and only-from-Klutz Disney Princess coins.  It's everything an up-and-coming princess needs for hours of play.

Comes with: 16 page book, 3 sturdy cardstock purses, Disney Princess cameo stickers, jewels, sequins, pom-poms, satin cord, glue, 2 sheets of cut-out accessories

This is the absolutely-no-arguments-ever-again complete set of official rules to the traditional game, plus a few variations for those with no need for tradition. We also include the ancient competitive thinking game Nim, several head-scratching stick puzzles, a party game called Bottle Top Balance, and more. Comes with 30 pickup sticks in 5 colors and a drawstring pouch to keep them in.

Comes With: 30 pickup sticks (1 black, 3 yellow, 11 red, 11 blue, and 4 green), cloth storage bag

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WARNING:CHOKING HAZARD! Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Each page in Draw It Again contains a simple photographed image, eager to be transformed into a work of art. Add lots of legs to an ear of corn and it becomes a cornapillar. Draw fins on a lemon and it's a lemon fish. Wipe that off and add wings. It's a lemon bird. With 20 laminated pages, 4 erasable markers, an eraser, and infinite possibilities, Draw It Again is an ideal quiet-time busy book, equally at home on a plane, in a restaurant, or in your family room.

Comes With: 4 washable and erasable pens, a mini-felt eraser

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A book filled with stickers, stickers and more stickers - more than 450 of them. Includes instructions for making one-of-a-kind envelopes, boxes and cards and decorating them with (you guessed it) stickers.

Comes With: more than 450 stickers

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