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Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy: A Complete Guide to Bending Funny Sticks
A mega-dose of creativity for the common household pipe cleaner. Step-by-step instructions for making pipe cleaner animals, jewelry, food, people...you name it. Comes with enough pipe cleaners (in a variety of sizes and colors) to make every project in the book.
46 pages, Spiral-bound
First published March 1, 1997
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March 29, 2016
So, we lost power for eight hours yesterday. (One of only 26 families in our area. Gee, lucky us!) My youngest son, home for spring break, figured he'd just play his handheld game, but it promptly died less than 15 minutes into the power-free siege, I suggested reading, but he preferred scowling at the darkened TV screen. Then I remembered this book/kit that I bought W-A-Y back when the boys were tiny. (Or in one case, not even conceived yet.)
I was forever doing that - buying games and craft kits that I assumed we would get to someday . . . some magical day. My purchases were put in closets and on shelves, then forgotten. Well, the finger paints dried up, and the woodburning kit remained shrink-wrapped, as my boys, while perfectly capable of playing one video game for nine hours straight, proved to have little interest in "making things." Too late, I discovered the secret - TURN OFF THE POWER! Left with few other options, playing with pipe cleaners suddenly seems like a very interesting thing to do, indeed.
In desperation, I took this off the shelf yesterday. Truthfully, I was probably saving this particular toy for myself, but I figured if I hadn't made any of the damned things in almost twenty years, I probably wasn't going to . . . ever. Now, it must be said that my teenager has some experience bending wire to make stuff. He's been making twisty-tie sculptures for years with supplies that he nabs from the grocery store produce department.
But, pipe cleaners were a new experience for him. He seemed almost happy for a second, though it may have been a trick of the light. At first, he stuck to the book's instructions. making a teddy bear and a dog, but was soon back to his old tricks, creating an army of sword-wielding devils and monsters. BUT IN TECHNICOLOR, this time. The boy was busy for hours, and I was able to read my book in peace. Yay!
The book offers some nifty techniques for pipe cleaner sculpting - coiling around a pencil, wrapping, and twisting colors together. There are simple projects like bracelets and flowers, and more complicated offerings, like lions and tigers and humans.
Due to the nasty, sharp points hidden in the deceptively furry pipe cleaners, the book is recommended for children ages eight and up.
And best of all? No electricity required.
I was forever doing that - buying games and craft kits that I assumed we would get to someday . . . some magical day. My purchases were put in closets and on shelves, then forgotten. Well, the finger paints dried up, and the woodburning kit remained shrink-wrapped, as my boys, while perfectly capable of playing one video game for nine hours straight, proved to have little interest in "making things." Too late, I discovered the secret - TURN OFF THE POWER! Left with few other options, playing with pipe cleaners suddenly seems like a very interesting thing to do, indeed.
In desperation, I took this off the shelf yesterday. Truthfully, I was probably saving this particular toy for myself, but I figured if I hadn't made any of the damned things in almost twenty years, I probably wasn't going to . . . ever. Now, it must be said that my teenager has some experience bending wire to make stuff. He's been making twisty-tie sculptures for years with supplies that he nabs from the grocery store produce department.
But, pipe cleaners were a new experience for him. He seemed almost happy for a second, though it may have been a trick of the light. At first, he stuck to the book's instructions. making a teddy bear and a dog, but was soon back to his old tricks, creating an army of sword-wielding devils and monsters. BUT IN TECHNICOLOR, this time. The boy was busy for hours, and I was able to read my book in peace. Yay!
The book offers some nifty techniques for pipe cleaner sculpting - coiling around a pencil, wrapping, and twisting colors together. There are simple projects like bracelets and flowers, and more complicated offerings, like lions and tigers and humans.
Due to the nasty, sharp points hidden in the deceptively furry pipe cleaners, the book is recommended for children ages eight and up.
And best of all? No electricity required.
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