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The Book of Wizard Craft: In Which the Apprentice Finds Spells, Potions, Fantastic Tales & 50 Enchanting Things to Make
“Fans of all that is wizardly will love this one.”— School Library Journal. “Lavishly illustrated throughout...the first of its kind, a fabulous fantasy and a how-to crafts book in one.”— Hobby Merchandiser.
144 pages, Hardcover
First published June 30, 2001
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August 3, 2014
I have never been more enchanted by a kid's craft book before opening the pages of this one! It's a perfect book for children of all ages (with adult help when necessary) & for adults who are still young at heart. The book is loaded with crafts & the teacher inside me squeals with delight to see that some crafts require that the child use mathematics. I'm equally as thrilled to see the book loaded with accurate mythology. Witches (the real variety) will appreciate the legitimate mythologies and ideas behind what is presented as entirely make-believe. Those who see it as simple fantasy will appreciate the creative art projects and fun-filled science experiments. There are full-color diagrams and clear how-to instructions on every page. It's inspired me to try every single one of the projects. The child in me will have so much fun & the teacher in me will be prepared if & when I present any of these projects to children in the future. There are a LOT of great ideas! I'll let you know how they turn out.
May 27, 2022
Magical. No, literally. Pulls you into a magical wizardy world full of enchantments and spells for a whole bookful. Recommended for all budding wizards... and everyone else!
January 2, 2010
I really liked it, it had a whole bunch of experiments and ideas that I tried and succeeded at. Just for you to know, it isn't a chapter book, it is more of a craft book that tells you how to make things related to wizardry, like how to make "unicorn horns", clay twisted and hardened to look like a unicorn horn, and a wizard's cloak. It had a cooler thins but that was one that was easier to explain.
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June 17, 2010I'm make rock candy, from the book, today. This book is cool, but it's not real magic. The bat wings are just fried chicken wings.
June 16, 2024
One of my favorite books as a kid! I was reminded of this the other day by a childhood friend (we played as witches together). Sadly, I just found out my mother gave it away but I can only hope that the recipient is enjoying it as much as I did growing up.
June 24, 2020
A book of wizard-themed book full of potions, stories, and crafts. It was OK. The instructions could have been clearer on about 50% of the projects.
February 6, 2022
A book full of fun tasks things to make and do. I made quicksand and dragons blood when I was little with the help of this book:)
July 13, 2023
Grew up with this book. It captured my imagination as a child and led me to create. Enables children to do traditional crafts, imaginative crafts, creative crafts.
August 3, 2012
The Book of Wizard Craft: In Which the Apprentice Finds Spells Potions Fantastic Tales 50 Enchanting Things to Make is an imaginative arts & crafts book geared towards children. Its themes are all about wizards, witches, and magic, of course, and it provides many fun activities to do. It gives details on how to become a real wizard or witch, starting off with making the proper attire, and moves on to room decorations, gardening, alchemy, astronomy, and throwing fabulously magical parties, just to name a few things. (It’s presented as an old wizard’s ultimate guide to becoming a wizard/witch.)
The book itself looks incredibly amazing, with lots of detailed and atmospheric illustrations. Every single page looks different thanks to the use of variations in background colours, patterns, etc. It has a very magical yet homey feel thanks to the ink splotches, tea stains, and other various imperfections scattering the pages.
The projects and activities in it are quite varied, too, and range from reading tea leaves to baking spooky cookies; from making crystal ball lamps to putting together castles for the toads in the garden. Or what about pumpkin-shakes, and mouldy gardens in jars to decorate your table with? Not to mention your own magical wizard robes, flying carpets, and pavilions for fairies. It’s all there, and as I said before, very imaginative and fun.
In-between all the interesting projects are also stories straight from the old wizard himself, in which he recounts magical legends, speaks about mythology, and even covers ghost stories about haunted mansions and castles. This can provide a perhaps well-needed break with all that crafting going on, and they’re short and light-hearted stories to read.
I have absolutely nothing negative to say about this amazingly wonderful book, except perhaps a bit of a warning for someone looking to purchase this for a (small) child. Children will probably need the help of an adult for most of the projects detailed in this, so know that you’ll also be spending quite some time doing arts & crafts if you’re looking to purchase this as a gift.
This book can be recommended to anyone who enjoys doing arts & crafts, especially with a magical theme to it, be they children or adults. (Though I’ve gotten this book as a child, I still very much enjoy making things from it.)
The book itself looks incredibly amazing, with lots of detailed and atmospheric illustrations. Every single page looks different thanks to the use of variations in background colours, patterns, etc. It has a very magical yet homey feel thanks to the ink splotches, tea stains, and other various imperfections scattering the pages.
The projects and activities in it are quite varied, too, and range from reading tea leaves to baking spooky cookies; from making crystal ball lamps to putting together castles for the toads in the garden. Or what about pumpkin-shakes, and mouldy gardens in jars to decorate your table with? Not to mention your own magical wizard robes, flying carpets, and pavilions for fairies. It’s all there, and as I said before, very imaginative and fun.
In-between all the interesting projects are also stories straight from the old wizard himself, in which he recounts magical legends, speaks about mythology, and even covers ghost stories about haunted mansions and castles. This can provide a perhaps well-needed break with all that crafting going on, and they’re short and light-hearted stories to read.
I have absolutely nothing negative to say about this amazingly wonderful book, except perhaps a bit of a warning for someone looking to purchase this for a (small) child. Children will probably need the help of an adult for most of the projects detailed in this, so know that you’ll also be spending quite some time doing arts & crafts if you’re looking to purchase this as a gift.
This book can be recommended to anyone who enjoys doing arts & crafts, especially with a magical theme to it, be they children or adults. (Though I’ve gotten this book as a child, I still very much enjoy making things from it.)
March 21, 2022
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE BOOK AS A KID OH M GOD@!!!! So much good nostalgia. I'm considering hunting down a copy so I can pass it down one day
This book first introduced me to my first love, astrology (and by default threw me onto the personality theory-MBTI-Jung-psychology-social theory-political theory pipeline). I performed the relationship cord knot spell and it worked every time I did it. Whether it was placebo effect or not, I was so mesmerized I took up a successful “witchcraft”-related side job in secondary school.
I even thought it was real because I couldn't find the author lmao. (If you're religious and scared that this is encouraging witchcraft, I wouldn't worry about it. Your kids are kids. They're going to want some magic in their lives. This is a fun, cute, lighthearted crafting book.)
I strongly associate this book with good memories. Really cute and fun for your kids!
This book first introduced me to my first love, astrology (and by default threw me onto the personality theory-MBTI-Jung-psychology-social theory-political theory pipeline). I performed the relationship cord knot spell and it worked every time I did it. Whether it was placebo effect or not, I was so mesmerized I took up a successful “witchcraft”-related side job in secondary school.
I even thought it was real because I couldn't find the author lmao. (If you're religious and scared that this is encouraging witchcraft, I wouldn't worry about it. Your kids are kids. They're going to want some magic in their lives. This is a fun, cute, lighthearted crafting book.)
I strongly associate this book with good memories. Really cute and fun for your kids!
July 12, 2011
this is a wnderful book full of wizard crafts that arn't the junky stuff, it all looks great!
December 22, 2011
This is a great craft book for kids, great use is for Halloween and any dress up activities. Adult supervision required and give yourself plenty of time for clean up.
April 19, 2012
I realy like the Spooky Food Cook-book in this book.
March 8, 2014
Definitely aimed at kids with a variety of wizard related activities & crafts & party ideas. But also some interesting history tidbits.
December 30, 2015
Such a cute craft book. It is filled with mythology in between the different wizard-themed crafts. Very few of the crafts cannot realistically be done by a child alone, though.
July 9, 2016
I received this book as a present on my 8th birthday and loved it. Not only crafts and recipes, but also magical lore that had me completely spellbound as a kid. I wrote in runic for years.
October 21, 2017
All of the crafts were exactly themed right and most seemed easily enough achieved. However, my children couldn't find anything here they wanted to do. Maybe next year!
December 12, 2011
Used to love it as a kid, especially the illustrations.
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