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Head downtown to build and play with your own origami cars, trucks, trains and planes!This kit by bestselling author Joel Stern contains 40 colorful paper folding sheets to create an entire cityscape of origami modelslike trains, cars, firetrucks, helicopters, motorcycles, delivery vans, trees and houses, plus bonus instructions for an origami tower and a bridge! It also has over 100 stickers and a large fold-out City Map to play with the models on. Kids will have hours of fun playing in the city, and it's a great way for them to experience the tactile joys of paper folding while fueling their imaginations!Each colorful model comes with simple instructions and matching double-sided folding papers that can be easily folded in a few minutes. Once the models are folded, kids can add finishing touches to their work with the colorful stickers provided. Then the real fun beginsplay with the models on the full-color fold-out city map or flip the map over for a coloring activity on the back!Ki

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The creator of In a Spooky Haunted House and In the Holly Jolly North Pole returns with a thrilling pop-up board book that ventures into the vast, starry outer space!Perfect for little astronauts in the making, this board book takes young readers into space for incredible sights and exciting fun facts! A sturdy page-turner, Into Starry Outer Space is an innovative, nonfiction pop-up story with galactic treats for all ages.

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Step into a world of daring knights, brave princesses and fire breathing dragons!Bestselling origami artist Joel Stern has created this engaging new kit to spark children's imaginations and keep them playing happily for hours without a computer screen. The easy-to-follow instructions and colorful folding papers in My First Origami Fairy Tales Kit make it easy to create your favorite characters and use them to tell stories. Kids will have fun folding up the characters and applying dozens of fairy tale stickers to add finishing touches to their models. The characters can be moved around in front of the included story backdrops to reenact classic storiesor even to set off on brand new adventures!This kit includes:36 folding sheets for 11 different characters that are easy for young kids to fold6 interchangeable story backdrops85 stickers to use in decorating the characters and backdropsA full-color book explaining the characters and showing you how to fold the modelsThe materials in thi

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Fold and play fun origami games with this easy origami book for children.Origami Games is a unique twist on the traditional origami paper craft book. It contains clear and easy illustrated instructions for creating whimsical origami game pieces. At its heart, it offers suggestions on how to use origami to play both fun, competitive, and cooperative games, building individual skills and teamwork. A perfect origami-for-kids book it also encourages folders to come up with and document their own customized games using a template provided in the back of the book, making it a great way to learn origami. There's even a section for parents and teachers that discusses the educational and developmental benefits of origami, along with suggested classroom activities. Expert paper folder Joel Stern has carefully prepared these playful models and stimulating games to appeal to children's natural desire to build things and play with them. By using models made from regular letter size (8 1/2 x 11-inch) paper, Origami Games gets paper folders started quickly and easily. The large color photos and easy origami instructions make learning the folds a breeze. This origami book contains: 89 page, full-color book 22 original origami games 21 foldable origami game pieces Clear, step-by-step instruction Tips and guide to using origami in the classroom You'll soon find that making the origami components of the games is just as fun as playing the games themselves! Origami games include: Balancing Act Basket Bombs Flying Saucer Froggie Olympics Relay Rings Slay The Dragon Bowl 'Em Over And many more…

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Age range 6 to 9 My First Origami Animals Kit Here are just a few of the endearing animal models included in the kit: Cheddar the Mouse - This fuzzy little farmhouse denizen comes together in only 6 folds! What could be simpler? Eli Elephant - This impressive two-piece model has color-reverse tusks - approach with caution! And many more!

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Step into a world of daring knights, brave princesses and fire breathing dragons!

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**Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Preferred Choice Award** Children and beginners can make fun and simple origami projects with this playful origami kit.My First Origami Kit is the perfect, affordable introductory kit for kids and parents to learn and master the joys of origami together. If you''ve never done origami before, My First Origami Kit is a great origami kit for beginners. It is filled with origami of all kinds—birds, beasts, vehicles, even a teddy bear that talks when you open and close its arms.The folding fun begins with the specially designed origami papers. Both sides are decorated based on the subject—feathers for the duck, metal plates for the airplane, scales for the cobra, and other surprises. You''ll end up with a great looking paper model no matter with which side you start. You can add fun stickers to your finished models—to make eyes, ears, paws, and other features.This easy o

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Fold & play!Learning to fold simple paper models is just the beginning in Origami Games for Kids! Children of all ages can enjoy playing 15 interactive games with their finished origami crafts. The paper models can be used to play 15 simple but highly entertaining games that will keep children engaged for hours, and allow them to collaborate as well as compete. Everything you need is in this boxâa full-color instruction book, 48 sheets of high-quality folding papers, and 75 stickers to decorate the finished models. It only takes a minute or two to fold up each game piece, and then you can use them to play the following exciting games: Balancing ActâWho can keep the spinning wing balanced on the pyramid longer?Basket BombsâShoot the ball through the hoop using the catapult!Bowl 'Em OverâHow many bowling pins can you knock down at one time?Can You Top This?âBuild a tower of triangle chips as high as you can!Chip TossâHow many triangle chips can you juggle between two inverted pyramids?F

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Kids will love to fold the papers in this kit and decorate them with stickers.But that''s just the beginning! The paper models can be used to play 15 simple but highly entertaining games that will keep them engaged for hours and allow them to collaborate as well as compete. Everything you need is in this box—a full-color instruction book, 48 sheets of high-quality folding papers plus over 50 stickers to decorate the 14 finished models. It only takes just a minute or two to fold up each game piece, and then you use them to play the following exciting games: Balancing Act—Who can keep the spinning wing balanced on the pyramid longer? Basket Bombs—Shoot the ball through the hoop using the catapult! Bowl ''Em Over—How many bowling pins can you knock down at one time? Can You Top This?—Build a tower of triangle chips as high as you can! Chip Toss—How many triangle

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Go on a haunted Halloween adventure through a spooky house in this spine-tingling, sturdy pop-up book!Welcome to our Haunted House! It’s creepy and it’s ghostly. If you don’t want to lose your way You’ll need to follow closely. Welcome to a kid-friendly pop-up book that’s perfect for tiny trick-or-treaters. Join a ghost-host as readers travel inside a haunted house to discover the many spooky sights on Halloween night. A sturdy page-turner, In a Spooky, Haunted House has fun and interactive, three-dimensional scenes with tricks and treats for kids of all ages.

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Join Santa’s helpers on a journey through his workshop in this cheerful, sturdy holiday pop-up book!Welcome to the cold North Pole, where elves are all preparing gifts for children around the world for fun, and play, and sharing. At the North Pole, Santa’s workshop is stuffed with little elves preparing for the holidays with gifts, treats, and fun! A sturdy page-turner, In the Holly Jolly North Pole is an innovative pop-up story with treats for kids of all ages.

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