"This is a great guide to having fun and creating something beautiful!"

Online reviewer of ‘Creative Crafts’
"It is a great book with so many creative ideas. Many are in the works already. Children love it!"

Online reviewer of ‘Art for Children.’
"My kids love this play format retelling of the Puss-in-Boots story, with achievable ideas for making props and costumes."

Satisfied buyer of ‘Playtales.’
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Here's a list of my extensive backlist of practical books for children. These are characterised by a fun approach to the subjects.

'Make & Do' books

  • Girltalk Book of Cooking (BBC)
  • How to Draw Machines (Usborne)
  • Book of Photography (Usborne)
  • Fun With Paint (Hamlyn - projects demonstrated by me at literary festivals and on TV)
  • Making Puppets (Hamlyn)
  • Papercraft (Quarto)
  • Creative Crafts (Quarto)
  • Playtales - series of fairytale plays with 'make and do' sections (Heinemann)
  • Pocket Money Projects x 4 - Make brilliant things for your bedroom, Tie-dye your T-shirt, Make fake fossils, Make practical jokes (Bloomsbury)
  • Barbie slumber party book and keepsake fill-in book (Reed)
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Packs and game books

  • Friendship bracelets pack (Zigzag)
  • Badgemaking pack (Zigzag)
  • Stamping pack (Zigzag)
  • Hairbraiding pack (Zigzag)
  • Facepainting pack (Zigzag)
  • Bodyart pack (Element)
  • How to be a Princess (packager)
  • Wizard School Magic Tricks (Chicken House)
  • Love and Kisses - fun and friendship for girls (Element)
  • Girltalk Sleepover pack (BBC)
  • Travel Games (Usborne, World)
  • Dinosaur Dice Games (packager)
  • Spooky Dice Games (packager)
  • Secret Spy Journal (packager)
  • Detective Journal (packager)
  • Survival Journal (packager)
  • Friends Forever Pack (packager)
  • Hearty Party Sleepover Pack (packager)
Moira Butterfield Children's Writer