Josefina's Craft Book: A Look at Crafts from the Past with Projects You Can Make Today (American Girls Pastimes) [Paperback]

Valerie Tripp (Author), Tamara England (Author), Mark Salisbury (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: American Girls Pastimes

Patterns and step-by-step instructions detail how to make 15 crafts, including a fringed shawl, coil pot, and painted frame.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156247670X
• ISBN-13: 978-1562476700
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #967,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Crafts for Modern Girls, June 5, 2002

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Tracy Robert (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Josefina's Craft Book: A Look at Crafts from the Past with Projects You Can Make Today (American Girls Pastimes) (Paperback)

Is your daughter wandering the aisles of the craft store with you, looking for her next weekend craft project? If your daughter is also a Josefina fan or is interested in New Mexico history, this is the book for her! There are fifteen crafts for a variety of abilities and interest levels, and all of them can turn into something a girl would be proud to have made. Crafts are divided into different sections: "Around the Rancho", "Spanish and Mexican Traditions", "Indian Traditions", "A Stitch in Time", and "Frontier Fun". The Straw Broom, Glass-Bead Necklace, clay Coil Pot, and Cornhusk dolls are quick crafts. Crafts like the Stamped Leather Bookmark require special tools. Making a Colcha embroidered Place Mat or a Hen Pincushion take some previously learned skills. But projects like making a Fringed Shawl or Sash could turn out well enough to show off to friends! Whichever craft you choose, the directions are well written and have a materials list and clear pictures for each step. The format and the pictures are so well done, that girls will eagerly want to browse through it to find their next craft project.